Photos: Benioff touts 'business Web'

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Pitching 'business Web'

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff takes the stage in San Francisco on Tuesday to outline his vision of the "business Web" and launch an online marketplace for hosted business software.

Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:36 GMT (04:36 PDT)
Caption by: Bill Detwiler
Packed crowds

Benioff brought the ax down on rivals SAP, Oracle and Microsoft during his speech, calling their software inefficient and "monolithic."

Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:36 GMT (04:36 PDT)
Caption by: Bill Detwiler
In Salesforce's sites

People packed the halls of the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco to attend the event.

Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:36 GMT (04:36 PDT)
Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff takes the stage in San Francisco to outline his vision of the "business Web."

Pitching 'business Web'

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff takes the stage in San Francisco on Tuesday to outline his vision of the "business Web" and launch an online marketplace for hosted business software.

Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:36 GMT (04:36 PDT)

Caption by: Bill Detwiler