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March 4th, 2009

Will economic downturn push companies into the cloud? [video]

Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:15 am

Categories: Cloud computing, General, SaaS, Salesforce.com

Tags: Video, Cloud, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Corporate Communications, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Sales

At the TechCrunch Cloud Computing Roundtable in Mountain View, Calif., Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, explains why he thinks Microsoft’s entry into the business will bring validation to the cloud. Many CTOs, he says, still need to be convinced that using software as a service will save them money and move their companies toward the future. Moderator: Steve Gillmor, editor of TechCrunchIT.

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