Salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff to Speak at Web 2.0 Summit

Benioff to join Tim O’Reilly, Paul Maritz of VMware Inc., and Andy Jassy of Amazon Web Services and Amazon Infrastructure for a discussion on cloud computing

SAN FRANCISCO (November 15, 2010) – Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the enterprise cloud computing (http://www.salesforce.com/cloudcomputing/) company, today announced chairman and CEO Marc Benioff will speak at Web 2.0 Summit, on Nov. 17, 2010 at 2:40 pm PST at The Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Benioff be a part of a discussion entitled Point of Control: The Cloud. He will be joined by cloud computing leaders Paul Maritz, CEO of VMware Inc. and Andy Jassy, senior vice president of Amazon Web Services and Amazon Infrastructure. The panel will be moderated by Tim O’Reilly of O’Reilly Media Inc.

Web 2.0 Summit is an invitation-only annual gathering of key insiders in the technology and web industries focused on changing the way we live and work, and revolutionizing the business models that support the change. This year Web 2.0 Summit brings together leaders companies such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, Netflix, salesforce.com, VMware and Yahoo!, to discuss the current shift taking place with the web and enterprise IT.

Additional resources:

  • A live audiocast of Benioff’s presentation will be available at www.salesforce.com/investor.
  • Follow live coverage of Web 2.0 Summit at http://www.livestream.com/web20tv/share.
  • Follow @salesforce on Twitter. 

About salesforce.com

Salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company. Based on salesforce.com’s real-time, multitenant architecture, the company’s platform and CRM applications (http://www.salesforce.com/crm) have revolutionized the way companies collaborate and communicate with their customers, including:

  • The Sales Cloud, for sales force automation and contact management
  • The Service Cloud, for customer service and support solutions
  • Chatter, for social collaboration
  • The Force.com platform, for custom application development
  • The AppExchange, the world’s leading marketplace for enterprise cloud computing applications

Salesforce.com offers the fastest path to customer success with cloud computing. As of July 31, 2010, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 82,400 customers including Allianz Commercial, Dell, 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.

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