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CRM Firm Salesforce Appoints Former US CIO as EVP of Emerging Markets

January 16, 2012 — – CRM and cloud solutions provider Salesforce announced on Monday it has named former US chief information officer Vivek Kundra its executive vice president of emerging markets. When he joined the Obama administration in March of 2009 Kundra became the first chief information officer of the United States.

Open-Xchange and RAE Internet Offer Email Integration with Salesforce

February 14, 2011 – Open-source collaboration solutions provider Open-Xchange and security solutions provider RAE Internet announced on Monday they have partnered to integrate Open-Xchange email with Salesforce account information.

Salesforce.com Buys Ruby Cloud Platform Heroku for $212M

December 8, 2010 — Salesforce.com announced on Wednesday it will acquire Ruby-based cloud application platform Heroku for about $212 million in cash. As part of the acquisition salesforce.com will grant shares of restricted stock and restricted stock units with a total value of $27 million to Heroku employees and will pay about $10 million in cash for unvested Heroku shares.

Salesforce.com Partners with NTT to Open Data Center in Tokyo

October 5, 2010 — Enterprise cloud computing firm Salesforce.com announced on Tuesday that infrastructure services provider NTT Communications will establish a data center in Tokyo to support Salesforce.com’s cloud computing services.

Salesforce to Open Data Center in Tokyo

May 12, 2010 — Enterprise cloud computing provider Salesforce announced on Wednesday it will open a new data center in Tokyo next year.

US Census Bureau Uses Cloud Computing

January 22, 2010 — The US Census Bureau revealed this week it has tentatively begun using cloud computing to provide a more cost-effective and rapid delivery of its services to its employees and the public, according to a report by Information Week.

Salesforce Adds Twitter to Service Cloud

April 1, 2009 — Software as a service provider Salesforce announced on Wednesday that it will add social networking website Twitter to its recently launched Service Cloud solution, and will begin offering integration with customer data to subscribers from this summer.

Salesforce Launches Force.com Sites

November 7, 2008 — Software as a service provider Salesforce has built a reputation among enterprises over the years as being a leading provider of customer relationship management software.