Long long ago -- well, actually, in 1999, but ain’t a digital decade like aeons? -- a company was born: Salesforce.com! In an innovative tour de force, Salesforce.com has grown into a $1.6 billion business and captured more than half of the market for software-as-a-service CRM applications.
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| Salesforce.com: Software as a Service |
Here are some key facts about Salesforce.com:
- Founded: March 1999 , California.
- Founders: Marc Benioff (Chairman &CEO) Parker Harris (Exec.VP, Technology).
- Type of business entity: Public (NYSE: CRM).
- Website: http://www.salesforce.com/
- #1 Web CRM provider.
- #1 in Sales Force Automation. (Gartner: Magic Quadrant for SFA, 2010).
- #4 fastest-growing company (Fortune Magazine, 2010).
- #10 in "Best Places to Work" in IT (Computerworld, 2010).
- 50%+ market for enterprise cloud computing applications.
- Revenue: 1st enterprise cloud computing company to exceed $2.0 billion annual revenue run rate (Salesforce.com Q1FY12 Financial Results).
- Employees: Approx. 6000.
- Customers: 97,700+
- Force.com Developers: 310,000+
- Custom apps built on Force.com platform: 200,000+
- Caters to: Businesses of all sizes (small, medium, enterprise).
- Awards: Galore!
- CRM Magazine’s 2010 Market Awards:
- Enterprise Suite CRM (2009, 2010)
- Midmarket Suite CRM (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Small Business Suite CRM (2007, 2009, 2010)
- Sales Force Automation (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
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