Oracle has integrated its on-demand CRM product with Siebel CRM.

Dell has signed a three-year deal to use Salesforce's Force.com platform for custom development.

Salesforce has bought a maker of knowledge-base management software for call centers.

Current customers who are "transitioned" will start receiving some enterprise support features now but won't see price hikes until January, SAP said.

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