http://www.silicon.com Results for Marc Benioff en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39658906,00.htm The tie-ups were announced at Salesforce.com's annual Dreamforce user conference in San Francisco this week, where BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp and CA CEO John Swainson both joined Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff on stage for the announcement. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:56:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39656455,00.htm Speaking at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce user conference in San Francisco, CEO Marc Benioff said Chatter was the company's "fourth cloud" - joining its Sales Cloud, Service Cloud and Custom Cloud. I know when my friend has been to the movies but not... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:20:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39890503,00.htm Chief executive Marc Benioff announced the service in San Francisco at the company's Dreamforce conference, which he said drew 19,000 attendees. Salesforce.com on Wednesday announced a social-networking service called Salesforce Chatter for its... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:57:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/marc-benioff-39547914.htm As head of Salesforce.com, the software-as-a-service CRM company he founded 10 years ago, Marc Benioff is one of the longest serving evangelists of software delivered over the internet. Benioff is a big character - as those who have shared a stage... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:05:41 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39517670,00.htm Chief executive Marc Benioff used the announcement to tout his company's cloud-computing philosophy: "With two-thirds of customer service interactions moving to the cloud and the popularity of social networks, it is high time for a change," he... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:08:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39487973,00.htm At salesforce.com's recent customer events I noticed the word cloud has been added to the familiar 'death to software' schtick that Marc Benioff has been pedalling for years. But too many buzzwords stop businesses from make sense of technology... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39399783,00.htm Chief executive, Marc Benioff, said in the conference call: "The numbers for the fourth quarter clearly demonstrate increasing adoption of the Force.com platform. Salesforce.com reported yesterday revenues of $1.08bn, a 44 per cent increase, for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:59:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39376848,00.htm Introducing Service Cloud, Marc Benioff, chairman and chief executive of Salesforce.com, said: "This has been made possible through the emergence of native cloud-computing platforms like Force.com that are built to harness the power of other... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:33:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39368849,00.htm CEO and founder of software-as-a-service vendor salesforce.com, Marc Benioff made some big announcements at November's Dreamforce user conference in San Francisco. There have been some big changes in the software industry over the past year - with... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:01:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39362465,00.htm Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com CEO, noted in a statement that Salesforce and Google agree on how to approach cloud computing and an open environment. We have an open vision for cloud computing," Benioff said. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:35:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39340614,00.htm Salesforce.com has long fancied itself a force for change in the software industry - and it's becoming increasingly hard to argue against the logic of CEO and founder Marc Benioff. At Dreamforce Marc Benioff was quick to point out the shortcomings... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:59:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39336510,00.htm Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has accused SAP of failing to understand cloud computing and slammed Microsoft's internet-based operating system, Azure. Speaking at Salesforce's Dreamforce user conference in San Francisco, Benioff questioned SAP's... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:15:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39336506,00.htm Speaking at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce user conference in San Francisco, CEO Marc Benioff said: "The reality is powerful sites no longer need cost and complexity. Salesforce.com has launched an application that enables developers to build and run... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:54:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39336504,00.htm Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff said: "This is really the social graph meeting the enterprise platform. As Facebook increasingly takes aim at business users, the social network has joined Amazon in announcing a tie-up with Salesforce.com. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:38:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2008/marc-benioff-39295156.htm Marc Benioff is one of the keenest evangelists of software as a service and has continued to drive Salesforce.com - a company he founded in 1999 - forwards in his own inimitable style. This is the fourth time Benioff has featured in the Agenda... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:35:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39267367,00.htm Marc Benioff Salesforce.com Yahoo! s board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO, receiving 85 per cent of the vote in his favour. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:53:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39266496,00.htm Marc Benioff Salesforce.com Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan is an unassuming man, who doesn't use his position to be imposing. It's less important for him to be the company's controller than to look like he is. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:37:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/telecoms/0,39024659,39184598,00.htm Marc Benioff BT's CEO Ben Verwaayen is to step down as CEO on 31 May 2008 after more than six years at the telco where he championed its push into broadband and helped it dodge regulator Ofcom's axe. Verwaayen, who will also step down from the BT... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:01:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39170470,00.htm Marc Benioff Google, Yahoo! and News Corp's MySpace.com have announced they have formed the OpenSocial Foundation, a not-for-profit group to support the OpenSocial initiative that Google kick-started last year to promote a universal standard for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:33:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39170228,00.htm Marc Benioff Salesforce.com Nandan Nilekani is pretty much a legend in his own lifetime. Co-founder of Indian outsourcing giant Infosys, foundation board member of the World Economic Forum, co-founder of the Indian National Association of Software... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:55:02 +0000