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The first generation of cloud computing was about leveraging technologies that were low cost, fast and easy to use. Benioff\u2019s keynotes will focus on how Cloud 2 is improving the workplace and demonstrate examples of this trend. <br \/> <br \/> Widely recognized as the pioneer of cloud computing, salesforce.com founder Benioff has transformed salesforce.com from a groundbreaking idea into a publicly traded company that is the leader in enterprise cloud computing. Today, salesforce.com is one of the fastest growing companies in the world and was ranked fourth on FORTUNE\u2019s \u201c100 Fastest-Growing Companies\u201d in 2010.<br \/> <br \/> About the conferences<br \/> DLD (Digital &#8211; Life &#8211; Design) is a creative event, bringing together more than 800 entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists and scientists from all over the world. With international participants from media, design, art, science and society, DLD Conference is well known as the European forum of the \u201cCreative Class.\u201d<br \/> <br \/> Seventeenth Annual Handelsblatt Conference Strategic IT-Management will take place in Munich from January 24 to 26. The motto of this year\u2019s conference is \u201cIT Organisation for Next Generation Business,&quot; and will cover topics ranging from the economies of scale of cloud computing to mobile strategies for CIOs. <br \/> <br \/> Additional resources:<br \/> \u2022 A live audiocast of Benioff&#8217;s DLD Conference presentation will be available at http:\/\/phx.corporate-ir.net\/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&amp;c=141811&amp;eventID=3649118<br \/> \u2022 A live audiocast of Benioff&#8217;s 17th International Handelsblatt Conference Strategic IT-Management presentation will be available <br \/> \u2022 http:\/\/phx.corporate-ir.net\/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&amp;c=141811&amp;eventID=3649134<br \/> \u2022 Information about DLD Conference <br \/> \u2022 Information about 17th Annual Handelsblatt Conference Strategic IT-Management <br \/> <br \/> ###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff to Keynote Two Industry Events in Germany Benioff to share vision for future of enterprise cloud computin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"sf_subhead":"Salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff to Keynote Two Industry Events in Germany Benioff to share vision for future of enterprise cloud computin","sf_i18n_disclaimer":false,"alternateThumbnailId":0,"sf_product_cta_id":0,"footnotes":""},"sf_content_type":[1755,1776],"sf_theme":[1912,1914],"sf_topic":[1726,1733],"sf_product":[],"sf_industry":[],"sf_role":[],"sf_multimedia_asset":[],"sf_location":[1724],"sf_collection":[],"sf_visibility":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-20652","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_theme-business-as-a-platform-for-change","sf_topic-digital-transformation","sf_topic-stakeholder-capitalism","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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