Salesforce.com: Amtech notes CRM is becoming more cost conscious (26.05 -0.02) : AmTech notes that CRM has recently canceled two marketing events; this should help curb expenses over the next several quarters, and they anticipate further spending cuts in FY10. Although they believe CRM is performing relatively well in a tough macro environment, several business partners report more challenging business conditions as compared to several months ago. However, they believe the co will meet its rev guidance for 4Q09 (January). ORCL highlighted several competitive wins on its latest earnings call, boasting incrementally better win rates against CRM. They are lowering their rev expectations for FY10 to $1.31 bln from $1.36 bln, primarily due to a more challenging demand environment; but they are raising their FY10 EPS est to $0.49 from $0.46 (consensus $0.51 on 1.34 bln) as they anticipate more stringent cost controls in the near future.