As HBO's "Silicon Valley" Concludes Its First Season, a Look at the Real-Life Competition That Gives
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 01, 12:13PM CDT
The first season finale for HBO's Silicon Valley airs tonight with the team competing at TechCrunch Disrupt. Credits: TechCrunch , HBO. Each September in San Francisco, TechCrunch hosts its signature Disrupt conference in which start-ups quite...
Why Intel and Microsoft Led the Dow Higher This Week
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 01, 8:00AM CDT
The Dow Jones Industrial Average powered higher this week, closing up 111 points, or 0.67%, near all-time highs. Although some investors remain cautious on expectations of a meaningful correction in the Dow, the bull market appears to be fully...
Are Workday Shares a Good Investment for the Long Haul?
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 31, 8:00AM CDT
Workday recently announced first-quarter fiscal 2015 results that showed its revenue grew 74% during the quarter to $159.7 million, but the company also reported an operating loss of $32.6 million. Meanwhile, shares have lost nearly 32% of their...
Jim Cramer's Top Stock Picks: TGT Q MSFT CRM
at The Street - Sat May 31, 5:00AM CDT
Cramer says Target is a better retail play than the dollar stores while Quintiles Transnational is a less risky bet in biotechs.
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Next Week's Game Plan
at The Street - Fri May 30, 7:18PM CDT
Has the market gotten too complacent about these new highs? Cramer wonders. Next week could be difficult for the bulls.
Why Marc Benioff Thinks Microsoft Is Making the Right Moves
at The Street - Fri May 30, 3:35PM CDT
Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff, once a vocal critic of Microsoft, is now becoming a partner of the software giant as it seeks to bolster it cloud and mobile capabilities under recently appointed CEO Satya Nadella.
Salesforce.com Inc. Wants to Get a Toehold in the Internet of Things
Eric Bleeker, CFA and Max Macaluso, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 30, 3:26PM CDT
Salesforce.com pitched its own vision of the Internet of Things at its annual Dreamforce conference when it announced its new Salesforce 1 platform, and a broader vision it described as "the Internet of Customers." The broader cloud-computing...
Microsoft Eyes Business Customers for Windows Mobile
Travis Hoium, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 30, 2:30PM CDT
After trading slightly lower for most of the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is about 10 points under breakeven near the end of trading. On the economic front, an index of consumer sentiment fell slightly in May and the Commerce Department...
Why Jim Cramer Thinks Microsoft (MSFT), Salesforce.com (CRM) Deal Explains Tech Market
at The Street - Fri May 30, 10:57AM CDT
TheStreet's Jim Cramer explains how the Microsoft (MSFT) and Salesforce.com (CRM) deal depicts the entire tech market.
Cramer: The Waiting Is the Hardest Part
at The Street - Fri May 30, 10:24AM CDT
With every stock I see, you're better off waiting for a pullback.
Microsoft Makes Nice With Salesforce.com -- Here's Why
Alex Dumortier, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 30, 9:35AM CDT
After achieving (another) record high yesterday, U.S. stocks are roughly flat in early trading Friday, with the benchmark S&P 500 and the narrower Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.04% and down 0.11%, respectively, at 10:30 a.m. EDT. In...
Microsoft teams with salesforce.com to connect management apps
M2 - Fri May 30, 8:11AM CDT
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) have announced a strategic partnership to create new solutions that connect salesforce.com's customer relationship management apps and platform to Microsoft Office and Windows so customers can be more productive.
Silverline Achieves Salesforce Fullforce Certification for Its Wealth Management Solution
Marketwire - Fri May 30, 7:37AM CDT
Today, Silverline announced it has joined the Salesforce Fullforce initiative, empowering companies in Wealth Management to connect with their clients in a whole new way. Silverline's Fullforce certification for its Wealth Management Solution enables clients to tap into the power of social, mobile and connected cloud technologies to accelerate their success.
Salesforce.com Granted Authority to Operate from HHS for Both PaaS and SaaS Offerings
PR Newswire - Fri May 30, 4:00AM CDT
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the world's #1 CRM platform, announced today that it has been granted an Authority to Operate (ATO) from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the new Salesforce Government Cloud, which includes both platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS). With this ATO, salesforce.com will be able to further support government organizations who are looking to achieve the significant cost, agility and innovation benefits of cloud computing.
Salesforce, Microsoft Team Up - Analyst Blog
Awantika Poddar - Zacks Investment Research - Thu May 29, 3:35PM CDT
As per a Bloomberg report, salesforce.com, Inc. (CRM) has entered into a strategic alliance with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), to offer Salesforce's CRM services on Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft and salesforce.com announce global, strategic partnership
CNW Group - Thu May 29, 3:16PM CDT
Industry leaders to deliver new solutions and mobile experiences for mutual customers.
Why salesforce.com (CRM) Stock Is Higher Today
at The Street - Thu May 29, 11:51AM CDT
Shares of salesforce.com (CRM) are up after it was reported that Microsoft (MSFT) and the company are planning to announce an agreement as soon as today that will enable customers of Microsoft's cloud-computing service to use Salesforce's enterprise...
Sales and Marketing Confidential: National Survey Uncovers Rise of Hyper-Informed Customer
Marketwire - Thu May 29, 8:03AM CDT
and Ghent, Belgium Showpad, a leading mobile sales enablement solution, unveiled TapResearch data of a survey that found nearly half of sales professionals (47 percent) admitted to being outsmarted by customers. Fortunately, new technology can help sales and marketing teams meet the demands of today's educated customer, as well as boost productivity and achieve business goals.