High five, Marc Benioff! Salesforce.com shifts focus and beats expectations

Salesforce.com's aggressive acquisition strategy, and emphasis on all things cloud and mobile appears to be paying off.

How Activision uses Salesforce.com for engaging with (complaining) gamers

Salesforce.com chief executive Marc Benioff relates how his company transformed the social support infrastructure at Activision Blizzard, the publisher of the Call of Duty games and an enterprise with $4.8 billion in annual sales.

Keynote: Marc Benioff wants to lead a ‘social revolution’ in the enterprise

Benioff, Salesforce's outspoken CEO, took the stage for his keynote address at Dreamforce 2012 with one clear message: A "social revolution" is taking place, and his company wants to be the driving force behind it.

Chicago’s accelerator for world-changing startups welcomes its first batch

OpenTable founder Chuck Templeton has launched ImpactEngine, a new Chicago-based accelerator to support for-profit businesses that aim to make a positive social or environmental impact in the world.

Businesses need to embrace the “social revolution,” says Salesforce’s Benioff

The social networking revolution is “bleeding into our society,” Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff said today, citing the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street as “key moments of transformation” for social networks.

Salesforce, a multi-billion-dollar sales-force automation provider, has obviously …

Social enterprise startup Igloo raises a cold $5M

Did you know that if you add “social” and “enterprise” and “mobile” and “cloud,” you get $5 million dollars? It’s crazy!

The crazy kids at Igloo Software have signed a $5 million dollar funding deal; it’s the company’s second institutional …