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Salesforce.com to host Javelin

Salesforce.com plans to announce next week that it is hosting and maintaining customer relationship management software for Javelin Technologies, which supplies electronic trade communication technology. The San Francisco-based Salesforce.com offers hosted applications it claims are less expensive and easier to install than those offered by Oracle, PeopleSoft and others offering CRM software. CRM software is intended to streamline customer service, simplify marketing and sales efforts, and help companies find new customers and generate more revenue from existing customers. --Noel Wilson, Special to ZDNet News

July 8, 2002 by Noel Wilson

Facebook: We just want to share information more efficiently

During a press conference after the launch of Facebook Platform, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg was asked about differentiation from MySpace. "We just want to share information more efficiently.

May 24, 2007 by Dan Farber

Salesforce.com previews Analytics and Dashboard Mash-Ups

Today Salesforce.com announced additional new customization features for their upcoming "Winter '07" version of salesforce.

September 12, 2006 by Richard MacManus

LucidEra opens for business intelligence on demand

Dubbing itself the salesforce.com of business intelligence, LucidEra ends its beta period and formally opens for business.

March 5, 2007 by Dan Farber

How Salesforce has evolved (over 20 versions) to be a Web Office platform

This is Part 2 of my interview with Kendall Collins, VP of marketing at Salesforce.com.

July 31, 2006 by Richard MacManus

Salesforce.com's platform ambitions

In 2000, Salesforce.com started selling a basic CRM solution delivered via the Internet.

January 19, 2007 by Dan Farber

Podcast: Google Apps Premier, Vista security, salesforce.com mystery customer and more...

This week on the Dan & David Show, we discuss the well documented introduction of Google Apps Premier Edition, the $50 per user per year set of apps that includes phone support, additional storage, and a new set of administration and business integration capabilities. We also dive into Vista and IE7’s security features, and David discusses whether they will make the Web be harder to use.

February 22, 2007 by Dan Farber

Podcast: Google + DoubleClick, salesforce.com + koral, green machines and more...

This week during the Dan & David Show, we were interrupted by the news that Google acquired DoubleClick. We discuss the impact of Google once again appearing to ace out Microsoft in cornering the market for online advertising.

April 13, 2007 by Dan Farber

Salesforce.com snags Koral’s Web 2.0 content management service

Salesforce.com has taken another drink from its AppExchange marketplace pool, acquiring nine-person startup Koral and its on demand content management service.

April 9, 2007 by Dan Farber

Salesforce.com gets into politics

Mitt Romney’s Republican presidential campaign has raised about $20 million so far in 2007 with the help of  “com-Mitt” software for interacting (fundraising) with donors. The activity is otherwise known as CRM, customer relationship management, and salesforce.

April 3, 2007 by Dan Farber