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- CRM Watchlist 2010 - Part I
- Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. Oh, wait, you probably think that I'm talking about which companies to watch in 2010.  Nah. I already made those decisions.  I'm talking about how to deliver the list.  Should I do it the splitscreen method?  One big post? Several parts? ...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., Customer, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., CRM, SAP 2010, SAP CRM 7.0, Chatter, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-12-28
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- Dreamforce: Quick first impressions
- Sitting here in the audience at the annual Dreamforce conference of Salesforce.com, a couple of quick impressions come to mind. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Impression, Sales Force Management, Sales, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Salesforce kicks off Dreamforce, announces Chatter
- Salesforce announces Chatter, a new product that brings together the best of collaboration and social networking, to improve efficiency in the workplace. by Sam Diaz
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Salesforce Chatter: Facebook for the Enterprise
- Salesforce is announcing today a Salesforce Chatter, an enteprise collaboration application akin to Facebook. The move puts SalesForce in competition with offerings from other providers, including IBM Lotus. Here's what's being delivered. Features: Profiles: Just like profiles on popular consumer-oriented social networking sites, Salesforce Chatter profiles include...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Platform, App, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Dreamforce 2009 - live
- Dreamforce 2009 by Dennis Howlett
- Tags: Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- 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
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