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Software & Internet Services · Recorded milestone

Software as a service

Recorded year1999

Salesforce delivers business software through the browser.

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Built on

Relational databaseRecorded · 1970enables
Public-key cryptographyRecorded · 1976requires
Graphical web browserRecorded · 1993enables

Led to

Online task boardsRecorded · 2011enables
Design tools for non-designersRecorded · 2013enables
Team chat appsRecorded · 2013enables
Collaborative design in the browserRecorded · 2016requires

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.