SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce.com
Dreamforce – Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the world's #1
CRM platform, and HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced a strategic
partnership in cloud computing.
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Salesforce.com and HP plan to create the new Salesforce
Superpod, a dedicated instance in the Salesforce multi-tenant
cloud, running on HP's world-class Converged Infrastructure. The
companies plan to jointly develop and market the Salesforce
Superpod to the world's largest enterprises. HP intends to be the
first customer to be deployed on a Salesforce Superpod.
"The salesforce.com and HP partnership is a breakthrough in
cloud computing," said Marc Benioff,
chairman and CEO, salesforce.com. "The Salesforce Superpod will
allow individual customers to have a dedicated instance in the
Salesforce multi-tenant cloud, powered by HP's technology and fully
managed within salesforce.com's world-class data centers."
"Trends like cloud, mobility and big data are creating a 'New
Style of IT' and transforming what enterprise customers expect and
need from technology. I'm excited to have HP and salesforce.com
work together to help customers tackle these exciting challenges,"
said Meg Whitman, president and CEO,
HP. "By jointly developing and using each other's technology, the
Salesforce Superpod will deliver the highest standard in
performance, reliability and management. HP intends to be the first
customer of the Salesforce Superpod."
The Salesforce Superpod will be available for an additional fee
to salesforce.com's largest customers.
Benioff will be joined onstage by Whitman to discuss the new
strategic partnership during the opening keynote at Dreamforce on
November 19, at 9:00 a.m. PT.
Salesforce.com invites everyone to enjoy the excitement of
Dreamforce with a Free Keynote and Expo Pass. You can also
experience Dreamforce from anywhere by visiting Salesforce Live:
http://salesforce.com/live.
About HP
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful
impact on people, businesses, governments and society. With the
broadest technology portfolio spanning printing, personal systems,
software, services and IT infrastructure, HP delivers solutions for
customers' most complex challenges in every region of the world.
More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at
http://www.hp.com
About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the world's largest provider of customer
relationship management (CRM) software. For more information about
salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), visit: www.salesforce.com.
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