Cloud computing has been around in one form or another since the late 1990s. Salesforce.com is often credited with introducing the concept of delivering simple enterprise applications and services via the web. In the twenty years that have followed, everyone from Google to Microsoft have brought their own interpretation of the cloud model to market.
Cloud computing is all about delivering computing power when and where it’s needed—and not charging for a CPU cycle or watt more. Your customers want IT on tap: computing services streamed across the Internet into their businesses as easily and cost-effectively as electricity flows.
As businesses of every size rely more and more on their technology infrastructure to provide them with a competitive advantage, cloud computing and related technologies have emerged as potential game-changers. The most intense focus has been on finding ways to leverage cloud computing with minimum disruption to business processes and maximum return on investment. The
What began as a small San Francisco startup during the dot-com boom is today a thriving global enterprise that is transforming how software is delivered and used by a wide range of businesses. Salesforce.com is the leader in enterprise “cloud computing” services—sometimes known as software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS).