CEO: ‘Salesforce.com 2.0′ to take on Microsoft (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Everyone knows Salesforce.com as the company that pioneered SaaS (software as a service) and survived the dot-com bust when many other ASPs didn't. Now, Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff says the company is ready to take on Microsoft as a leading development platform provider, a strategy he unveiled as "Salesforce.com 2.0" in New York on Tuesday.