Comments on: Force.com sets its Sites on Microsoft http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Salesforce.com Now Lets Companies Build Both Apps And Sites In The Cloud http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17822 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:35:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17822 [...] and entrepreneurs a budget friendly way to use Salesforce’s platform. The company originally announced the Force.com Sites capability last winter, signaling Salesforce’s ambitions to expand [...]

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]]> By: Force.com + Google App Engine = Cloud Relationship Management http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17820 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:11:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17820 [...] a month ago Salesforce announced a new Sites service, which allows Force.com customers to host not only internal Salesforce and App Force applications [...]

]]> By: Bryce http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17819 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:55:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17819 We are actually in the process of moving off Salesforce to Dynamics. Salesforce has some nice features sales people, but as a platform and CRM application it just comes up way short in comparison.
Also we are just paying way too much for Salesforce, and the API and storage limites are far too low for our requirements.

]]> By: b http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17818 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:39:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17818 How are they charging for this? That will determine success/failure.

]]> By: Customer Relationship Experience: The Strategy Behind Salesforce Sites? « SmoothSpan Blog http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17817 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:22:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17817 [...] these outwardly facing applications and the connections with other Cloud platforms is causing some like TechCrunchIT to speculate that the announcement means closer ties with Microsoft and Google.  While Salesforce [...]

]]> By: Shawn http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17816 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:02:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17816 I also found this article to be really difficult to read.

]]> By: Ian Hendry http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17815 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:52:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17815 I agree with the assertions that Salesforce.com is chasing too many rabbits. In my opinion it doesn’t do CRM especially well and should have got that game moved on before running off to start another. Their churn on the core offerings is pretty high.

The only real area where Salesforce,com innovates is marketing spend. That got them the users they have today, but the problem is the ones they have don’t really care too much about the rest of the stuff.

Ian Hendry
CEO, WeCanDo.BIZ
http://www.wecando.biz

]]> By: Alex http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17814 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:19:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17814 Let me get this straight, if MS “..maintain a good quality …it might quite work.” ???

Brilliant.

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]]> By: Cool Products http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17811 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:36:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17811 I would definitely like to know more about this, but this post is very vague. After reading the comments though, it does not look like I need to waste any time researching this product.

]]> By: www.iboozi.com http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17810 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:04:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17810 Why we are commenting here if we haven’t any reason?

]]> By: Harold Goth http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17809 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:00:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17809 Good point. Chase too many rabbits you catch none of them. Chase one and you are always most certain to catch it.

]]> By: forcenot http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17808 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:57:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17808 Can you transform a station wagon into a sportscar into a minivan using same azel..no. Salesforce product is half baked and in this economy…why are they taking their eyes off the ball?????

]]> By: Adam http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17807 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:50:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17807 @Harish: i was thinking the same thing

]]> By: brian http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17806 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:45:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17806 Azure, Office for Web…all these recently announcements from Microsoft is fairly ambitious. If they maintain a good quality (and just not think of minting money), it might quite work. I have a feeling MS might succeed big time. Except for Google/Apple, I do not see any threat from anybody else whatsoever.

http://www.livbit.com

]]> By: Mike http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17805 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:38:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17805 As a SalesForce.com user (power user of CRM), I can honestly say it is a fairly worthless product. I find it very useless and seriously wonder why people like it. I have used several platforms and in reality they are just ACT! on the web, with group support.

SalesForce.com has not made me one bit more productive.

]]> By: Harish http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17804 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:29:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17804 I wish this post was more detailed. It is more like a press release not a blog post.

]]> By: Andy http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/forcecom-sets-its-sites-on-microsoft/#comment-17803 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:59:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=692#comment-17803 > Salesforce can provide tomorrow’s Azure services today

That’s perhaps a slightly rash comment. Their platform is highly proprietary, and lacks the full power of .NET which Azure will give. The comparison should instead perhaps be with Dynamics Online, with which Microsoft have confidently undercut Salesforce on price (though lacks all Salesforce’s features).

Even Microsoft’s offerings look open compared with a walled garden like Salesforce?! But I do give them great credit for providing a clever and user friendly CRM platform that’s available now.

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