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Salesforce.com kicked off its 9th Dreamforce conference with a slew of new features, services and products, as well as an offering that represents a surprising shift for the cloud-evangelizing company: the ability to store data on premises for security-conscious companies.
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block AT&T’s proposed US$39 billion takeover of T-Mobile. The civil antitrust lawsuit that Justice filed in Washington’s federal court on Wednesday says the deal would substantially diminish competition in the wireless market. AT&T shares fell 5.5 percent after the news broke.
Salesforce.com is riding the crest of wave after wave of good news as it starts Dreamforce, its annual convocation for customers, prospects, the press and analyst communities. Forty thousand people are expected in San Francisco for the event at some point in the week. In a sign of how big this event has become, last night I saw work crews closing down Howard Street by the Moscone Center.
HP has opted to continue producing its TouchPad tablet device, at least temporarily, in response to an explosion of demand among consumers. That demand was likely spurred by the drastic drop in price the tablet underwent earlier this month — just after HP announced that it was discontinuing the TouchPad. The device, which sold for $500 when it debuted a few weeks ago, dropped to $99 at some retailers.
Esther Dyson, the Great Dame of Silicon Valley, at times matriarch to Bill Gates and many other lads on the innovation circuit, wrote a harsh column Aug. 26 about ICANN’s gTLD system, titled "What’s in a Domain Name?" I like and respect Esther, especially for her technical background — we have shared the podium. However, I feel it’s my responsibility to clarify a few points.