SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com , the market and technology leader in on-demand business services, today announced that it has received the Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Award for Business Applications. Windows IT Pro noted that the Salesforce suite was ranked first for CRM solution for the second consecutive year, commenting that Salesforce "beat the competition by a wide margin" because it is "easy to deploy and use" and "doesn't require an expensive upfront software purchase." The awards were published in the September 2006 edition of Window's IT Pro.
"To be recognized by the readers of Windows IT Pro, who understand the complexities of deploying and managing business applications, is a great testament to the significant advantages that Salesforce on-demand solutions provide," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO at salesforce.com. "This accolade echoes the feedback we hear regularly from new customers when they see first-hand how Salesforce can transform and improve their business."
Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Awards were developed in 2002 as a way to let readers evaluate and recommend the best technology products in the industry. This year readers chose Salesforce from nearly 750 products that were nominated in 12 major technology categories.
Penton's Windows IT Media, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, includes flagship print publication Windows IT Pro. First published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in its field and has a paid subscription base of 105,000. The magazine is published in 13 languages and has an international reach into 160 countries.
About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in on-demand business services. The company's Salesforce suite of on-demand applications enables customers to manage and share all of their sales, support, marketing and partner information on-demand. AppExchange, salesforce.com's on-demand platform, allows customers and partners to build powerful new applications quickly and easily, customize and integrate the Salesforce suite to meet their unique business needs, and distribute and sell on-demand applications at http://www.appexchange.com/. Customers can also take advantage of Successforce, salesforce.com's world-class training, support, consulting and best practices offerings.
As of July 31, 2006, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 24,800 customers and approximately 501,000 paying subscribers including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), America Online (AOL), Avis/Budget Rent A Car (Cendant Rental Car Group), Dow Jones Newswires, Nokia, Polycom and SunTrust Banks. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CRM". For more information please visit http://www.salesforce.com/ , or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.
NOTE: Salesforce.com is a registered trademark of, and The Business Web, AppExchange and Successforce are trademarks of, salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, California. Other names used may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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