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SurveyMonkey Buys Online Forms Start-Up Wufoo for $35 Million

in News on April 25, 2011 at 8:28 am PT

SurveyMonkey, the quiet but profitable and fast-growing Web survey company, is buying online forms start-up Wufoo. While the terms of the transaction for the Tampa, Fla.-based Infinity Box–makers of Wufoo–were not disclosed, sources said the price was $35 million in cash and stock.

Salesforce.com Invades Manhattan, Makes Service Cloud More Social

in Enterprise on March 2, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT

Salesforce unveils Service Cloud 3, which will give companies new tools to keep track of what people say about them on Twitter and Facebook, as it heads into its Cloudforce 2011 event tomorrow.

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SurveyMonkey Acquires Minority Stake In Clicktools

in Commerce on January 11, 2011 at 2:27 pm PT

SurveyMonkey, which conducts surveys online, has acquired 49.9 percent interest in Clicktools for an undisclosed sum. Clicktools is a U.K.-based survey provider on Salesforce.com’s AppExchange. Together, the two will design cloud-based survey tools for Salesforce’s platform. The acquisition was financed in part by a $100 million debt financing closed in November. SurveyMonkey said it continues to look for additional acquisitions and partnerships.

Meet Lew Tucker, Cisco's Mr. Cloud

in Enterprise on December 6, 2010 at 3:30 pm PT

Cisco Systems is serious about cloud computing. If today’s news about its strategic alliance with BMC Software doesn’t make that clear, talking with Lew Tucker, Cisco’s CTO for Cloud Computing certainly will.

Galeforce.com

in News on April 14, 2008 at 3:06 am PT

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff wasn’t kidding when he said in May of 2007, “We’re the Google of business.” The customer-relationship software pioneer this morning announced an alliance with Google that will see it integrating Google’s online services into the Salesforce.com platform.

New from Symantec: Norton 'Somebody-Really-Should -Have-Tested-This-Before- We-Released-It' 2007

in News on May 21, 2007 at 1:28 pm PT