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Salesforce.com transitions to platform as a servicePosted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on Jul 16, 2007 6:00 PM
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Salesforce.com plans to make its Apex Code available in general release next month, completing its transition from an on demand CRM application platform to a more generalized on demand software...[Read the rest]

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Salesforce.com's platform ambitions
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Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Jan 19, 2007 4:00 PM
Salesforce.com delivers preview of Apex Code
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Salesforce.com Goes Retail and Opens New Reporting Possibilities (Hopefully)
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Salesforce.com will do the half-billion after all
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Posted by Phil Wainewright in Software as Services on: Dec 12, 2006 10:33 AM
Build, buy or rent? Salesforce says build
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Posted by Phil Wainewright in Software as Services on: Dec 12, 2006 6:50 AM
Salesforce.com prepping AppStore and Apex commerce engine
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Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Dec 11, 2006 9:06 PM
Salesforce rebrands its platform ... again
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Posted by Phil Wainewright in Software as Services on: Nov 27, 2006 9:59 AM
Examining Salesforce.com's ERP containment strategy
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Salesforce.com building out connector ecosystem
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Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Nov 26, 2006 9:12 PM
Must salesforce.com partners profit before declaring Apex a success?
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Posted by David Berlind in Between the Lines on: Oct 16, 2006 1:11 PM
salesforce.com's Apex language is not the lock-in attempt it appears to be
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Posted by David Berlind in Between the Lines on: Oct 13, 2006 9:46 AM
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Posted by Phil Wainewright in Software as Services on: Oct 13, 2006 4:45 AM
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Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Oct 11, 2006 4:01 AM
Salesforce outsources application development
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Posted by Phil Wainewright in Software as Services on: Oct 9, 2006 2:22 PM
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