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Salesforce.com's new gamble

July 26, 2005 Company aims to expand reach beyond CRM with new development, partnership strategy. One question: How will plan generate cash? TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, ISV, software-as-a-service, CRM, Oracle Corp.

Salesforce fund offers boost to developers

October 4, 2007 Company's $25 million fund can open new markets for developers, but they'll need to prepare for the added workload. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., spokesperson, developer, on-demand, venture-capital company, software-as-a-service, investment, CRM, platform

Informatica hosts service to move corporate data

March 8, 2007 Link to Salesforce.com data brings "software as a service" offering to back-office data integration tools. TAGS: Informatica, data integration, Salesforce.com Inc., software-as-a-service, database

Salesforce plans on-demand language, service

October 9, 2006 Apex, a new service for building general purpose business programs, challenges Oracle and Microsoft. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., on-demand, business computing, software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, CRM, ISV, software company, conference, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft gets outside the box with software

March 15, 2005 Company prepares for day when selling boxed software gives way to new model: subscribing to software hosted on outside servers. TAGS: software-as-a-service, Bill Gates, Salesforce.com Inc., business application, Microsoft Corp., server

CRM sector not done with mergers yet, says Gartner

June 20, 2006 Frustration from company boards, founders over slow growth will fuel further consolidation, researcher predicts. TAGS: Gartner Inc., CRM, consolidation, Salesforce.com Inc., Siebel Systems Inc., SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., market leader, Oracle Corp., software-as-a-service, merger, sector, founder, Microsoft Corp.

Benioff takes stock of software shifts

March 17, 2008 The Salesforce.com CEO weighs in on cloud computing, an uneasy economy, and why Microsoft is still a dinosaur. TAGS: Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com Inc., chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft SQL Server, software-as-a-service, MSN Hotmail, Gmail, platform, Microsoft Corp., CEO, server

Sage merges Web 2.0 tech into CRM line

March 14, 2008 The company will incorporate Web 2.0 functionality gradually until 2010, in a bid to better take on Microsoft and Salesforce.com. (By Suzanne Tindal of ZDNet Australia) TAGS: Sage Software, CRM, Web 2.0, ERP, software-as-a-service, mashup, Salesforce.com Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Software: No longer business as usual

November 17, 2005 Microsoft's eyeing free, ad-supported products while companies dump "big beast" software projects in favor of hosted. TAGS: TRW, software industry, software-as-a-service, annuity, SAP AG, shift, Salesforce.com Inc., BEA Systems Inc., consultant, Oracle Corp., software company, open source, Microsoft Corp.

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