In an effort to support the cloud computing community with the latest thought leadership on cloud computing, security and virtualization, CloudTimes is proud to announce our own Research Library. The library consists of whitepapers, articles, documents and webinars which can be downloaded for free on http://research.cloudtimes.org/ Popular Topics include Cloud Computing Design and Facilities Distributed…
Salesforce announced it is acquiring social media monitoring platform Radian6 for $276 million in cash and $50 million in stock. The transaction is set to be completed by July 31, 2011, subject to certain terms and conditions. This acquisition represents a huge opportunity for Salesforce as it is expected to gain a leadership position in…
Verizon and SAP America, a subsidiary of SAP AG, annouced on March 16, that they will deliver SAP CRM (Customer Relationship Management) through Verizon’s computing as a service cloud. The new SAP CRM targets enterprises and offers rapid deployment with a ready to use software, predefined services and price, and preconfigured content. Users will now be able to…
Recently marketing strategies have shifted from traditional print advertising and direct mail to online campaigns, mass emails, webcasts and webinars to name a few. Automating the marketing process, enhances cross-channel communication and lead generation, decreases the cost of acquiring new business to the organization, and provides tools for the marketing and sales teams to increase…
The Salesforce.com “Best of” customer choice awards recognize AppExchange partners who have had excellent user reviews in a specific calendar year. These partners are awarded based on user-contributed reviews and do not reflect the opinions of salesforce.com, its employees or partners. The award has 11 separate categories where the winners receive recognition for their ability…
Salesforce is known as the leader in CRM, but wouldn’t it be great if you could also used it for Marketing Automation? A marketer’s life would be so much easier if he or she can have one solution to capture, store, score and nurture contacts. Lauren Carlson from Software Advice wrote a great article today…
The “Cloud” has become the biggest buzzword in technology today and it is having a revolutionary impact on small to medium size businesses (SMBs), especially in the way they market their business. In order to optimize their spending, small businesses have to be creative when it comes to marketing resources. Most small businesses cannot afford…
We met up with Demandbase at Dreamforce ’10 to talk about the company’s latest announcement regarding its Real-Time Identification Service, which the company says can now identify more than 1 billion IP addresses, matching them to over seven million businesses, representing more than 75 percent of all business web traffic across North America and Europe….
At this week’s Dreamforce conference it was hard to miss the battle that was happening between Salesforce and Microsoft. On the streets outside the Moscone Center where Dreamforce was taking place, Microsoft had representatives with blue suits and blue umbrellas riding around on Segways with a big advertisement for MS Dynamics CRM Online attached to…
Dreamforce is just one week away! It surely looks like it will be the industry’s largest cloud computing event of the year with over twenty thousand people expected to be at the Moscone Center from December 6-9th. So what’s new and exciting about this year’s event? Party Party Party! Did we mention the numerous parties?…