Recognition

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2010

  • Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, Service Cloud, Contact Center Solution – New Version
  • Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, Prudential Financial’s Implementation of salesforce.com, CRM Implementation & User Adoption Program of the Year
  • Beagle Research, Short Tale Award, Grand Prize for Strategic Use of Video, salesforce.com
  • Beagle Research, Short Tale Award, Best Customer Service Video, salesforce.com
  • Beagle Research, Short Tale Award, Best Video Explaining a New Concept, salesforce.com
  • ReadWriteWeb, Top 10 Enterprise Products of 2010, New Product of the Year, Salesforce Chatter
  • ReadWriteWeb, Top 10 Enterprise Products of 2010, Social CRM Product of the Year, salesforce.com
  • eWEEK, 2010 Products of the Year, Salesforce Chatter
  • ReadWriteWeb, Top 10 Cloud Computing Services of 2010, salesforce.com
  • Computerworld, Best Places to Work 2010 – salesforce.com, #10
  • Stevie American Business Awards, Most Innovative Company of the Year – salesforce.com
  • CRM Elite Award, Beazer Homes with salesforce.com
  • Nucleus Research Technology ROI Awards, Sant Corporation for its deployment of Salesforce.com
  • Nucleus Research Technology ROI Awards, State Department for its deployment of Salesforce.com
  • Nucleus Research Technology ROI Awards, Vetrazzo for its deployment of Salesforce.com
  • PC Magazine, Editors’ Choice Award, Salesforce.com Professional Edition
  • Forbes, 100 Most Trustworthy Companies- salesforce.com
  • Forbes.com, America’s Fastest-Growing Tech Companies– salesforce.com
  • Forbes.com, America’s Best Companies – salesforce.com
  • Beagle Research Group, 2010 ThinkForward Award- salesforce CRM
  • SF Business Times Technology and Innovation Awards, Best Business Application- salesforce.com
  • CODiE Awards, Best Mobile Experience, Salesforce CRM’s Mobile Capability
  • CODiE Awards, Best Social Networking Solution, Service Cloud 2
  • Customer Interaction Solutions, 2010 CRM Excellence Award, Service Cloud 2
  • CRN, 20 Coolest Cloud Productivity App Vendors – salesforce.com
  • Making Workers’ Comp Work Conference, Integrity Award – salesforce.com
  • 2010 CRM Service Awards, The Service Elite – Enterasys Networks
  • Customer Interaction Solutions Magazine, Product of the Year Awards – Service Cloud 2 and Sales Cloud
  • Intelligent Enterprise, 2010 Editors’ Choice Awards – salesforce.com
  • CRN Channel Chiefs Award
  • Ethisphere World's Most Ethical Companies
  • Intelligent Enterprise Editors' Choice Award
  • Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management
  • SD Times 100: Influential 100 Award
  • The International Stevie Awards: Most Innovative Company
  • The International Stevie Awards: The Best PR Campaign
  • The International Stevie Awards: Most Innovative Company
  • Barron’s: The 25 Top Givers
  • Barron’s, The Top 25 Most Effective Philanthropist: Marc Benioff
  • CRN, The 25 Most Influential Executives of 2010: Marc Benioff
  • Fortune, Business Person of the Year, #18: Marc Benioff
  • TechAmerica, David Packard Medal of Achievement: Marc Benioff
  • Stevie Awards for Women in Business, Best Executive – Service Businesses – More Than 2,500 Employees - Computer Hardware & Software: Hilarie Koplow-McAdams, salesforce.com CRM 2010 Influential Leaders: Marc Benioff
  • Sales Lead Management Association’s “50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management in 2009”: Marc Benioff, Jim Steele, Frank van Veenendal
  • WEF Young Global Leaders of 2010 – George Hu, salesforce.com
  • IntranetNews CEO Vision Awards: Marc Benioff
  • Frost & Sullivan GIL Global Exclusive CEO of the Year Award, Award for Leadership: Marc Benioff
  • Lifestyles Magazine, The Global Philanthropy Register: Marc Benioff #44
  • SF Business Times Most Influential Women in Business Awards: Suzanne DiBianca, Susan St. Ledger and Polly Sumner

2009

  • IP Contact Center Technology Pioneer Award, Best IP Contact Center Service - Service Cloud: salesforce.com
  • InformationWeek 500, Most Innovative Business Technology Organizations: salesforce.com No. 5
  • CODIE Award Winner, Best Business Software Solution: Salesforce CRM, salesforce.com
  • CODIE Award Winner, Best Relationship Management Solution: Salesforce CRM, salesforce.com
  • CODIE Award Winner, Software as a Service Solution: Salesforce CRM, salesforce.com
  • CODIE Award Winner, Web Services Solution : Force.com, salesforce.com
  • CODIE Award Winner, Collaboration Solution: Salesforce Ideas, salesforce.com
  • Fast Company, Top 10 Most Innovative Web Companies – salesforce.com
  • Network Products Guide 2009 Product Innovation Awards, Product Innovation - SaaS (Software as a Service) and Cloud Computing - The Service Cloud™ - salesforce.com
  • KMWorld’s top 100 companies for knowledge management : salesforce.com
  • CRM Service Awards: Salesforce CRM Service Cloud™ wins Rising Star Award
  • CRN Channel Chief Awards: Bobby Napiltonia, Channels and Alliances
  • Network Products Guide 2009 Product Innovation Awards, Product Innovation - SaaS (Software as a Service) and Cloud Computing: The Service Cloud™, salesforce.com
  • CEO Vision Awards
  • CRM Excellent Award
  • CRM Market Leaders: Most Influential Leaders
  • CRM Market Leaders: 2009 Elite
  • CRN Channel Chiefs Award
  • Ethisphere World's Most Ethical Companies
  • Nucleus Research Technology ROI Awards 2009
  • Corporate Engagement Award of Excellence from Points of Light Institute
  • Top Ethical Companies, Ethisphere Magazine
  • CRN, Top 25 Channel Mavericks of 2009: Marc Benioff, no. 6
  • San Francisco Business Times, 2009 Executive of the Year: Marc Benioff
  • CRN Magazine, Top 25 Channel Mavericks of 2009: Marc Benioff, #6
  • Sales Lead Management Association's “50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management in 2009”: Marc Benioff, Jim Steele, Frank van Veenendaal
  • CRM Magazine: Influential Leader (2009)

2008

  • TechRepublic’s Top Ten Influential Leaders in Business Technology, 2008: Marc Benioff
  • Baseline’s 50 Who Make a Difference: Marc Benioff, Influencer in the Vendor Community
  • 2008 InternetNews.com Visionary CEO Awards: Marc Benioff
  • CRM Magazine 2008 Most Influential Leader Awards: Midmarket Suite CRM and Sales Force Automation
  • CRO Magazine's 2008 CEO of the Year Award (in the Middle Market category): Marc Benioff
  • 2008 CRN Channel Chiefs: Bobby Napiltonia
  • FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to Work For: salesforce.com #55
  • Winner of SearchCRM.com’s 2008 "Products of the Year": salesforce.com
  • ReadWriteWeb, Top 100 Products of 2008: Force.com Platform
  • TechRepublic, The 10 most important business technology products of 2008: Force.com Platform
  • bMighty.com Innovation Awards, CRM: salesforce.com
  • InfoWorld 100, Outstanding IT Projects: NJ TRANSIT
  • Groundswell Award: MyStarbucksIdea.com by Starbucks, embracing applications
  • MIS Asia: Strategic 100 - Asia’s Top IT Vendors - salesforce.com, Global top 50 - Big names on the world stage
  • The 2008 CRM Magazine Elite Awards: QUALCOMM
  • Ethisphere World’s Most Ethical Companies: salesforce.com
  • 2008 TMC Labs Innovation Award: Salesforce CRM Call Center and Customer Portal
  • Customer Interaction Solutions 2008 IP Contact Center Technology Pioneer Award: Salesforce CRM Call Center and Customer Portal
  • ISM Top 15 CRM Award (Included in ISM’s Guide to CRM Automation): salesforce.com featured in top 15
  • Customer Interactions Solutions: CRM Excellence Awards
  • SearchCRM Product of the Year Awards: Salesforce CRM SFA - Best Software Automation, Salesforce CRM Customer Portal - Best Online Service
  • 1to1 Impact Awards: Best Full Suite CRM, Voices.com (Customer Award)
  • Small Business Computing Excellence in Technology Award: Salesforce CRM Group Edition featuring Google AdWords, co-winner for Best Customer/Sales Management category
  • Forbes 25 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies: salesforce.com listed as #2
  • Intelligent Enterprise 2008 Editor’s Choice Awards: salesforce.com is listed in "The Dozen" as one of the 12 companies that will matter the most to the intelligent enterprise in 2008.
  • eWEEK Excellence Awards: Salesforce CRM Spring ’08 for Business Applications category
  • 2008 Nucleus ROI Awards: Ryder for Technology ROI Award
  • 2008 TMC Labs Innovation Award: Salesforce CRM Call Center and Customer Portal
  • CRM Magazine 2008 Most Influential Leader Awards: Midmarket Suite CRM and Sales Force Automation
  • Customer Interaction Solutions 2008 IP Contact Center Technology Pioneer Award: Salesforce CRM Call Center and Customer Portal
  • Corporate Community Involvement Award, Volunteer Center Serving San Francisco and San Mateo Counties
  • CEO of the Year to Marc Benioff, CRO Magazine
  • Top Ethical Companies, Ethisphere Magazine
  • San Francisco Business Times Community Commitment Award

