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Salesforce

King Benioff Posts 43% Revenue Jump In Q3

November 20, 2008

Salesforce.com announced a 43 percent increase in third quarter revenues, beating Wall Street’s expectation
The stock (CRM) rose 10.8 percent in after hours trading to $25.30, up over 5%
Q3 revenues reached $276M for the period ending Oct. 31, fueled by growth in its subscription and support business.
Wall Street expectations put estimated Salesforce.com to generate $273.5 million, [...]

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Zoho Knocks King Benioff

November 4, 2008

SalesForce CEO Mark Benioff invited Zoho last month to take part in their AppExchange (now renamed Force.com) ecosystem.
Although Zoho has a CRM offering of their own, Benioff still thought that certain aspects of Zoho could work well inside SalesForce.
Benioff later retracted his statement and said he could not include them after Zoho hired engineers to [...]

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Interview With King Benioff: “Venture Capitalists, I Think In Many Times They A. Overreact; and B. Get It Wrong.”

November 2, 2008

The San Francisco Chronicle had an interview with SalesForce.com CEO, Mark Benioff.
He talks about many issues including:

The economy
‘Fear” in the market
Microsoft embracing cloud computing
Alignment with major corporations
Outsourcing
Seqouia capital presentation for startups.
VC Greed

It’s a great read.

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Oracle Releases Updated iPhone Apps, Increases Barriers For SalesForce

September 22, 2008

Oracle has released updated versions of their on demand business applications for the iPhone today at their Open World Conference.
The apps let business owners view real time analytics for financial trends, leads, sales performance, human resources, CRM, and supply chains all from the iPhone.
Salesforce.com had previously made its CRM, applications and Force.com platform available as [...]

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