Salesforce.com is the first enterprise cloud computing company to deliver a $1 billion quarter, with outstanding third quarter revenue growth at 36%. Given the strong customer response to our next generation social and mobile cloud technologies, I’m delighted to announce that we expect to deliver our first $5 billion year during our fiscal year 2015. — Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, Salesforce.com
In the next three to five years, the industry that is likely to experience the greatest benefit from smart glasses is field service, potentially increasing profits by US$1 billion annually. The greatest savings in field service will come from diagnosing and fixing problems more quickly without needing to bring additional experts to remote sites. — Angela McIntyre, research director, Gartner
We have a situation now where we see the move to the cloud particularly in certain markets like North America happening even faster, and this is a great opportunity for us to revisit whether we should accelerate the move to the cloud. — Jim Hagemann-Snabe, co-chief executive, SAP
The (software vendors) realize this is real, this is the future,” Vesset said. “If you are not providing a solution that deals with large amounts of data, then you are going to be left out of a large segment of the market. If you are not providing a solution that deals with large amounts of data, then you are going to be left out of a large segment of the market. By 2014, we will see an acceleration of M&As, but it will probably take five years-plus (before large companies dominate Big Data). — Dan Vesset, analyst, IDC
[Apple] acquiring PrimeSense speaks to both the UIs and the potential around sensors — but even beyond mobile, using sensors is also a critical part of enabling the Internet of Things/Internet of Everything. So, sensor technology is likely to be critical not only to the devices Apple makes today, but almost any other solutions they are considering for the future. — Jim McGregor, principal analyst, Tirias Research