2007

  • 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
  • eWEEK: Top 100 Most Influential People in IT (CEO, No. 7, 2007)
  • CRM Magazine: Influential Leader (2007)
  • 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
  • 2007 San Francisco Business Times Top Corporate Philanthropists in the Greater Bay Area: salesforce.com ranked # 18
  • Customer Interaction Solutions (TMCNet) 2007 CRM Excellence Award: Salesforce CRM Winter ’07
  • Start-IT 2007 Hottest Companies
  • SD Times 100: Influencer (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)
  • ISM Top 15 Software: Top 15 SMB (2007)
  • Business 2.i Leadership Award: Web 2.0 and Internet Best Practices in the CRM Software Sector (2007)
  • Forbes Top 25 Fastest Growing Companies: salesforce.com ranked #3 (2007)
  • Wired: The Wired 40 (No. 20, 2005; No. 15, 2006; No. 7, 2007)
  • Stevie American Business Awards, Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year – salesforce.com Foundation
  • Points of Light Corporate Engagement Award of Excellence, Outstanding Employee Volunteer Program: Foundation, salesforce.com
  • Volunteer Center Serving San Francisco and San Mateo Counties: Corporate Community Involvement Award
  • YMCA of San Francisco 2007 Building Strong Communities Award

2006

  • Beagle Research: CRM WizKids (2006)
  • InfoWorld: Technology of the Year for CRM (2006)
  • Business 2.0: Next Net 25 (Force.com AppExchange, 2006)
  • Software & Information Industry Association CODIE Awards: Best CRM (2006)
  • Small Business Computing: Technology Product of the Year Award, 2006
  • Business 2.0: 50 People Who Matter Now (CEO, No. 11, 2006)
  • CRN Magazine: Top Five People to Watch in 2006 (CEO, 2006)
  • San Francisco Business Times: CFO of the Year Finalist (CFO, 2006)
  • NEA: Outstanding Entrepreneur (CEO, 2006)
  • Communications Solutions (TMCNet) 2006 Product of the Year: Salesforce CRM Sales & Support
  • American Business Awards, Best New Product/Service (Computer Hardware or Services) - Salesforce CRM for Google AdWords
  • CRN Top 25 Tech Breakthroughs of All Time: SaaS
  • Nucleus ROI Award: ZoomInfo
  • Baseline 40 Fastest-Growing Software Companies
  • Forbes.com’s Top 10 Disrupters of 2006
  • BusinessWeek: Top 100 Most Innovative Companies (No. 79, 2006)
  • SD Times 100: Influencer (2006)
  • Software & Information Industry Association CODIE Awards: Corporate Achievement Award (2006); Excellence in Giving Award (2006)
  • Business Ethics Magazine: 100 Best Corporate Citizens (No. 7, 2006)
  • Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy: Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award (CEO)
  • Computerworld: Honors Laureate
  • Software & Information Industry Association: CODIE Award for Excellence in Giving
  • San Francisco Mayor's Committee for Employment of Persons with Disabilities: Employment Achievement Award
  • San Francisco Business Times: Corporate Philanthropy Top 50

