Marc Benioff

Cloud-based software maker Salesforce.com Inc is entering the business of selling database programs that manage vast arrays of corporate data, challenging leader Oracle Corp in the $21 billion a year market.

Microsoft Corp is offering customers of Salesforce.com Inc thousands of dollars in rebates to switch over to its own customer relationship management system.

Walt Disney Co said on Thursday it has acquired startup iPhone app developer Tapulous, as the company continues its push into mobile games.

IPhone app developer Tapulous says its sales have approached $1 million a month, providing fresh evidence of the growing success of start-ups designing programs for Apple Inc's mobile device.

Salesforce.com Chief Executive Marc Benioff will make a high-profile speech at a conference held by arch rival Oracle Corp, giving him a rare chance to hawk his goods in hostile territory.

U.S.business software maker Salesforce.com Inc posted better-than-expected quarterly results and raised its outlook for the full year, sending its shares up 9 percent on Thursday.

Web-based business software sales are growing briskly, even as most of the industry stalls, as the segment pioneered by Salesforce.com Inc benefits from the weak economy and fading concerns about security.

Salesforce.com Inc.'s said late Wednesday its first-quarter net income rose sharply and raised full-year forecasts, citing increased revenue.

Salesforce.com Inc. and Google announced today an alliance to integrate Google's applications to Salesforce's software for managing sales service, the companies said.