Silicon.com has named its “Agenda Setter” for the software industry, and none other than rave fave CRM iconoclast Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com has taken the prize. Benioff also scored a mention as a top 10 executive in the “Business Leaders category to join folks such as Ray Ozzie from Microsoft, Eric Schmidt of Google, Steve […]
At the DEMOfall 06 Conference today, scanR (do not adjust your set; this is the spelling), together with salesforce.com, announced the availability of scanR for salesforce.com’s AppExchange. scanR is a solution that enables camera phones and digital cameras to scan, copy and fax. Using scanR for AppExchange, says the hype, one can snap a photo […]
Echopass, on-demand multi-site call and contact center service solutions provider, and salesforce.com have announced the availability of the Echopass Telecenter application for salesforce.com’s AppExchange. The Echopass Telecenter application seeks to provide a pre-integrated, on-demand call and contact center solution and access to an end-to-end suite of services through the Echopass EchoSystem. The Echopass EchoSystem Service […]
It’s good to see BigMachines is back in the news. For the Chump, the only thing better than getting to report serious business news with the words “Big” and “Machines” is the wonderful surprise entrance into a rather typical “big sale in salesforce.com’s house”-type story of a living legend. To wit: BigMachines, Inc., a provider […]
India, are you ready for Benioff’s boys? In Bangalore, Salesforce.com Asia Pacific president and CEO Steve Russell himself announced his firm’s agreement with AppExchange developer Theikos to launch an on-demand CRM and support bundle exclusively for India. Under terms of the agreement, Thekois will provide implementation services, comprising data migration, configuration, customisation and business process […]
How important has eBay become in the industry? Important enough to have its former chief operating officer poached by Salesforce.com. Hustling on-demand solutions provider Salesforce closed out its week with the announcement that Maynard Webb would be joining the firm’s board of directors, effective immediately. Webb’s term on the board will run until 2009. The […]
Appropriately for the 21st century, Salesforce.com today previewed what company PR is calling the 21st generation of its on-demand business applications: Salesforce Winter ’07. Salesforce Winter ’07 is scheduled for availability on an unspecified date in the fourth quarter (imagine that) and – never let it be said that colorful CEO Marc Benioff and his […]
According to NetWorld.com, IP PBX maker Shoretel is about to release a new product that promise to integrate workflow software with phone systems. The Shoretel Salesforce.com integration package includes a software developers’ program designed to encourage the integration of third-party and Shoretel software. Another program reportedly performs the integration. In the end, Shoretel’s VoIP will […]
The call for CRM was seemingly so great for pharmaceutical research firm Applied Biosystems Group that it’s hard to believe last year they had no such system in place. By 2008, it will not be possible to imagine Applied without it. Prior to signing on with salesforce.com, Applied had been running on a higgledy piggledy […]
Enterprise CRM representatives have announced that UK-based Actix, a provider of wireless network performance engineering solutions, have signed an agreement to implement Timetrack CRM for 150 users. The sale represents the very first customer win for the new Timetrack CRM product, originally launched in California in May. Timetrack CRM is an on-demand timesheet and expenses […]