A social revolution is taking place around the world. There are more than 4.5 billion social users globally having more than 150 million conversations everyday on Facebook (News - Alert), Twitter, LinkedIn and more.

But this revolution is no longer just a consumer movement; it’s creating a customer revolution for every business today.

Enterprise cloud computing company Salesforce.com (News - Alert) announced Cloudforce New York – the largest enterprise cloud computing event on the east coast.

The event is scheduled to take place Oct. 19 at the Javits Center in New York City, where Marc Benioff (News - Alert), chairman and chief executive officer at Salesforce.com, is set to deliver a keynote on how companies are transforming their businesses for the social revolution.

"Companies today are facing a new imperative – their customers, partners and employees are all social. But are their companies?" Marc Benioff mentioned in a statement.

He also indicated that Salesforce.com empowers companies to transform the way they sell, service, market, collaborate, work and innovate to connect with customers in new ways to drive growth.

Cloudforce New York 2012 brings the excitement and energy of Dreamforce, the world's largest vendor technology conference to New York City. The event includes eight product keynotes including the Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Work.com, Salesforce Chatter and Salesforce Platform, featuring salesforce.com executives; more than 30 interactive sessions led by industry experts including Avon, Kelly Services and Thomson Reuters (News - Alert) and new live demos and solutions packed into the Cloud Expo from more than 80 leading cloud computing companies.

It also covers developer Zone, featuring hands-on coding and best practices for building the next generation of social apps.

Customers who wish to attend the event can register for free at http://bit.ly/SmiOGA.

In related news, PROS, a specialist in pricing and revenue management software, plans to showcase its quoting solution – PROS Quote2Win for Salesforce – at the upcoming Cloudforce New York conference.