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Marc Benioff Highlights Man, Machines, And Social Networks In Dreamforce Keynote

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http://techcrunch.com – A theme is emerging in Marc Benioff’s keynote: Man, machines, and social networks are part of the next evolution in technology and compare to the movements of the past 40 years dating back to the mainframe. The talk began with a video that featured a woman who tells her car she wants to go to work. It showed a man using an immersive environment and gestures to command a network of automated operations. Benioff can’t go too far. He showed how the office changes with the use of social technologies. But he used that as a springboard to discuss how companies such as General Electric ar (IT news)

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