Salesforce.com named to Fast Company’s list of the top 10 Most Innovative Web Companies

~ enterprise cloud computing leader ranked number 6 amongst Digg, Facebook, Google and Twitter; recognised for Service Cloud 2 and Salesforce Chatter ~

Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced it has been named to Fast Company’s list of the top 10 Most Innovative Web Companies (http://www.fastcompany.com/mic/2010/industry/most-innovative-web-companies). Salesforce.com is ranked number 6 along with other Web leaders Digg, Facebook, Google and Twitter.

As Fast Company reports, salesforce.com is recognised for: “Part sales management tool, part developer platform, and part mashup of public and private customer-insight data, salesforce.com is the undisputed leader in helping sales hordes track prospects and win business. New in 2009: Service Cloud, a customer-service software system that also analyses comments and complaints on Twitter or Facebook; a collaboration with Cisco that offers an online-call-center capability; and Chatter, an internal Twitter-like feed service that will let sales forces interact, securely and in real time. Last November, the company announced third-quarter revenue of $331 million, up 20 per cent year over year.” “We’re excited to part of this esteemed group of Internet innovators,” said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com. “Salesforce.com and our millions of users have shown that the Internet has the power to revolutionise business just as it has the consumer world.” This honor comes on the heels of salesforce.com being ranked number 43 on Fortune Magazine’s Best Places to Work list (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/full_list/) and as a finalist for the “.com 25” honors (www.25yearsof.com

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