{"id":20847,"date":"2016-10-31T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?post_type=sf_press_release&#038;p=20847"},"modified":"2020-09-29T21:13:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T21:13:59","slug":"salesforce-positioned-in-leaders-quadrant-in-the-gartner-2016-magic-quadrant-for-horizontal-portals","status":"publish","type":"sf_press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/press-releases\/2016\/10\/31\/salesforce-positioned-in-leaders-quadrant-in-the-gartner-2016-magic-quadrant-for-horizontal-portals\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in the Gartner 2016 Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the Second Year in a Row, Salesforce has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant for its Community Cloud and Salesforce Chatter Solutions<br \/> <br \/> <br \/> Evaluations based on completeness of vision and ability to execute<br \/> <br \/> <br \/> SAN FRANCISCO\u2014October 31, 2016\u2014Salesforce [NYSE: CRM], the Customer Success Platform and world&#8217;s #1 CRM company, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Salesforce as a Leader in its 2016 Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals. Placement was given for its Community Cloud solution, which enables customers, partners and employees to access business processes and data. <br \/> <br \/> <br \/> \u201cProviding a fast and personalized experience for customers is crucial to the success of any company,\u201d said Mike Micucci, GM and SVP, Salesforce Community Cloud. \u201cCommunity Cloud is dedicated to delivering the experiences necessary to exceed customer expectations and build deeper, more valuable relationships.\u201d<br \/> <br \/> \u201cGartner defines \u201cportal\u201d as, a personalized point of access to relevant information, business processes and other people. Portals address various audiences, including employees, customers, partners and citizens, and support a wide range of vertical markets and business activities. As a product, a horizontal portal is a software application or service used to create and manage portals for a wide range of purposes.\u201d <br \/> <br \/> <br \/> Salesforce Community Cloud enables companies of all sizes to integrate business data and processes with their communities, creating a seamless customer, partner and employee experience. Built on the Salesforce Customer Success Platform, Community Cloud is part of Salesforce CRM, and easily connects to third-party systems and data sources, so companies can access the tools and information they need to be successful. With Community Cloud, companies have experienced a 45% increase in customer satisfaction and a 48% increase in faster case time resolution.<br \/> <br \/> <br \/> Additional Information<br \/> The October 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals is available here: http:\/\/salesforce.com\/gartnerhorizontalportals2016 <br \/> Learn more about Salesforce Community Cloud here: http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/communities\/overview\/<br \/> Learn how to get started with Salesforce Community Cloud here: http:\/\/trailhead.salesforce.com\/community_cloud_basics <br \/> <br \/> <br \/> Connect with Salesforce<br \/> Like Salesforce on Facebook: http:\/\/facebook.com\/salesforce <br \/> Follow @salesforce and @communitycloud on Twitter<br \/> <br \/> <br \/> Gartner Disclaimer <br \/> Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner\u2019s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. <br \/> <br \/> <br \/> <br \/> <br \/> Salesforce, Salesforce Community Cloud and others are among the trademarks of salesforce.com, inc. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.<br \/> <br \/> <br \/> \u00a9 2016 salesforce.com. 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