2005 and before

  • CRM Magazine: Hall of Fame (CEO, 2005)
  • DEMO@15: World Class Innovator (CEO, 2005)
  • Forum of Young Global Leaders (CEO, 2005)
  • World Economic Forum: Global Leaders of Tomorrow (CEO, 2005)
  • CRM Magazine: Influential Leader (CEO, 2002, 2003, 2004)
  • SDForum: Visionary Award (CEO, 2004)
  • Stevie Awards: International CEO of the Year (CEO, 2004)
  • USC Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year (CEO, 2004)
  • Wired: RAVE Awards Finalist (CEO, 2004)
  • BusinessWeek: ebiz 25 (CEO, 2003)
  • CRN Magazine: Innovator Award (CTO, 2003)
  • CRN Magazine: Industry Game Changer (CEO, 2003)
  • Ernst & Young: Entrepreneur of the Year, N. California (CEO, 2003)
  • Forbes: Top 10 Entrepreneurs to Watch (CEO, 2003)
  • InfoWorld: CTO of the Year Award Runner-Up (CTO, 2003)
  • President's Information Technology Advisory Committee: Nominee (CEO, 2003)
  • Silicon.com: Top 50 Agenda Setters (CEO, 2003)
  • Computerworld: Premier 100 IT Leader (CTO, 2002)
  • InfoWorld: 25 Most Influential CTOs (CTO, 2002)
  • SunBridge's Entrepreneur of the Year: (CEO, 2002, Japan)
  • InfoWorld: Top 10 Technology Innovators (CTO, 2001)
  • International Oracle Users Group: True Friend of the User Community (CEO, 1995)
  • Windows IT: Readers’ Choice Award - CRM Software (2005, 2006)
  • Start Magazine: Hottest Companies of... (2004, 2005, 2006)
  • CIO Decisions/Nucleus Research: ROI Awards (Bridge Street, 2005)
  • Harvard Business School Association: Entrepreneurial Company of the Year, Northern California (2005)
  • Software Development: Jolt Award Finalist - Business Integration and Data Tools (Force.com AppExchange, 2005)
  • searchCRM.com: Product of the Year - Sales Force Automation (2004, 2005)
  • InfoWorld: 100 for IT Innovation and Resourcefulness (2004)
  • AlwaysOn: Top 100 Private Companies (2003)
  • CRM Magazine: Market Leader (2002, 2003, 2004); Market Leader, Midsized and Small Business Categories (2005)
  • San Francisco Chamber of Commerce: Ebbies Emerging Growth Award (2003)
  • SD Times 100: salesforce.com for Web Developer category
  • Ethisphere World’s Most Ethical Companies: salesforce.com
  • Fortune Cool Company (2001)
  • San Francisco Business Times: Corporate Philanthropy Top 50 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
  • AOL/Time Warner: 15th Annual National Philanthropy Day Awards Ceremony Recognition (2001)
  • City and County of San Francisco: Innovative Community Service Program Recognition (2005)
  • 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
  • SOA Web Services Journal: "Best Grassroots Use of Web 2.0" (2005)
  • San Francisco School Volunteers for Excellence: Allies for Education Award (2004)
  • Volunteer Center of San Francisco: Community Champion (Marc Benioff, 2004)
  • Taproot Foundation: Pro Bono Service Award
  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Corporate Stewardship Award (2003)
  • Points of Light Foundation: Award for Excellence in Corporate Community Service (2003)