Jun 20, 2012 By Gareth Llewellyn

The #Cloudforce magic number: Four Hundred and Six!

So one week on, as the dust settles on an amazing #cloudforce Sydney, we have been pulling the Radian6 data on the social conversation which always provides very interesting insights on how a conversation has developed. (If you weren't able to attend #cloudforce, you can find all the decks... Read More

Social

Jun 21, 2012 By Salesforce

BRW: Salesforce.com is Sixth Best Place to work in Australia

There's an exciting buzz around the office this morning as news is breaking that last night at a gala awards dinner, salesforce.com was named the 6th best place to work in Australia by Business Review Weekly Magazine. The award follows being named in the Fortune Magazine Best Companies to Work... Read More

Charity

Jun 19, 2012 By Derek Laney

Being Bullish on Failure Can Improve #Success

One of the most quoted speakers from #cloudforce was pollenizer's Mick Liubinskas who took a contrarian view in the innovation panel and encouraged participants to embrace a more productive form of #fail. He described that core to the success of the startup company is the test/fail/learn... Read More

Social

Jun 13, 2012 By Mark Vozzo

SaaSy's Magical Mystery Tour of Sydney

Hello Cloudforce Sydney, This is Sassy here. I got my good friend Mark Vozzo to put up this blog post on my recent exciting tour of Sydney. I was here last year for Cloudforce 2011 but I didn't get much of a chance to do much sightseeing on that trip as I was on a very tight travel schedule.... Read More

Jun 13, 2012 By Salesforce

Road to Cloudforce: Grabbing Social by the Horns

"Social social social. Everyone's always on about social. What's he big deal?" if this is you, then the social media lounge is for you. Cloudforce is all about social... after all the event is called the 'Social Enterprise Tour' but if social isn't really... Read More

Social

Jun 12, 2012 By Salesforce

Road to Cloudforce: Innovate or die

They say that if a shark stops swimming, it dies.  Apparently it's only half true, but it's an intertesting analogy for the process of innovation.  If an economy stops innovating, does it die? One of the highlights of this year's #cloudforce will be the ZDNet Conference... Read More

Cloud

Jun 11, 2012 By Mark Vozzo

Preparing for Cloudforce - How to get the most out of the day

I want to help you get the most out of Cloudforce Sydney. I attended Cloudforce last year and it was an amazing event with over 1,600+ attendees. We had 15 Breakout Sessions for Sales Professionals, Small Businesses, IT Pros, Developers and Marketing folks. This year, we are anticipating over... Read More

Jun 08, 2012 By Salesforce

Guest Blog: Create passionate customers with the Social Enterprise

As part of #cloudforce Sydney next week we'll be hosting a number of social media experts in our Social Media Lounge in the Expo.  These experts will be giving a series of presentations on how small businesses in particular, and business generally, can use various aspects of Social Media... Read More

Social Media

Jun 07, 2012 By Mark Vozzo

Cloudforce Sessions for Financial Services

With growing focus and media attention on the state of the world economy, more attention is being drawn to the financial services sector businesses such as banks, money lenders, mortgage brokers, insurance brokers and the list goes on. Customers are looking for services to help them navigate... Read More