Klint Finley

Klint Finley is a Senior Writer at SiliconAngle. His specialties
include IT services, enterprise technology and software development.
Prior to SiliconAngle he was a writer for ReadWriteWeb. He's also a
former IT practicioner, and has written about technology for over a
decade. He can be contacted at angle@klintfinley.com.

Latest from Klint Finley

Dreamforce Take-Aways: Consulting and Developers are the Next Big Things for Salesforce.com

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Perhaps the biggest reveal at the Dreamforce event is Salesforce.com’s intent to take a more consultative role in its customers strategies, ranging from cloud computing to brand monitoring to internal social software – and especially how all of those components fit together. …

Live Blog: Eric Schmidt Keynote at Dreamforce

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Google executive chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt is closing out Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce event. I’m not sure yet what he’s going to talk about, other than “social.” Eric Schmidt Keynote at Dreamforce

Exclusive: Heroku Set to Announce Scala Support

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Heroku, the platform-as-a-service company owned by Salesforce.com, will launch full support for Scala as early as next week the company has confirmed. Heroku VP of Product Oren Teich says Heroku has a formal partnership with Typesafe, a company co-founded by Scala creator …

Live Blog Dreamforce 2011 Keynote, Day 2

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

I’m live blogging the second day of Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce 2011 event – watch this space for updates. Dreamforce Keynote Day 2

Q&A with Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto, the Creator of Ruby

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto created Ruby in 1993 and released it to the public in 1995. Since then, Ruby and the framework Ruby on Rails have taken off, earning a seat at the programming table along side other popular languages like Java and …

Live Blog: Dreamforce 2011

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

I’m live blogging Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce 2011 event – watch this space for updates.

Salesforce.com Issues a Sprawling Set of Announcements at Dreamforce

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Today before its Dreamforce event Salesforce.com issued an announcement containing a sprawling set of updates, including new Chatter features, the company’s plans for Data.com (the domain name Salesforce.com bought for at least $1.5 million. From Salesforce.com’s announcement: Chatter Now: Chatter Now will …

Evolution of the CIO Role [Infographic]

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Salesforce.com has published an infographic that charts the cost of computing power along with the history of the role of the CIO. Some interesting tidbits: The term “chief information officer” was coined in 1980. By 1988, only 10% of managers had access …

Salesforce.com Reportedly Acquires Assistly and Navajo Systems

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

eWeek reports that Salesforce.com has acquired both security vendor Navajo Systems and hosted help desk vendor Assistly. The Navajo Systems website confirms that the company has been acquired by Salesforce.com, but the two companies aren’t making statements about the acquisition yet. Navajo …

What to Expect at Dreamforce 2011: Seesmic Pivots, Platform Wars and More

NEWS By KLINT FINLEY15 YEARS AGO

Today TechCrunch reported that Seesmic will announce a new product tomorrow at Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce event: Seesmic CRM, a Salesforce.com client for Android devices, the iPad and eventually Windows Phone 7. Salesforce.com only offers official native apps for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows …

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Latest from Klint Finley

Dreamforce Take-Aways: Consulting and Developers are the Next Big Things for Salesforce.com

Live Blog: Eric Schmidt Keynote at Dreamforce

Exclusive: Heroku Set to Announce Scala Support

Live Blog Dreamforce 2011 Keynote, Day 2

Q&A with Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto, the Creator of Ruby

Live Blog: Dreamforce 2011

Salesforce.com Issues a Sprawling Set of Announcements at Dreamforce

Evolution of the CIO Role [Infographic]

Salesforce.com Reportedly Acquires Assistly and Navajo Systems

What to Expect at Dreamforce 2011: Seesmic Pivots, Platform Wars and More

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