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A Tale of Two Software Worlds: Old ERP vs. SaaS

Dreamforce's attendance really puts a strong data point on how attractive SaaS is becoming. Other vendors this week have provided additional data points that point to a troubling time ahead for laggard ERP vendors. by Brian Sommer

Tags: Software-as-a-service, ERP, Dreamforce, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-11-18

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

Conference energy levels

Coming to Dreamforce has been a revelation. The news was dominated by Chatter but that only tells a fraction of the real story. As I sat in the media room chatting sic to an old buddy it occurred to me this was a conference that annoyed for all...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Event, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-20

News to know: Google Chrome OS; Dell; AOL; Microsoft

Google's Chrome OS from security to Web apps, Dreamforce wrap, AOL, Dell, and government IT lead today's headlines. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., America Online Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Government, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-20

Dreamforce post#2: Chatter, Events, REA and the Future of Management

REA stands for Resources, Events, AgentsHi,I really enjoy your blog posts very much. I wanted to provide one correction to your post. REA actually stands for Resources, Events, and Agents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resources,_Events,_Agents . It was first suggested by William E. McCarthy in his 1982 paper "The REA Accounting...

Tags: Real estate, REA

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Guerilla Marketing @ Dreamforce

Leave the trade show booth behind and get creative. The guerilla marketing at technology shows can be entertaining, memorable and maybe even profitable. Done right, it makes a bigger impact than any brochure, newsletter or keychain giveaway. Look at what SugarCRM did at the Salesforce show! by Brian Sommer

Tags: Corporate Communications, Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Marketing, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Dreamforce post#2: Chatter, Events, REA and the Future of Management

Don't think of Salesforce's Chatter as bunch of social networking techologies for business people to use. If you do, you've missed the real potential for businesses to operate in real-time. by Brian Sommer

Tags: Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Chatter: Amplified

Last evening, fellow ZDNet'ers Mike Krigsman, Dion Hinchcliffe, Tom Foremski, Brian Sommer along with fellow Enterprise Advocate Vinnie Mirchandani and I sat down with Parker Harris, co-founder Salesforce.com to get a deep dive into the rationale behind Chatter, what it's really about and where it's going. ...

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

Blog posts 2009-11-19

News to know: Dreamforce, Chatter; AT&T-Verizon; Sony e-reader; ChromeOS; Office 2010

The opening of Dreamforce, the announcement of Salesforce Chatter and a judge's ruling on AT&T and Verizon's map spat are the top headlines by Sam Diaz

Tags: E-reader, Sony Corp., Microsoft Office, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Salesforce kicks off Dreamforce, announces Chatter

Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics or ACTall three are greatposted October 21, 2009 ?Karleton Helfer was consistently one of our top producers. Karleton received numerous production and achievement awards, and frequently led the business unit in total sales. Karleton took a very strategic approach to the sales process, always researching technology developments,...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Salesforce.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Salesforce demos Service Cloud 2

At Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009 in San Francisco, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Kraig Swensrud, senior vice president of product marketing, show attendees the company's new customer service software, Service Cloud 2. The new tool helps businesses connect their traditional call center technologies with social media applications through a cloud...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Social Media, Product Marketing, Cloud Computing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Virtualization, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Hardware, Service Cloud 2, Marc Benioff, Salesforce

Videos 2009-11-18

Dreamforce: Benioff introduces Chatter

At Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009 in San Francisco, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and technology head Parker Harris show attendees Chatter, a new collaboration and social media tool built for the enterprise. Benioff says the new tool will leverage social-networking models and bring them into a secure and private cloud where...

Tags: Social Media, Marc Benioff, Productivity, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Salesforce CEO chatters about new social media platform

At Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009 in San Francisco, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and technology head Parker Harris show attendees Chatter, a new collaboration and social media tool built for the enterprise. Benioff says the new tool will leverage social-networking models and bring them into a secure and private cloud where...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Social Media, Marc Benioff, Salesforce, Chatter

Videos 2009-11-18

Salesforce Chatter: Social operating systems emerge on the IT stage

The next big shift: Intranets, portals, and software suites that are the integrating force of the social fabric for our organizations. This morning's announcement here at Dreamforce today from Salesforce of Chatter, an enterprise-class realization of Facebook and Twitter, is further evidence of the industry's push for social Web capabilities...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Environment, Social Computing, Chatter, Status Update, Groups, Sales Force Management, Social Networking, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2009-11-18