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Benioff will address a prestigious group of chief technology officers from Fortune 500 companies on the role of IT in today\u2019s age of cloud computing. <br \/> <br \/> The CTO Forum is an independent, non-profit and non-commercial organization dedicated to promoting a lively discussion of the issues confronting business, technology and society. The mission of the CTO Forum is to identify, examine, and overcome the challenges that senior technologists face as they work to foster &#8211; cultures of smart innovation. Its programs explore how emerging technologies can address business challenges.<br \/> <br \/> Additional resources:<br \/> \u2022 A live audiocast of Benioff&#8217;s presentation will be available at www.salesforce.com\/investor.<br \/> \u2022 Follow @salesforce on Twitter.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benioff to address audience of CTOs from Fortune 500 companies on IT\u2019s role in the age of cloud computing SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Nov. 16, 2010 &#8211; Salesforce.c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"sf_subhead":"Benioff to address audience of CTOs from Fortune 500 companies on IT\u2019s role in the age of cloud computing SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Nov. 16, 2010 - Salesforce.c","sf_i18n_disclaimer":false,"alternateThumbnailId":0,"sf_product_cta_id":0,"footnotes":""},"sf_content_type":[1755,1776],"sf_theme":[1912],"sf_topic":[1726],"sf_product":[],"sf_industry":[],"sf_role":[],"sf_multimedia_asset":[],"sf_location":[1724],"sf_collection":[],"sf_visibility":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-20644","sf_press_release","type-sf_press_release","status-publish","hentry","sf_content_type-press-releases","sf_content_type-press-releases-corporate","sf_theme-digital-transformation","sf_topic-digital-transformation","sf_location-amer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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