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8. The Aluminium “Twins”
In 1886, two young 23-year old inventors
simultaneously and independently filed their
patents for the production of aluminium: the
French Paul Héroult and the American
Charles Martin Hall
9. Aluminium & Innovation
• 1890 Switzerland Zéphir, first aluminium craft
• 1893 UK Eros Sculpture at Piccadilly Circus in London
• 1895 USA Defender, first boat made from aluminium, wins the
America’s Cup
• 1898 Italy Aluminium dome of San Gioacchino church in Roma
• 1899 France 100 km/h record by La Jamais Contente, an
electric car with an aluminium body
10. Aluminum Cap of the Washington Monument
November 1884, Tiffany's displayed the polished
aluminum pyramid for the benefit of "thousands
of New Yorkers who delighted in being able to
later say `I stepped over the top of the
Washington Monument
11. Technology is a resource-liberating
mechanism. It can make the once
scarce the now abundant.
25. Acknowledgements
Abundance – The Future is Better Than You Think,
written by Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, X PRIZE
Foundation Chairman/CEO, and Steven Kotler,
Science Journalist.
26. Acknowledgements
Peter Coffee is an American computer specialist. He is best known
for his longtime role as a commentator for Ziff Davis, where he was
most recently Technology Editor for eWEEK until his departure for
salesforce.com in January 2007. He has twenty years' experience in
evaluating information technologies and practices as a developer,
consultant, educator, and internationally published author and
industry analyst.
Editor's Notes
Our customers have responded to our offerings with lots of enthusiasm. Our customers and their success have propelled us to be the world’s #1 CRM and #1 enterprise cloud computing vendor according to IDC and Gartner.
And while we’re excited about our business momentum, our ongoing focus is grounded on a firm commitment to innovation and leadership. This is why in addition to being pleased with industry analyst recognition from IDC and Gartner, we’re particularly excited to be cited by Forbes Magazine as the world’s most innovative company for three years in a row.
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Additional Context on accolades:
Forbes “Most Innovative Companies in the World” is awarded to the company offering the most “Innovation Premium” - The Innovation Premium is a measure of how much investors have bid up the stock price of a company above the value of its existing business based on expectations of future innovative results (new products, services and markets) . Members of the list must have $10 billion in market capitalization, spend at least 1% of their asset base on R&D and have seven years of public data.
The FORTUNE World’s Most Admired Companies study surveys top executives and directors from eligible companies, along with financial analysts, to identify the companies that enjoy the strongest reputations within their industries and across industries.
In Dec 2012, the Economist awarded salesforce.com and Marc Benioff the award for innovation in the process and service category
Forbes “Best Companies to Work For” – salesforce.com was awarded #22 for 2013. The ranking of the top companies was determined by taking cumulative average ratings from the half-million employees who responded to the 18-question survey between Nov. 24, 2011 and Nov. 13, 2012.
CRM Market Leader Awards: The Market Leader Awards rate the top five vendors in categories based on a composite score that includes revenue, revenue growth, market share, customer wins, reputation for customer satisfaction, depth of product functionality, and company direction.