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Salesforce.com is the First Software-as-a-Service Company Placed on the S&P 500 Index
Salesforce.com will join Apple, Google and Amazon.com on the most widely watched index of
large-cap US stocks
"The decision to add salesforce.com to the S&P 500 is a clear sign that the cloud computing has arrived," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO at salesforce.com. "Every day, more than 47,000 customers rely on salesforce.com to help run their businesses. Now that incredible record of success in cloud computing has a new home-- the S&P 500."
More than 47,700 customers and 1,100,000 subscribers globally are now standardizing on Salesforce CRM and the Force.com Platform-as-a-Service to run their businesses.
About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company that has transformed the way companies collaborate and communicate. Salesforce.com is leading the effort to bring Cloud 2, the next paradigm for computing, to the enterprise by offering its customers the social collaboration, mobility and openness that are the hallmark of this new world. The company’s platform and application services include:
- Salesforce Chatter, a private social network for your enterprise
- The Sales Cloud, for sales force automation and contact management
- The Service Cloud, for customer service and support solutions
- Radian6, for social media monitoring and engagement
- The Jigsaw Data Cloud, for ensuring data integrity and quality
- The Force.com platform, for custom application development
- Heroku, for building social and mobile apps in Ruby
- The AppExchange, the world’s leading marketplace for enterprise cloud computing applications
- Database.com, the world's first enterprise cloud database
Salesforce.com offers the fastest path to customer success with cloud computing. As of January 31, 2011, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 92,300 customers including Allianz Commercial, Dell, Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, 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://salesforce.com, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.
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