Salesforce.com Unveils Additional Details of Dreamforce 2009, The Cloud Computing Event of the Year
November 13 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Speakers from industry leaders including Adobe, Google and Twitter
to join Marc Benioff on stage Thousands to attend Dreamforce in
person, and major events to be webcast live on salesforce.com's
investor relations website SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the
enterprise cloud computing company, today unveiled further details
of Dreamforce 2009, salesforce.com's user and developer conference,
at Moscone Center in San Francisco from November 17-20, 2009. Newly
announced guest keynote presenters include industry leaders from
companies like Adobe, Google and Twitter, making Dreamforce the
place to learn about the cloud computing industry. While thousands
of people from around the world will attend Dreamforce in person,
the keynotes will also be webcast live on salesforce.com's investor
relations website. Dreamforce 2009 registration is now open at
http://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/SFW105LOGO) During the
morning keynote on November 18th, Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of
salesforce.com will be joined by special guest Jason Goldman,
Director of Products at Twitter. And in the November 19th morning
keynote, Benioff will be joined by Shantanu Narayen, president and
chief executive officer at Adobe Systems Incorporated and Dave
Girouard, president of enterprise at Google. As previously
announced, the afternoon keynote on November 19th will feature
former Secretary of State General Colin Powell (ret.). The
industry's largest cloud computing event, Dreamforce 2009 is
salesforce.com's seventh annual user and developer conference. The
event is focused on inspiring customer, partner and developer
success with the Sales Cloud, the Service Cloud and the Custom
Cloud. More than 12,000 attendees are expected to participate in
more than 300 sessions and engage with more than 200 partner
sponsors. Attendees will learn how to maximize their current
investments and explore new offerings across Salesforce CRM
applications, the Force.com platform, the AppExchange and more. In
addition, they will meet with salesforce.com product teams, hear
from more than 300 expert users at leading customer and partner
companies, get hands-on training, and learn best practices and
strategies for generating success with cloud computing. Webcasting
Information Sessions that will be webcast include: -- Morning
keynote - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 9:00 am PST; -- Afternoon
lunch and Q&A - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 12:00 pm PST;
-- Morning and afternoon keynotes - Thursday, November 19, 2009 at
9:00 am PST and 4:15 pm PST, respectively. Live webcasts of Mr.
Benioff's presentations will be available on salesforce.com's
website at http://www.salesforce.com/investor. Free Passes to
Keynote and Expo Salesforce.com is also offering free keynote and
expo passes to Dreamforce. Now everyone can attend the visionary
keynotes and experience the Cloud Expo. This is a great opportunity
to learn firsthand about the future of cloud computing and visit
the largest gathering of cloud solutions under one roof. Please
register at http://www.dreamforce.com/ with registration code
EXPOCLO to take advantage of this offer. Additional Resources
Become a fan of Dreamforce on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/dreamforce. Follow Dreamforce on Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/dreamforce and tweet about the event using
hashtag #df09. About salesforce.com Salesforce.com is the
enterprise cloud computing company. The company's portfolio of
Salesforce CRM applications, available at
http://www.salesforce.com/products/, has revolutionized the ways
that companies collaborate and communicate with their customers
across sales, marketing and service. The company's Force.com
platform (http://www.salesforce.com/platform/) helps customers,
partners and developers to quickly build powerful business
applications to run every part of the enterprise in the cloud.
Based on salesforce.com's real-time, multitenant architecture,
Salesforce CRM and Force.com offer the fastest path to customer
success with cloud computing. As of July 31, 2009, salesforce.com
manages customer information for approximately 63,200 customers
including Allianz Commercial, Dell, Dow Jones Newswires, Japan
Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, and SunTrust Banks. Any unreleased
services or features referenced in this or other press releases or
public statements are not currently available and may not be
delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com
applications should make their purchase decisions based upon
features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has
headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and
trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
"CRM". For more information please visit
http://www.salesforce.com/, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE. Copyright
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