Salesforce Reinforces Environmental Commitment with Mission 2020 Step Up Declaration and Announces New Strategic Climate Initiatives

Salesforce (CRM), the global leader in CRM, today at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS), announced the company’s leadership in the creation of the Step Up Declaration and strategic corporate commitments to help catalyze a climate turning point by 2020. <img alt=”Salesforce (PRNewsFoto/salesforce.com) (PRNewsfoto/Salesforce)” class=”Maw(100%)” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/mQDYupXfFrI5gVNPSftptg–~A/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODAw/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/en_us/Finance/US_AFTP_PRNEWSWIRE_LIVE/Salesforce_Reinforces_Environmental_Commitment_with-54e905f09f8560e778b4e5af91e4c777″ itemprop=”url”/> Salesforce (PRNewsFoto/salesforce.com) (PRNewsfoto/Salesforce) Since its founding, Salesforce has […]

Akvelon, Inc. Aims to Streamline CRM Process, Announces New Salesforce Integration for Gmail

Akvelon, Inc. has just launched free Google Chrome extension that integrates your Gmail account with Salesforce. Akvelon’s Salesforce Integration for Gmail extension streamlines the CRM process, allowing the tracking and finding of relevant emails. With the use of 2 Way Calendar Sync, email tracking, and email contact sync, users will save time and increase productivity. […]

Make room Google: Microsoft announces new Canadian HQ in Toronto

By:  Monica Nickelsburg Microsoft is the latest American tech titan to see something special in Toronto. The Redmond, Wash., software giant announced plans to build a massive new Canadian headquarters in Toronto, promising to invest $570 million in the facility. Microsoft expects to move into the new facility, located at 81 Bay Street, in Sept. […]

Microsoft’s Cloud Outage Postmortem: What Went Wrong in Texas

By:  Kurt Mackie Microsoft this week released its report on what went wrong with its cloud on Sept. 4, when a lightning strike at its U.S. South Central datacenter region caused a widespread service outage. The outage affected regional operations (“South Central U.S.”) as served up from Microsoft’s datacenters in San Antonio, Texas. However, it […]

Look Out, SAP And Oracle: Workday Launching Serious Assault On ERP Market

By:  Bob Evans CLOUD WARS — Hoping to combine its superb track record for customer success with a big recent acquisition in the operational-planning category, Workday has begun positioning itself as a full-fledged ERP provider whose modern technology and customer-centric approach will begin peeling customers away from market leaders SAP and Oracle. Workday CEO Aneel […]

The 3 Things Salesforce Management Can’t Stop Talking About

By:  Danny Vena There was plenty of good news when Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) reported its second-quarter financial results. The company continued its habit of “beat and raise,” beating expectations and raising its forecast for the remainder of the year. Revenue for the quarter grew 27% year over year to $3.28 billion, surpassing analysts’ consensus estimates […]

Microsoft Cloud Services Stumble After Outage Hits Texas Datacenter

By: Kurt Mackie Various Office 365 and Azure cloud services went down this week after a Sept. 4 lightning strike temporarily disabled Microsoft’s datacenters in the South Central U.S. region. The lightning strike on a San Antonio, Texas datacenter temporarily knocked out the power, leading to service outages that have affected many regional South Central […]