Cloud Alliance Partners to be recognized for delivering customer success with salesforce.com\u2019s social and mobile cloud technologies
Award winners will be honored at Dreamforce 2012, the world\u2019s largest vendor technology conference
SAN FRANCISCO — DREAMFORCE 2012 \u2013 Sept. 18, 2012 \u2013 Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing company, today will announce the winners of its inaugural Salesforce.com Partner Innovation Awards. The awards honor salesforce.com\u2019s consulting partner ecosystem for the contributions they\u2019ve made to driving customer success with the company\u2019s social and mobile cloud technologies. Award winners will be honored at Dreamforce 2012, the world\u2019s largest vendor technology conference, held at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.
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\u2022 \u201cWe are thrilled to kick off the annual Salesforce.com Partner Innovation Awards at Dreamforce 2012 to highlight the exceptional work of our Salesforce.com Cloud Alliance Partners,\u201d said Elay Cohen, senior vice president, Productivity, salesforce.com. \u201cSalesforce.com\u2019s partners play a critical role in driving customer success by helping them connect with their customers, partners and employees in entirely new ways.\u201d
The Salesforce.com Partner Innovation Awards recognize partners for innovative work across six functional areas: Sales, Service, Marketing, Collaboration, Work and Platform. Winners were selected based on the compelling nature of the business challenge addressed, the partner\u2019s demonstrated expertise working with Salesforce technologies and the resulting business value for the customer. The categories and winners are:
Innovation in Social Vision: Accenture
\u2022 Accenture defined an enterprise wide CRM roadmap revolving around social and mobile cloud technologies from salesforce.com, enabling its customer to standardize the portfolio management process across departments and facilitate visibility, predictability and accountability throughout the organization.
Innovation in Sales: Bluewolf
\u2022 Bluewolf initiated custom development work to help its customer organize situational data within Salesforce Sales Cloud allowing their field reps to receive valuable recommendations around lead data, target leads more effectively, close more deals and create brand loyalty.
Innovation in Customer Service: Deloitte
\u2022 Deloitte\u2019s implementation of Salesforce Service Cloud enabled a customer to identify and proactively address customer issues across social networks and created new channels for targeted engagement with influencers.
Innovation in Marketing: Capgemini
\u2022 Capgemini modernized a customer\u2019s marketing capabilities, empowering the company to market new products faster than ever across traditional, online, mobile and social channels, while reducing overall costs.
Innovation in Collaboration: Acumen
\u2022 Acumen Solutions\u2019 envisioned a company-wide collaboration solution for a large global agency. The Salesforce Chatter solution implemented by Acumen Solutions revolutionized work-based collaboration, enabling 17,000 employees to find experts faster, facilitate real-time communication about mission critical initiatives, and collaborate \u201canytime, anywhere, using any device.\u201d
Innovation in Work: ProQuest
\u2022 Proquest delivered the perfect combination of Salesforce Chatter and Work.com to its customer, helping the company manage employees\u2019 goals and performance while fostering collaboration across teams.
Innovation on the Platform: Appirio
\u2022 Appirio built a customized recruitment app on the Salesforce Platform that could scale with the customer\u2019s immense company growth, integrate with existing Salesforce data and promote widespread user adoption among employees company-wide.
About Dreamforce
Dreamforce 2012 is the world\u2019s largest vendor technology conference, welcoming more than 90,000 registered attendees to experience the power of the social revolution. With more than 750 sessions and 350 cloud companies in the expo, attendees can participate in interactive sessions, hands-on training with cutting-edge technology, thousands of live demos and unparalleled networking. In addition, Dreamforce welcomes special guests Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group, Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric, Gen. Colin Powell, U.S.A.\u2014ret., Tony Robbins, entrepreneur, author and peak performance strategist and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Dreamforce 2012 offers attendees everything they need to connect with customers, partners and employees in entirely new ways.
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About salesforce.com
Founded in 1999, salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing leader. Using salesforce.com\u2019s social and mobile cloud technologies, companies can connect with customers, partners and employees in entirely new ways. Based on salesforce.com’s real-time, multitenant architecture, the company’s platform and apps give customers the tools to create a social front office and revolutionize the way they sell, service, market, collaborate, work, and innovate.
\u2022 Grow your business with the world\u2019s #1 sales app, Salesforce Sales Cloud
\u2022 Deliver amazing customer service with the award-winning Salesforce Service Cloud
\u2022 Listen, engage, advertise, and measure social media marketing with the Salesforce Marketing Cloud
\u2022 Achieve breakthrough collaboration and productivity with Salesforce Chatter
\u2022 Align, motivate and drive performance with Salesforce Work.com
\u2022 Build social and mobile cloud apps on the Salesforce Platform and extend success with the world\u2019s leading enterprise app marketplace, the AppExchange
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