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Cloud-hating Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison has had an about-face: He actually likes the cloud.

The U.S. government is investing billions of dollars in big data technologies and research , and now it has a team of industry executives ready and willing to share their views on how it can best transition into a data-driven institution.

ENP Newswire - 30 May 2012 Release date- 29052012 - LONDON - Cloudforce 2012 - Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing company , today announced tremendous growth in Europe and plans to add more than 750 new jobs over the next couple of years to meet the growing demand for the social enterprise in the region.

According to Gartner's report, in 2011, the customer relationship management software market was dominated by SAP, which captured a 19.3% market share.

This might be a reason to rethinking buying up beaten-down shares of Facebook . Salesforce is reportedly purchasing Buddy Media, the Facebook ad-targeting technology company, for $800 million, and supposedly beating out Google in the deal, says Peter Kafka of All Things Digital .

Anthony Ha is a writer at TechCrunch, where he covers media, advertising, and startups.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce.com , the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced that Kendall Collins, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Chatter, will present at a BMO Capital Markets Hosted Bus Tour on Friday, June 1, 2012 at 9:00am / 12:00pm in San Francisco, CA.

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May 25, 2012 Upgrades/Downgrades via COMTEX) -- salesforce.com was upgraded from Perform to Outperform at Oppenheimer today.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock.

Salesforce.com pushed the Computer Software & Services industry lower today making it today's featured Computer Software & Services loser.

Oracle is warming up to social with the purchase of Vitrue, hoping "to create the most advanced and comprehensive social relationship platform." Late May is looking like acquisition season in the enterprise world.

Thunderhead.com Launches its First Cloud App, ONE Correspond for Salesforce on Salesforce.com's AppExchange, the World's Most-Popular Marketplace for Business Apps Thunderhead.com today announced it has launched its first cloud application, ONE Correspond for Salesforce, on salesforce.com's AppExchange, helping to accelerate the market shift to the ... (more)

Salesforce.com is integrating Intel's Cloud SSO to provide enterprise customers with single sign-on access to Force.com and thousands of cloud-based apps.

Salesforce.com's EMEA chairman Steve Garnett has reignited his firm's war of words with rival Oracle, telling CBR that Larry Ellison's cloud vision is nothing more than outsourcing and recent acquisitions show a lack of faith in its existing portfolio.

A few years ago I would have had trouble naming more than a handful of UK-based cloud start-ups. Today there are several dozen that are very successful businesses, and I'm proud to be organising a EuroCloud UK event in London this Wednesday at which the CEOs of several will be speaking .

LONDON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Cloudforce 2012 -- Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing company , today announced tremendous growth in Europe and plans to add more than 750 new jobs over the next couple of years to meet the growing demand for the social enterprise in the region.

Accenture prepares to grow its global workforce at a rapid pace this year as it signs on for more collaboration with Salesforce.

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Wallstreet's darling Salesforce.com reported its quarterly "earnings", or lack thereof, on May 17.