By R "Ray" Wang on January 3, 2019
Awards Recognize Mostly The Pinnacle and A Tinge Of Nadir For Enterprise Tech In 2018, enterprise tech remained fast-paced, innovative, and action-packed. The Constellation Research team attended over 250 enterprise tech events, handled 1000’s of inquiries and briefings, dealt with 1000’s of media inquiries, and reached 100’s of millions in the social sphere. With that […]
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By Jason M. Lemkin on February 2, 2016
It’s great to see Marc Benioff focusing more time and energy on Equal Pay. A sustained effort here should open more eyes. Since this is SaaStr, I’d like to add a few more tactical thoughts here. Now yes, I am a White Male who grew up On a Coast and went to a Top College and […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged benioff, equal pay, equality, Hiring & Retention, Marc Benioff, Metrics & Operations, salary, salesforce.com
By Denis Pombriant on September 29, 2015
What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, the booths on the Dreamforce show floor were little more than outposts for widget-makers but fast-forward to Dreamforce 2015 and one is struck by the number, variety, and size of the partner community. But that’s only part of the story, often out of sight is the […]
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By Denis Pombriant on May 14, 2015
Sage and Salesforce put on a love fest on Tuesday to announce their partnership in which Sage has developed Sage Life, a product to enable small companies to connect their “customer, accounting, payroll and finance data into one system, accessible from any device, anywhere,” according to the press release. The wording leaves it unclear if […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged CRM, Marc Benioff, microsoft, netsuite, Sage, Sage Life, SageForce, salesforce, stephen kelly
By Denis Pombriant on May 12, 2015
Salesforce CEO, Marc Benioff Some of the drama over the rumored acquisition of Salesforce.com by a larger software industry rival could come to a head today when Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and his Sage counterpart, Stephen Kelly, share a joint press conference in San Francisco. For weeks the rumor that Salesforce was being courted have […]
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By Denis Pombriant on May 1, 2015
I feel like such a dope. About once a year some rumor circulates about Salesforce being bought and speculation runs rampant for a few days about who the suitor is and what the likely scenario will be in the march to the altar. This week saw the annual festival. I never thought it was a […]
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By Jason M. Lemkin on April 14, 2015
You may have noticed LinkedIn recently made its largest acquisition so far, of Lynda.com for $1.5 billion. If you haven’t heard of Lynda.com, it’s a SaaS / subscription service for training and e-learning. One thing to note is who its co-founder is: Lynda Weinman. The Wall Street Journal called her “the mother of the Internet.” […]
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By Paul Greenberg on February 12, 2015
Salesforce has won mindshare at a level so substantial that all other companies — including much bigger ones — compete against it. Salesforce is Elite, all right. But is it perfect?
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By Paul Greenberg on December 18, 2013
Overview I’ve been going to Dreamforce, salesforce.com’s big annual shindig for many years, and for many years, I’ve seen the same thing over and over. And no, that’s not what a party! Which it is. It’s not oh, whoa, another big, big event. Which it is. It’s not, another amazing work of presentation art. Which […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on November 18, 2013
Salesforce Seeks To Tackle Digital Business At Dreamforce Over 125,000 virtual and physical registrants descend on San Francisco the week of November 17th for Dreamforce 13, a future of technology meets SXSW event. One day in advance of the largest enterprise software event of its kind, Salesforce.com announces Salesforce 1 (see Figure 1). The Salesforce […]
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