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Salesforce.com Introduces New Contact Manager Edition
"Contact Manager Edition opens up a whole new world for very small businesses and individuals, empowering them to experience success with cloud computing,” said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com. With the Contact Manager Edition, users can store and manage all contacts and accounts in the cloud..... (Quelle: networkcomputing.in) [more]
Salesforce.com Sets Sights on the Smallest Businesses
On-demand CRM (customer relationship management) vendor Salesforce.com on Tuesday will announce Contact Manager Edition, an application aimed at companies with just one or two employees.
The offering is priced at US$9 per user per month. Salesforce.com expects a ready audience for it, said Bruce Francis, vice president of corporate strategy.
Many people, having lost their jobs during the recession, are "starting their professional lives over" by forming new businesses, he said. "They need the right product at the right price," Francis said. (Quelle: http://www.pcworld.com) [more]
How SaaS and cloud computing are changing the IT industry and what the Opportunities they present?
...how difficult it was for a developer in mainframe age with poor accessibility and then the PC age with increased storage and computing with increased accessibility to developer, one question he tried to answer in the session was -
What’s going to be different in Cloud computing?
Prasad pointed out that Cloud computing is not about making Client devices to be any less powerful but to make cloud more accessible... (Quelle: www.watblog.com) [more]
Global CIO: Salesforce.com Surge Pushes SaaS Into Mainstream
With sustained revenue growth and growing acceptance among larger customers, the SaaS community--led by Salesforce.com--has moved confidently out of the margins and into the mainstream.
...But I think Salesforce achieved something even bigger—massively bigger—than that impressive company-specific quarterly performance... (Quelle: www.informationweek.com) [more]
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Cloud computing brings developers to the people
The reality is that SaaS, while being widely adopted now by the larger enterprises and governments, had initial success within the world of small business. If you can't afford a datacenter or even a few servers, SaaS was a logical option, and guys like Intuit, Salesforce.com, and other older SaaS players had their initial success within small business. (Quelle: www.infoworld.com) [more]
Salesforce.com: cloud computing model is a rainmaker for entrepreneurs
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Salesforce.com has proven that the cloud computing model is the best opportunity for entrepreneurs looking to build the next killer enterprise application, says Polly Sumner, president, Global Services, and chief adoption officer of the company. “Start-ups and independent software vendors are now able to create and run new applications entirely over the Internet, without software,” she says.
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Online marketing's future in a web-based world
Customers and prospects have taken control of the Internet, dramatically changing the way they find information, search for companies, and make purchasing decisions. (Quelle: news.zdnet.com) [more]
Practice Fusion aligns with Salesforce.com
I was writing earlier today about the need for health IT to become mainstream. This afternoon I got an example of how that is happening.
Practice Fusion said Salesforce.com has taken a minority stake in the company, added an executive to its board, and will roll out its online patient health record on the system as early as this fall.
The rest of the company’s offerings will follow.
Practice Fusion CEO Ryan Howard told ZDNet that sales calls were previously hampered by questions about his firm’s financial viability and the safety of customer data. “This solves both problems.” (Quelle: healthcare.zdnet.com) [more]
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Comcast Spectacor Scores with Acumen-Integrated Salesforce.com
Deploying the right CRM system can make the different in building customer relationships no matter the venue. Just ask Comcast (News - Alert) Spectacor, a sports and entertainment firm that owns and manages multiple sports franchises and the Wachovia Center (Arena) in Philadelphia, Pa., home to the famous Philadelphia Sixers basketball and Flyers hockey teams, among others. (Quelle: outbound-call-center.tmcnet.com) [more]
How to Use Salesforce.com for Non-Revenue Purposes
As a "horizontal application," Salesforce.com can be used for SFA and CRM across a wide range of companies and use cases. It's also a platform for building business applications in vertical industries such as financial services or real estate. Almost all these classic CRM applications involve customer acquisition, service, and relationship management-all related to revenue. (Quelle: news.idg.no) [more]
Should IT directors consider building their next business app on Force.com?
Many IT directors and CIOs are considering the impact of cloud computing and how it will influence their IT strategy. [more]
Avendio's new location
We relocate: From 26th of May on you will find us at
Mittelweg 177, D-20148 Hamburg
nearly Dammtor station and on the premises of Verlagsgruppe Milchstrasse.
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