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Marc Benioff Questions Klarna’s Decision to Drop Salesforce, Workday for AI: ‘Humans Aren’t Going Away’
“I think that there’s a broad misunderstanding of artificial intelligence and how it relates to data management and applications,” Marc Benioff says during a press conference. Salesforce’s charismatic leader was responding to Klarna’s move away from using both the CRM platform and Workday in favor of internally built AI and automation. Another consequence of the […]
Salesforce’s Agentforce: What You Need to Know About the Autonomous AI Agent Platform
Welcome to another special edition of “The AI Economy.” Over the next few days, I’ll devote this newsletter to Salesforce’s annual customer conference. Today’s issue provides a closer look at the company’s autonomous AI agent platform, Agentforce, which will be formally introduced at Dreamforce next week. Calling it “what AI was meant to be,” chief […]
AI Takes Center Stage: The Message Salesforce Must Deliver at Dreamforce
Welcome to a special edition of “The AI Economy.” Over the next few days, I’ll devote this newsletter to Salesforce’s annual customer conference. New issues will feature an analysis of the company’s AI announcements that might reshape how organizations think about how they use the technology. The Prompt Thousands are set to descend on San […]
AI is Reshaping How We Learn to Code—And How to Build ‘The AI Team’ at Work
Welcome back to “The AI Economy.” I took some time away from the newsletter during the summer. During the hiatus, I spent some time and got addicted to photographing velodrome racing at a nearby track to help recharge my creative mind. And now I’m back to share the latest AI news with you! For this week’s […]
The Five Types of AI Personas You’ll Find at Work
How do corporate workers feel about artificial intelligence? While studies have shown that developers embrace the technology, companies are slow to adopt it; what about full-time desk workers? Research published by Slack looks at employee sentiment regarding AI and reveals five types of personalities companies need to be aware of when looking to adopt AI […]
Why Salesforce’s Quest For $20 Billion Rests With AppExchange and Trailhead
Last November, Marc Benioff declared his company would generate $20 billion in revenue by 2022. The declaration by Salesforce’s chief executive came after the company successfully beat analyst expectations in its Q4 earnings, where it revealed it had also passed a revenue milestone of $10 billion for the fiscal year. The growth was attributed to more […]
A Great Platform Should Be the Foundation of Any Web Solution
Having lived in the historical home and heart of technology innovation, that being Silicon Valley, I’ve been noticing more and more startups emerge and demo their wares. Some even have stood out more than others. And I’m not talking about those that are targeted towards consumers versus enterprise. Rather, I think that some services and […]
It’s Time To Put Up or Shut Up: Don’t Promote Customer Service If You Don’t Follow Through
So here’s an interesting customer service story that I have to share with you… Recently, I had a somewhat “brash” encounter with a company and received some painful customer service experience. This company was Comcast (or is it xfinity? It’s so hard to tell anymore.). In the mail, I received a notice that I found […]
What Does Marc Benioff Really Have to Say About the Cloud at Dreamforce 2009?
This is a cross-blog post from Network Solution’s Solutions Are Power website that I guest wrote. Originally posted on SolutionsArePower.com on November 18, 2009. I’m sitting here at the 2009 edition of the Dreamforce Conference to listen to Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff discuss his thoughts about the cloud and any potential announcements he may have about […]
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