Talking about the reaction that it got from its channel partners when they informed them about entering the cloud computing foray in India, Farber said, "Our channel partners are extremely excited about the prospect. They see an opportunity in this technology and are ready for it. For us, channel partners are very important. They do not have to just go and sell this technology but deploy it to the clients as well. So, we are working very close with our big system providers and system integrators like Wipro and TCS on this one. We are also always open to include new partners in our company and this time is no different".

Talking about its earlier application SaaS, Farber said, "Although the technology has not picked up at a pace we expected it to, we think that it's going the way it did in Europe. When we launched it in Europe, it didn't pick up for a long time but later it was a huge success. We expect the same in India. Also it is a technology that is just 10 years old."

Farber also said that it expects large enterprises to soon adopt the technology the way SMBs did when it first came here. The company is also looking at Government as an important sector.

Talking about recession and its effects on Salesforce.com, Farber said, "When the dotcom crash happened in 2000, everyone thought we will not survive. However, we came out stronger than we were. Because we stood by our customers and provided them with solutions which were relevant and cost-effective for them. We are going through a very similar downturn again and I expect the same outcome this time as well".