Salesforce Shows Enterprises How Cloud Computing Works
January 12, 2014
Grazed from eWeek. Author: Chris Preimesberger.
When someone says "the cloud," the first example people usually think of is Amazon. Likewise, when someone says "software as a service," the first example is most often Salesforce.com. It’s like Xerox and copiers, Kleenex and tissue paper, or Coca-Cola and soft drinks. It takes an extraordinary market presence—not to mention staying power—to become the preeminent enterprise in a specific sector.
Salesforce earned its high-recognition place at the table in about seven years; Amazon did so for its Web services business in even less time. That speaks volumes about the power and influence of those two companies…
Salesforce grew into the most influential software-as-a-service company to date. This San Francisco-based company has planted its stake in the ground for being ahead of its time and as such is historically significant in the world of IT…
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