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Conference energy levels

Measuring energy levelsI enjoyed this post greatly. It is great how you mention that Twitter streams are a good indication of the buzz. Using TipTop at http://FeelTipTop.com I keep track of buzz, sentiment, etc. with ease. For DreamForce, you can look at a page like http://www.feeltiptop.com/%2523df09

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Discussion threads 2009-11-20

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

The Future of Financial Force.com - How Salesforce.com Benefits, too

Wow - The Financial Force.com product line may have the rosiest future of all the products showcased at the recent Dreamforce.com show in SFO. Read why here. by Brian Sommer

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Financial, Benefit, Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Finance, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-11-27

Dreamforce: Benioff introduces Chatter

Chatter mattersChatter is the most exciting thing to happen to enterprise apps in quite a while. There a few differences between Chatter and everything that has come before it: 1)Chatter is part of your enterprise apps and lets you collaborate in the context of what is happening in your...

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Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

(NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog.  Let's see how that...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-23

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