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Netsuite Looking to Steal Salesforce Customers
Reuters is reporting that Netsuite is offering 50% discounts and up to 100 free hours of training and integration time for customers willing to dump Salesforce.com in favor of Netsuite. In this down economy pricing is expected to play a bigger role in product selection and Salesforce will likely face some challenges in the coming months.
Salesforce.com spokesman Bruce Francis declined comment but chief financial officer Graham Smith recently told investors that he expected “much more aggressive pricing” from rivals, causing the stock to fall more than 25% in the past week.
Add comment October 22, 2008
Get Salesforce.com Certified
Salesforce.com has announced a certification program along with a roadshow where you can get a refresher before you take an exam. Roadshow loacations include San Mateo CA, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington DC, and New York City. Its free if you’ve had the admin 201 or 301 or a very reasonable $99 if you haven’t. Looks like the normal price will be $200.
3 comments September 11, 2008
Schmidt on Salesforce Partnership
from alwayson.goingon.com
Google CEO Eric Schmidt talks about the new partnership with Salesforce.
Add comment April 17, 2008
Oracle to buy Salesforce.com?
Former FT reporter Tom Foremski is reporting for SiliconValleyWatcher that Salesforce has been shopping itself to Oracle for $75 a share or around $9 billion. He points out several reasons why the deal would be good for Oracle, one of which is that Benioff could take over for his former boss Larry Ellison when he elects to retire.
Add comment February 11, 2008
Marc Benioff Named as 1 of 10 Most Influential Leaders in Business
Tech Republic has recently named Marc Benioff as one of the most influential leaders in business. Also on the list are Benioff’s pal John Chambers of Cisco and his old boss Larry Ellison from Oracle. Benioff came in at number 9, you can find the full list here.
Add comment February 4, 2008
Salesforce Success Tour Coming to NYC
The Salesforce “Success Tour” will be coming to New York City on Thursday July 12th. Details can be found here. I originally posted the date as the 14th, thanks for the correction Randy.
The event will be held at the Grand Hyatt located at 109 East 42nd Street at Grand Central Station.
Add comment June 22, 2007
