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Awards

Product Awards

CRM Markets Awards

Midmarket Suite CRM (2007)
Small Business Suite CRM (2007)
SFA (2007)
Influential leaders - Marc Benioff (2007)

InfoWorld

Top score in InfoWorld CRM Shootout (2005)

Aberdeen

Top Ten "What Works" Award (2002, 2003, 2004)

Forrester Research

Highest Overall Score (2004) Forrester Wave: Hosted Sales Force Automation—No. 1 for current product offering and market presence (Q1, 2005)

AMR Research

Innovation Award (Force.com Builder, 2005)

Beagle Research

CRM WizKids (2006)

Gartner

Vision Events Midsize Enterprise Summit: Best Execution of a Midmarket IT Solution (2004, 2005)

InfoWorld

Technology of the Year for CRM (2004, 2005, 2006)

InfoTech Survey

Salesforce.com Leads the Field in Independent Evaluation of CRM Vendors (2004)

Customer Inter@ction Solutions

CRM Excellence Award (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006); Product of the Year Award (2002, 2003, 2004); Salesforce Partner Relationship Management (2007);  Salesforce for service and support (2007)

Business 2.0

Next Net 25 (AppExchange, 2006)

Software & Information Industry Association CODIE Awards

Best CRM (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007); Best Software Service (2004); Best Application Management Solution (AppExchange, 2005); Best On-Demand Platform (2007)

TMC Labs

Editors' Choice Award (2002, 2005); Innovation Award (AppExchange, 2003, 2005)

Small Business Computing

Technology Product of the Year Award, 2006

Service Elite Awards

Best Agent-facing desktop 2007 (cars.com)

Company Awards
  • Forrester Groundswell Award – IdeaExchange
  • San Francisco School Volunteers – Partnership of the Year: Salesforce.com Foundation and Jean Parker Elementary School
  • Securities Industry News Capital Markets Award – Leading CRM technology provider for capital markets
  • 2007 Elite Enterprise CRM: Sybase - for salesforce.com and Eloqua
  • Small Biz: Voices.com for salesforce.com deployment
  • Mid-market: Roland DGA also won with MS Dynamics
  • Info-Tech Research Group's Decision Diamond – Leader in CRM Solutions for Small Enterprises
  • Gartner’s Magic Quadrant – Leader in Sales Force Automation
  • 2007 San Francisco Business Times Top Corporate Philanthropists in the Greater Bay Area – salesforce.com ranked # 18
  • Communications Solutions (TMCNet) 2006 Product of the Year– Salesforce Sales & Support
  • Customer Interaction Solutions (TMCNet) 2007 CRM Excellence Award – Salesforce Winter ‘07
  • Start-IT 2007 Hottest Companies
  • American Business Awards, Best New Product/Service (Computer Hardware or Services) – Salesforce for Google AdWords
  • CRN Top 25 Tech Breakthroughs of All Time  - SaaS
  • Nucleus ROI Award – ZoomInfo
  • Baseline 40 Fastest-Growing Software Companies
  • SD Times 100: Influencer (2007)
  • Business 2.i Leadership Award: Web 2.0 and Internet Best Practices in the CRM Software Sector (2007)
  • ISM Top 15 Software: Top 15 SMB (2007)
  • The WIRED 40 (2007)
  • 2007 Bulldog Award: Gold award in Technology, Business category (2007)
  • CECP Award: 7th Annual Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award for Small Company (2007)
  • CIO Insight Top 40 Vendor (2007)
  • Forbes.com's Top 10 Disrupters of 2006
  • Forbes Top 25 Fastest Growing Companies - salesforce.com ranked #3 (2007)
  • AlwaysOn: Top 100 Private Companies (2003)
  • BusinessWeek: Top 100 Most Innovative Companies (No. 79, 2006)
  • CIO Decisions/Nucleus Research: ROI Awards (Bridge Street, 2005)
  • CRM Magazine: Market Leader (2002, 2003, 2004); Market Leader, Midsized and Small Business Categories (2005)
  • Forbes: Top Ten Disrupters (2006)
  • Fortune: Cool Company (2001)
  • Harvard Business School Association: Entrepreneurial Company of the Year, Northern California (2005)
  • InfoWorld: InfoWorld 100 for IT Innovation and Resourcefulness (2004)
  • San Francisco Chamber of Commerce: Ebbies Emerging Growth Award (2003)
  • SD Times 100: Influencer (2006)
  • searchCRM.com: Product of the Year—Sales Force Automation (2004, 2005)
  • Software Development: Jolt Award Finalist—Business Integration and Data Tools (AppExchange, 2005)
  • Software & Information Industry Association CODIE Awards: Corporate Achievement Award (2006); Excellence in Giving Award (2006)
  • Start Magazine: Hottest Companies of... (2004, 2005, 2006)
  • Wired Magazine: The Wired 40 (No. 20, 2005; No. 15, 2006; No. 7, 2007)
  • Windows IT: Readers' Choice Award—CRM Software (2005, 2006)
 
