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Re: Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff: ‘Many CEOs are afraid to get too personal’

Piotr Kundu — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:20:14 -0000

SaaS depends very much on an idea of "one-size fits all" which is very much exactly what the mega corporations are looking for and what makes Salesforce so successful. In the same way it's going to kill SF, since innovation is non-existent for the pure reason that mega-corps don't want it, thus opening the door for systems like BaseCRM. BaseCRM is now what SF should look like 5 years ago.

I remember the day while working for Sony Ericsson, when somebody came in with an iPhone. That feeling is yet to come for SF.

Re: Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff: ‘Many CEOs are afraid to get too personal’

Sree — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:17:40 -0000

Inspiring article. best time for SaaS is yet to come

Re: Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff: ‘Many CEOs are afraid to get too personal’

ctruyenque — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:43:51 -0000

Hola Antonio,

Buena entrevista, coincido con la visión de MB sobre la proxima generación de aplicaciones integradas a redes sociales, hay un interes creciente de esta interaccion mas alla de un CRM a nivel financiero, SCM.... mas cercana al ERP "Social Bussines".

Re: Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff: ‘Many CEOs are afraid to get too personal’

Anthony Ha — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:08:14 -0000

Thanks, Ian!

Re: Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff: ‘Many CEOs are afraid to get too personal’

TropicalGringo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:37:21 -0000

I think it's easy to underestimate how intrinsically the SaaS model is going to change the software industry. I certainly have. Aside from the ROI and customer use advantages, I think a key development is the appearance of application exchanges. My own believe is that these exchanges are the most valuable piece of the whole equation. So far, the most popular exchanges are company specific (e.g., Salesforce, Apple, etc.), but I gotta believe someone is going to jump on the opportunity to create an independent exchange where you can mix, match and integrate different apps.

Re: Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff: ‘Many CEOs are afraid to get too personal’

ilamont — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:15:01 -0000

Great interview, particularly the parts about learning to deal with customers and larger companies vs. upstart competitors.