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Larry Brilliant outlines Google's giving strategies

At the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Larry Brilliant, executive director of Google.org, declares that Google ripped off Salesforce's 1/1/1 model--and the company is proud of it. The model calls for a company to give 1 percent of its time, 1 percent of its equity, and 1 percent of its...

Tags: Strategy, Google Inc., Sales Force Management, Investment, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Google, technology, Salesforce, Dreamforce, charity, corporate, Earth

Videos 2008-11-05

Using social media to help ride out the downturn

ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to Senior Editor Sam Diaz at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco about why some are hesitant to put their faith in the cloud. Diaz also discusses how social-networking tools like blogs, podcasts, and Facebook may help generate new ideas during lean times.

Tags: Social Media, Podcasts, Productivity, Blogging, Internet, Dreamforce, Salesforce.com, social media, Facebook, podcast, blog, Ideastorm, cloud computing, Michael Dell, Sumi Das, Sam Diaz

Videos 2008-11-04

Dell at Dreamforce: Brave the economy or prepare for the rebound?

Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of Dell Inc., made an interesting observation during a brief appearance on the main stage at the Dreamforce conference. Today’s headlines tell us that, around the globe, things are slowing down â€" the economy, IT spending, investments in new technology and so on. But...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Dreamforce, Sales Force Management, Software As A Service (SaaS), Corporate Communications, Sales, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Salesforce to partner with Facebook

At the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com, and Steve Fisher, senior vice president of the platform division at Salesforce, demonstrate a recruiting program made possible by making Force.com's platform compatible with Facebook. When it comes to things like job recommendations, social networks are...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Sales Force Management, Sales, software, platforms, SaaS, cloud, computing, compatible, applications, Dreamforce

Videos 2008-11-04

Benioff launches Sites

At the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com, announced the company's latest venture. With Force.com Sites, customers can build, host, and allow individual users to customize a public Web page using Force.com technologies. Along with Parker Harris, Salesforce co-founder and executive vice president of...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sales Force Management, Sales, Dreamforce, Salesforce, cloud computing, SaaS, Sites, website, hosting

Videos 2008-11-03

Marc Benioff heralds Web 3.0 at DreamForce Europe

Marc Benioff heralds Web 3.0 at DreamForce EuropeFrom all indicationsEverybody is searching still for Web 2.0. And they're trying to trot out Web 3.0 already?HDTV, Vista, and now Web 3.0. What will they think of next? Flying Monkeymobiles?

Tags: Channel management, Web 3.0, Web, Dreamforce Europe, Marc Benioff

Discussion threads 2008-05-07

Podcast: IDF, Dreamforce, Zimbra Yahoo, SCO and more...

Podcast: IDF, Dreamforce, Zimbra Yahoo, SCO and more...Four freaking years already![i]We also chat about the demise of SCO, which had tried to build a business licensing patents and copyrights associated with Unix[/i]How many times do we have to correct this?Caldera/SCOX never claimed to have [b]patents[/b] at issue. Never. ...

Tags: Podcasts, patent, SCO Group Inc., Dreamforce, IDF, Zimbra, podcast, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-09-20

Additional Resources

News to know: Windows 7, Net Neutrality, Nokia-Apple; Kindle

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Windows 7 Coverage Andrew Nusca: Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availability Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Boomi issues Dream Widget challenge ahead of Dreamforce show

A company called Boomi is so confident of its application integration technology that it has issued a challenge ahead of next month's Dreamforce conference in San Francisco: tell Boomi which application you'd most like to see integrated into salesforce and Boomi will create the "Dream Widget" to give away at...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sales Force, Integration, Boomi, Application Integration, Sales Force Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Salesforce opens Sites; offers free version to help push cloud adoption

Remember when the corporate Web site consisted of mostly static Web pages: a home page, a handful of pages about the company’s products or services and a place to learn more about the management team, contact sales or even find hours and directions? Times definitely have changed....

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Web, Sales Force, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-14

Sage and the Economy â€" Two things that should turn around

Sage is a large, albeit understated, software provider that sells a multitude of applications that a significant number of people and firms use. Through acquisitions, the company has amassed a large portfolio of products that include brands such as AccPac, ACT, Timberline, MAS, Abra and many more. ...

Tags: Brand, Channel Partner, North America, Sage, Sue, Public Relations, Sales Strategy, Branding, Sales Force Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-05-17

Salesforce President and 2 Executives Gone

Reuters is reporting a big shake up at Salesforce tonight pst, with President and chief strategy officer Steve Cakebread resigning along with two other senior executives. Cakebread is still listed as chief financial officer on the Salesforce website executive leadership page. Gary Hanna,...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Leadership, Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Sales, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-02-05

News to know: Yahoo's Bartz, Genachowski, Sony's loss, Chrome for Mac

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Yahoo confirms Bartz in charge; Can she save Yahoo? Yahoo to name Bartz CEO; Now the fun begins Sam Diaz: Ya-hoooo: There's a...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Federal Government, Microsoft Windows, RSS, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Government, Software, Internet, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Salesforce cans European Dreamforce

In a surprise announcement on Salesforce.com, the company has cancelled spring's European Dreamforce conference: It continues to become clear that the demand for cloud computing is growing faster and spreading wider than we can address with a single event. As a result of your feedback and interest, Salesforce.com will...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Event, Conference, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Survey: More SaaS development in 2009

More than half of all developers around the globe will work on Software as a Service SaaS apps this year, with a surge expected in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a study released today by Evans Data Corp. North America tops the list now for regions where SaaS implementation is...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Survey, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-12

Apple at CES? Don't believe it.

I wouldn't believe any buzz that might surface this weekend about Apple looking to "go large" at CES next year, now that Steve Jobs and company have dumped Macworld. No way. First of all, how do you give credit to something like that when the only source of information is...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Apple Inc., Macworld, Blogging, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Salesforce joins Google for more cloud morphing

The clouds keep morphing into each other, creating megaclouds that are being positioned to spark innovation and offer businesses new ways to interact with customers. This morning, at an event in New York, salesforce.com will announce a new connection between the Force.com development platform and Google's App Engine. ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Sales Force, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-08

Salesforce bucks trend for Q3; shares rising.

updated: At a time when companies are issuing warnings about missing earnings targets and scaling back expectations, enterprise cloud computing company salesforce.com seems to be bucking the trend. After the bell, Salesforce.com reported income of $10.1 million, or 8 cents per share, on revenue of $276.5 million...

Tags: Revenue, Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Enterprise Software, Quarter, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Finance, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Making clouds a move forward

Making clouds a move forwardWindows Azure Is NOT VaporI was able to get a simple data-backed ASP.NET Web forms app installed and running in a Windows Azure instance in less than 15 minutes after testing it with the local (on-premises) Development Storage and Fabric facilities. See http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/azure-storage-services-test-harness.html for more details.As...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, cloud computing, Manufacturing, Data Ownership, Pie-In-The-Sky, Windows Azure

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

The Business Resource Planning Farm League

The enterprise juggernauts in the Enterprise resource planning ERP space are duking it out in rapidly changing business conditions - SAP are offering packages of applications with zero percent financing, Oracle are on the acquisition trail, buying regulatory compliance rules company Haley, their tenth buy this...

Tags: Intuit Inc., Intuit QuickBase, Small Business, Productivity, Taxes, Smb/Sme, Financial Planning, Finance, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-08