Salesforce.com buys Clipboard, in exit for ex-Microsoft researcher: Service to shut down June 30

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Salesforce.com has purchased Clipboard, the Seattle startup led by former Microsoft researcher Gary Flake which drew comparisons to Pinterest. It appears to be more of a talent and technology grab as Clipboard plans to shut down its Web clipping and sharing service on June 20. “We have some bittersweet news. We are extremely happy to… Read More…

Salesforce.com to hire hundreds at Portland office

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Seattle has experienced a boom in new engineering and development offices from Silicon Valley companies such as Google, Facebook, Zynga, Splunk and eBay. Now, the Portland area is getting in on the action. Mike Rogoway of The Oregonian reports that Salesforce.com has chosen the Rose City for a new office, with plans to hire hundreds… Read More…

Salesforce.com CEO Benioff: Beware of false clouds and Windows Phones

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Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff is in classic form this morning during the keynote at the company’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, roaming the Moscone Center floor and sounding at times like a preacher as he talks about the company’s latest offerings in cloud computing and social networking. “We need to beware of the false cloud,”… Read More…

Microsoft offers cash to Oracle, SAP and Salesforce customers

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Microsoft this morning made a new overture to customers of Oracle, Salesforce.com and SAP — offering $150 in cash per user to companies that switch to Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM Online from the competing customer-relationship management services. The company made the offer on the eve of Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. Microsoft issued an open letter… Read More…

Amazon eyes new Seattle tower for even more growth

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Amazon.com has been growing like crazy — adding 4,200 people worldwide in the first three months of this year alone. And despite a gigantic new headquarters campus, the Seattle company appears to need even more space to accommodate all that growth. We’re hearing from people in Seattle’s commercial real estate community that Amazon is on… Read More…

Judge to ex-Microsoft GM: You can’t take that job at Salesforce.com, either

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A judge in Seattle today denied a former Microsoft general manager’s new attempt to carve out a role for himself at Salesforce.com, saying the revised job proposal would still run afoul of his non-compete agreement with the Redmond company, even if it didn’t precisely match his former Microsoft role. The preliminary injunction entered by King… Read More…