Category: News

The Challenge of Showing Your Customers You Care During a Crisis

The Challenge of Showing Your Customers You Care During a Crisis

At a time when the unexplainable is happening and when emotions are high, it's hard to know how to comfort your customers and employees. In the wake of the Boston marathon tragedy, clicking the Facebook like button could not be further from what I want to express. A number of business leaders have reacted to this week's terrible events and as usual, some have faired far better than others. Read More»

Renowned Cryptographer Taher Elgamal is Our New CTO of Security

Renowned Cryptographer Taher Elgamal is Our New CTO of Security

Salesforce.com has an ongoing commitment to the security and trust of our customers. We continue to hire and develop leading talent in the area of security. With that, we’re proud to announce that Dr.Taher Elgamal has joined salesforce.com as our CTO of Security. Taher is an internationally respected information security... Read More»

Force.com Announces New Pricing and Packaging

Force.com Announces New Pricing and Packaging

We are excited to announce new pricing for our Force.com application development platform. Now new customers who want to build custom apps have two options to meet their needs: Force.com Enterprise Application and Force.com Light Application. Aligned to Business Needs With these new options, customers can choose the app functionality... Read More»

Marc Benioff: How to Turn a Simple Idea into a High-Growth Company

Marc Benioff: How to Turn a Simple Idea into a High-Growth Company

Today is salesforce.com's 14th birthday and like any other teenager, we are having a blast celebrating. Aside from eating delicious cupcakes, birthdays for us have other significance as well. This is the time to look back and reflect on our journey, what we have learned on the way, and how... Read More»

Sustainable Company / Sustainable World: Our First-Ever Sustainability Report

Sustainable Company / Sustainable World: Our First-Ever Sustainability Report

Salesforce.com is excited to unveil our first sustainability report: Sustainable Company / Sustainable World. For us, sustainability – a focus on addressing environmental, social, and economic issues - is integrated into all aspects of our business. We are committed to being a sustainable company and harnessing our innovative culture to... Read More»

The Bloomberg BusinessWeek 50 Ranking is Out, and “Salesforce is a Cloud Computing King”

The Bloomberg BusinessWeek 50 Ranking is Out, and “Salesforce is a Cloud Computing King”

Salesforce.com ranked #2 overall on the Bloomberg Businessweek List of Top 50 Performing Companies. Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff spoke with Aaron Ricadela at Bloomberg/Businessweek, and said: “What our customers want is very deep sales, service, and marketing capabilities, and they want that as a unified experience. That is not Oracle’s... Read More»

Salesforce is #19 on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For 2013 (Full List)

Salesforce is #19 on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For 2013 (Full List)

Salesforce.com has once again been named to the Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list. 2013 marks the fifth consecutive year that we've joined this respected club. At #19, salesforce.com is ranked along Google, NetApp, Dreamworks, REI, and the Container Store in the top 20. So, why did we... Read More»

Tweeting from the Customer Engagement Showcase

Tweeting from the Customer Engagement Showcase

I don't know what you think when you hear the initials 'CES' – but any exposition that features a keynote by Marc Benioff has clearly gone far beyond any roots it might have in gadgets, appliances and their accessories. Consumer? Electronics? I'm sorry, aren't those pretty much the polar opposites... Read More»

Top 10 Salesforce Blog Posts for 2012

Top 10 Salesforce Blog Posts for 2012

As 2012 is coming to an end, this is a great time to take a look back and see what content on our blog made a difference this year. Judging by the Top 10, it looks like you, our reader, enjoyed the series with tips and tricks for improving your... Read More»

See the Top Trends at the 2013 International CES from the Salesforce.com Social Media Command Center

See the Top Trends at the 2013 International CES from the Salesforce.com Social Media Command Center

The 2013 International CES will add more lights and buzz to the already-vibrant city of Las Vegas on January 8-11 as it debuts the latest and most exciting gadgets from around the world. With 150,000 attendees expected and over 40,000 social media conversations around CES already, we’re expecting big numbers... Read More»