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CRM Watchlist 2015 Elite, Part 4: Salesforce does it again

CRM Watchlist 2015 Elite, Part 4: Salesforce does it again

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?

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, CRM, CRM Watchlist, CRM Watchlist 2015, enterprise software, Fortune 500, Marc Benioff, salesforce.com, TechCrunch

Dreamforce 2013: You don’t have to blow things up to be explosive

Dreamforce 2013: You don’t have to blow things up to be explosive

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 […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Conference Scorecard, df13, Dreamforce, heroku, Marc Benioff, salesforce.com, Zuora

News Analysis: Salesforce 1 Signals Support For Digital Business at #DF13

News Analysis: Salesforce 1 Signals Support For Digital Business at #DF13

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 […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Apps Strategy, Big Data, BigData, Box, Business Analytics, business disruption, business impact, Business Outcomes, Business Transformation, CDO, CEO, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Sales Officer, CIO, Cloud, CMO, CoIT, Concur, Constellation Research, CRM, CustExp, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, customer relationship management, CXP, Data to Decisions, data visualization, Data2Decisions, df12, df13, Digital Business, Digital Strategy, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, DocuSign, Dreamforce, dropbox, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, eVariant, Evernote, Exact Target, FileBoard, Financialforce, force.com, Force.com platform, heroku, hp, innovation, kenandy, linkedin, Marc Benioff, mobile, mobile enterprise, News Analysis, Next generation apps, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, salesforce.com, ScanBizCards, servicemax, socbiz, social business, Social Media, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, TAS group, user conference, vendor events, vendor strategy, workday, Xactly | 1 Response

Salesforce and Workday Get Closer

Salesforce and Workday Get Closer

By Denis Pombriant on September 18, 2013

  I started getting rumors last week when a reporter called me to ask about Oracle buying Salesforce.  She was riffing on the announcement over the summer by Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, and Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, that the two companies would use some of each other’s technologies and make it easier for […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Aneel Bhusri, Larry Ellison, Marc Benioff, salesforce.com, sfwday, workday

News Analysis: Zuora Raises $50M Series E Round, Rides #MatrixCommerce Wave

News Analysis: Zuora Raises $50M Series E Round, Rides #MatrixCommerce Wave

By R "Ray" Wang on September 6, 2013

Zuora Rides The Wave In The Subscription Economy On September 5th, 2013, Foster City, CA based Zuora, announced $50 million in Series E capital.  The announcement has significant ramifications not only for Zuora’s self proclaimed subscription economy category, but also the broader business theme of matrix commerce because Zuora: Expanded the investor pool. Zuora successfully […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, B2B, B2B E-commerce, B2C, B2C E-commerce, Benchmark Capital, billing, Business Models, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Service Officer, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, collaborative consumption, commerce, Constellation Research, Dave Duffield, Digital Business, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, E-Commerce, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise strategy, finance, funding, Funding announcement, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Marc Benioff, Matrix Commerce, News Analysis, Next World Capital, Northgate Capital, R "Ray" Wang;, Redpoint Ventures, rwang0, SaaS, Sharing Economy, Shasta Ventures, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tenaya Capital, Tien Zuo, Vulcan Capital, workday, Zuora

News Analysis: Oracle’s Cloud Disruption Webinar Recording

News Analysis: Oracle’s Cloud Disruption Webinar Recording

By R "Ray" Wang on July 1, 2013

Oracle’s recent partnership announcements to supply Oracle technology to key cloud vendors such as Microsoft, NetSuite, and Salesforce.com create serious implications for the market.On June 28, 2013, Esteban Kolsky, Holger Mueller, and R “Ray” Wang discussed the implications  of Oracle’s recent partnerships for: Salesforce customers Microsoft customers NetSuite customers Oracle customers Cloud competitors such as Amazon, Google, […]

Posted in Business | Tagged @ekolsky, @holgermu, @larryellison, #bromance, Azure, benioff, Cloud, Dell, Esteban Kolsky, HANA, Holger Mueller, hp, ibm, Larry Ellison, Larry's Kids, Marc Benioff, microsoft, netsuite, oracle, R, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, salesforce, sap, saphana, Software Insider, SoftwareiInsider, SoftwareInsider, Steve Ballmer, TeleNovella, Vertica, Zach Nelson

Salesforce and Oracle in a Deal

Salesforce and Oracle in a Deal

By Denis Pombriant on June 25, 2013

To me it looks like Oracle is buying SFDC but to skirt the SEC and DOJ, and to avoid sticker shock, they’ll do a slow motion merger and present the market with a fait accompli in 9 years…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged benioff, Larry Ellison, Larry's Kids, Marc Benioff, netsuite, oracle, Oracle Exadata, salesforce, salesforce.com | 1 Response

Dreamforce 2012: Dream A Little Dream of (with) Me: Part 2

Dreamforce 2012: Dream A Little Dream of (with) Me: Part 2

By Paul Greenberg on October 18, 2012

In Part 1, I looked at salesforce.com, Marc Benioff and their vision as salesforce’s greatest asset. Here, within that context, I’m looking at the products and the technology ecosystem. As compelling as it is, there is a lot to be done yet.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged collaboration, df12, Dreamforce, Marc Benioff, salesforce.com | 1 Response

Benioff’s 2013 (NOT 2012) DreamForce Day 1 & 2 Keynote

Benioff’s 2013 (NOT 2012) DreamForce Day 1 & 2 Keynote

By Brian Sommer on October 1, 2012

Marc Benioff is a great showman, salesman and speaker. His annual show, Salesforce.com’s DreamForce, has become the show to attend for application software buyers globally. Last week’s event was a high-energy affair chock full of product announcements, glowing customer testimonials and more. Marc’s keynote often sets the standard for what other vendors’ user conferences should aspire […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud Computing, df12, df13, Dreamforce, Dreamforce 2012, Humor, Marc Benioff, salesforce.com, Social Enterprise

Apres Dreamforce

Apres Dreamforce

By Denis Pombriant on September 26, 2012

It’s over, Dreamforce that is, and I have gotten some needed sleep on the flight back to Boston.  As I contemplate Dreamforce 2012 and its meaning I have three observations. First, it was what I expected it to be.  If you refer back to my post just before the show opened my expectations were more […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Angela Ahrendts, Burberry's, coke, CRM, df12, Dreamforce, GE, Marc Benioff, Richard Branson, Social Media, Virgin group | 1 Response

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