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Salesforce.com Announces Dreamforce 2011, the Cloud Computing Event of the Year

Salesforce.com Announces Dreamforce 2011, the Cloud Computing Event of the Year

Welcome to the Social Enterprise

Social networking thought leader, Google, to join salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff on stage

New special sessions on the business of social, public-sector change, and healthcare available to the more than 25,000 expected attendees

Special guests Metallica and will.i.am to perform at ninth annual user and developer conference

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced further details of Dreamforce 2011, the cloud computing event of the year. Dreamforce 2011 will be held Aug. 30 - Sept. 2 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. Registration is live at http://www.dreamforce.com.

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-- "Each year at Dreamforce we set the agenda for the cloud computing
industry, and this year will be no exception," said Marc Benioff,
chairman and CEO, salesforce.com. "At Dreamforce 2011, we will showcase
customers that have embraced innovation and transformed themselves into
social enterprises."


Welcome to the Social Enterprise

As we enter the post-PC revolution, companies are improving the way they collaborate, communicate and share information with customers and employees in the cloud - transforming themselves into social enterprises. Social enterprises build social profiles of customers, create internal social networks and listen to and engage with customers over the Internet. Dreamforce offers the content and educational opportunities that will enable attendees to transform their companies into social enterprises.

Dreamforce Expands with Special Guests, Sessions on Government, Healthcare and Social


-- Industry thought leaders such as Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of
Google, and others will join salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff on stage at
the annual user and developer conference.
-- Benioff will lead Vision for the Future; A Digital Agenda, a special
session on innovation-led, public-sector change, with Japan's House of
Representatives Chairman of the Committee on Internal Affairs and
Communications Kazuhiro Haraguchi; European Commissioner for Digital
Agenda Neelie Kroes and U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra as panelist on Wednesday,
Aug. 31 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
-- Social networking thought leaders Loic LeMeur, founder and CEO of
Seesmic; Jeremiah Owyang, partner at Altimeter Group; Gary Vaynerchuk,
co-founder of VaynerMedia, and more will kick-off the discussion of the
business of social in the Social Roadmap on Wednesday, Aug. 31 from
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
-- Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Chancellor of UCSF and Mark Laret, CEO of UCSF
Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, along with members
of the UCSF faculty will lead healthcare sessions in the Unusual
Thinkers: The UCSF Track on Thursday, Sept. 1 from 12:00 p.m. - 5:00
p.m.


Dreamforce: the Industry's Leading Cloud Computing Event

The world's largest cloud computing industry event, Dreamforce 2011, invites attendees to learn how technology can impact their businesses and industries through social, mobile and open cloud computing. Attendees can learn how their entire company can take advantage of the portfolio of salesforce.com's cloud offerings, including Salesforce Chatter, Force.com, Heroku, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Radian6 and much more.


-- More than 25,000 Dreamforce attendees are expected to take advantage of
the 450 sessions featuring 700 expert users from leading customer and
partner companies and the more than 275 cloud leader exhibitors.
-- Salesforce.com is excited to welcome extra special guests, Metallica to
perform at the Dreamforce 2011 gala followed by an after party with
will.i.am.
-- The Salesforce.com Foundation is thrilled to announce the second Concert
for UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital at Davies Symphony Hall. The
benefit concert will feature special guests Jay Leno, Alanis Morissette
and will.i.am spinning at the after party. To purchase tickets or for
more information, please visit http://www.theconcertforucsfbch.com/.


Additional Information


-- Conference registration is now open at
http://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/
-- Become a fan of Dreamforce on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/dreamforce
-- Follow @dreamforce on Twitter


About salesforce.com

Salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company that's powering customers' transformation into social enterprises. Social enterprises know who their customers are and what they like by building customer social profiles; increase productivity and collaboration with employee social networks; and engage with their customers over customer social networks. Based on salesforce.com's real-time, multitenant architecture, the company's platform and application services include:


-- Salesforce Chatter, a secure, private social network for your business
-- Salesforce Sales Cloud, for sales force automation and contact
management
-- Salesforce Service Cloud, for customer service and support solutions
-- Salesforce Radian6, for social media monitoring and engagement
-- Salesforce Jigsaw, for B2B sales and marketing account and contact data
-- AppExchange, the leading marketplace for enterprise cloud computing
applications
-- Force.com, for custom application development
-- Heroku, for building social and mobile apps in Ruby


Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CRM." For more information please visit http://www.salesforce.com, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE

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CONTACT: Katie Duffy, salesforce.com, +1-415-836-3734, kduffy@salesforce.com

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