Foundation Awards
  • YMCA of San Francisco 2007 Building Strong Communities Award
  • AOL/Time Warner: 15th Annual National Philanthropy Day Awards CeremonyRecognition (2001)
  • Business Ethics Magazine: 100 Best Corporate Citizens (No. 7, 2006)
  • City and County of San Francisco: Innovative Community Service Program Recognition (2005)
  • Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy: Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award (CEO)
  • Computerworld: Honors Laureate (2006)
  • Domini Social Index 400 (salesforce.com added in 2005)
  • Full Circle Fund Impact Award—Technology Programs (2005)
  • KLD Social Index: salesforce.com added to the Domini Social Index 400
  • Katrina Relief Project, katrinalist.net
  • Points of Light Foundation: Award for Excellence in Corporate Community Service (2003)
  • San Francisco Business Times: Corporate Philanthropy Top 50 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
  • San Francisco Mayor's Committee for Employment of Persons with Disabilities: Employment Achievement Award (2006)
  • San Francisco School Volunteers for Excellence: Allies for Education Award (2004)
  • SOA Web Services Journal: "Best Grassroots Use of Web 2.0" (2005)
  • Software & Information Industry Association: CODIE Award for Excellence in Giving (2006)
  • Taproot Foundation: Pro Bono Service Award
  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Corporate Stewardship Award (2003)
  • Volunteer Center of San Francisco: Community Champion (Marc Benioff, 2004)
 
Executive Awards
  • Inside CRM Top CRM 25 Influencers of 2007 – Marc Benioff #1
  • TechRepublic’s 10 Most Influential Leaders in Business: Marc Benioff
  • Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award: Marc Benioff
  • Silicon.com’s 2007 Agenda Setter and Top Ten Business Leader: Marc Benioff
  • VarBusiness: 60 Top Channel Executives
  • BusinessWeek: ebiz 25 (CEO, 2003)
  • Business 2.0: 50 People Who Matter Now (CEO, No. 11, 2006)
  • Computerworld: Premier 100 IT Leader (CTO, 2002)
  • CRM Magazine : Hall of Fame (CEO, 2005)
  • CRM Magazine: Influential Leader (CEO, 2002, 2003, 2004)
  • CRN Magazine: Innovator Award (CTO, 2003)
  • CRN Magazine: Industry Game Changer (CEO, 2003)
  • CRN Magazine: Top Five People to Watch in 2006 (CEO, 2006)
  • DEMO@15: World Class Innovator (CEO, 2005)
  • Ernst & Young: Entrepreneur of the Year, N. California (CEO, 2003)
  • eWEEK: Top 100 Most Influential People in IT (CEO, No. 7, 2007)
  • Forbes: Top 10 Entrepreneurs to Watch (CEO, 2003)
  • Forum of Young Global Leaders (CEO, 2005)
  • InfoWorld: Top 10 Technology Innovators (CTO, 2001)
  • InfoWorld: 25 Most Influential CTOs (CTO, 2002)
  • InfoWorld: CTO of the Year Award Runnerup (CTO, 2003)
  • International Oracle Users Group: True Friend of the User Community (CEO, 1995)
  • NEA: Outstanding Entrepreneur (CEO, 2006)
  • President's Information Technology Advisory Committee: Nominee (CEO, 2003)
  • San Francisco Business Times: CFO of the Year Finalist (CFO, 2006)
  • SDForum: Visionary Award (CEO, 2004)
  • Silicon.com: Top 50 Agenda Setters (CEO, 2003)
  • Stevie Awards: International CEO of the Year (CEO, 2004)
  • SunBridge's Entrepreneur of the Year (CEO, 2002, Japan)
  • USC Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year (CEO, 2004)
  • Wired: RAVE Awards Finalist (CEO, 2004)
  • World Economic Forum: Global Leaders of Tomorrow (CEO, 2005)