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Uber CEO Kalanick Tells Benioff 5-Minute Success Story

SAN FRANCISCO — Controversial Uber CEO Travis Kalanick found a safe zone of sorts Wednesday: On stage with Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff. Kalanick, who has come under fire for everything from his claims about Uber drivers’ pay to comments he made to GQ Magazine about how easy it is for him to attract women now that he’s a billionaire, found himself in the friendly confines of Salesforce.com ‘s (CRM) massive Dreamforce conference, which ends

What Surprises Will Salesforce Unleash At Confab?

Now that Salesforce.com’s (CRM) annual Dreamforce conference has kicked off, the question is: What big surprise, if any, will be part of this year’s gathering? The customer relationship software specialist already has announced an initiative to create a marketing cloud that connects clients to the so-called “Internet of Things,” or IoT. Salesforce promises to “tackle the haystack” and “move the needle” with its programs designed to make it easy

Salesforce.com Confab Is Part Concert, Part Junket

Take a sales junket, sprinkle in some fairy dust from a rock concert, then add a few images of, say, the late Steve Jobs making one of his patented Apple (AAPL) turtlenecked stage appearances from days of old — and that’s sort of what Salesforce.com’s (CRM) Dreamforce conference looks like. “It’s like a music festival for geeks,” according to one online promo for this week’s gathering in San Francisco. Running from Tuesday through Friday, the