The world\u2019s most successful brands including Groupon, HP and Kimberly-Clark have deployed the award-winning Sales Cloud and transformed how they connect and sell in the social era
SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 August 2, 2012 – Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing (http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/cloudcomputing\/) company, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation, 2012, published July 18, 2012.
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\u2022 \u201cThe social revolution has changed the way people engage customers and prospects, and ultimately the sales process,\u201d said Linda Crawford, senior vice president and general manager, Sales Cloud, salesforce.com. \u201cWith the Sales Cloud, companies can place customers and prospects at the heart of the sales process and gain deeper insight to win more deals.\u201d
According to the report, \u201cLeaders demonstrate a market-defining vision of how technology can help top sales executives achieve business objectives. Leaders have the ability to execute against that vision through products, services and demonstrated, solid business results in the form of revenue and earnings. Leaders have significant successful customer deployments in North America, EMEA and the APAC region in a wide variety of vertical industries, with multiple proof points above 500 users. Leaders are often what other providers in the market measure themselves against.\u201d
Sales Cloud, the World\u2019s Leading Sales App Built for the Social Era
Salesforce.com is helping businesses embrace the power of the social enterprise by delivering innovative social and mobile cloud technologies that allow companies to engage with their customers and colleagues in entirely new ways. With the Sales Cloud, customers can leverage social intelligence from popular social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube to sell more effectively. Salesforce Chatter, the leading enterprise social network, lets reps tap into the wisdom of the employee community to immediately harness the resources they need to close deals. And with Salesforce Mobile, reps can drive deals faster, anywhere, from any mobile device.
According to a recent customer survey, Sales Cloud customers experienced a 32 percent average increase in sales productivity, a 30 percent average increase in social leads and a 27 percent average increase in revenue. Among mobile users, customers are also seeing a 28 percent average increase in team productivity and an average 23 percent decrease in sales cycles.
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\u2022 For access to a complimentary copy of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation, 2012, please visit: http:\/\/bit.ly\/GartnerSFAMQ_Salesforce
\u2022 This positioning by Gartner follows salesforce.com\u2019s recognition as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for CRM Customer Service Contact Centers, 2012, (G00228462).
\u2022 Salesforce.com, including the Sales Cloud, was just announced in CRM magazine\u2019s August 2012 edition as the winner of the 2012 Market Leader Awards for the Enterprise Suite CRM, Midmarket Suite CRM, and Sales Force Automation categories.
\u2022 Salesforce Service Cloud was recently recognized as a winner of two CRM magazine 2012 Service Leader Awards in the Customer Case Management and Web Support categories.
\u2022 Salesforce.com customers Symantec Corporation and Corel were among the winners of the 2012 Gartner & 1to1 Media CRM Excellence Awards in the customer service category.
\u2022 Corel and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, also a salesforce.com customer, were recently named winners of the 2012 CRM Service Elite Awards by CRM magazine.
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\u2022 For more information about the Sales Cloud, visit: http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/sales-cloud\/overview\/
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