{"id":64506,"date":"2020-05-22T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?post_type=sf_press_release&#038;p=64506"},"modified":"2020-05-22T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T10:25:00","slug":"salesforce-named-1-crm-provider-for-seventh-consecutive-year","status":"publish","type":"sf_press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/uk\/news\/press-releases\/2020\/05\/22\/salesforce-named-1-crm-provider-for-seventh-consecutive-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce Named #1 CRM Provider for Seventh Consecutive Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Press Release: Salesforce increased its market share in 2019 by more percentage points than the rest of the top 13 CRM vendors combined<\/i><b><br \/> <br \/> SAN FRANCISCO\u2014May 22, 2020\u2014<\/b>Salesforce [NYSE: CRM], the global leader in CRM, today announced that for the seventh consecutive year it has been named the #1 CRM provider by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Data Corporation (IDC)<\/a> in its latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idc.com\/tracker\/showproductinfo.jsp?prod_id=521\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker<\/a>. Salesforce grew its overall market share position and increased its revenue more than any other Customer Relationship Management (CRM) vendor. In fact, Salesforce increased its market share in 2019 by more percentage points than the rest of the top 13 CRM vendors combined. Additionally, the report names Salesforce as the market share leader in sales applications, customer service applications and marketing applications.<br \/> <br \/> \u201cEvery industry, company, and organization is facing a digital imperative and adapting their business models to the new reality,\u201d said Bret Taylor, President and COO, Salesforce. &quot;The latest IDC numbers underscore how companies are increasingly turning to Salesforce to help them digitally transform and deliver connected customer experiences.\u201d<br \/> <br \/> In addition to being the #1 CRM provider worldwide, Salesforce is also the #1 market share leader for CRM in North America, Western Europe and Asia-Pacific (including Japan).<br \/> <br \/> <b>Connect with Salesforce<\/b><br \/> \u00b7 Like Salesforce on Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/salesforce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/facebook.com\/salesforce<\/a>.<br \/> \u00b7 Follow @salesforce on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/salesforce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/salesforce<\/a>.<br \/> <br \/> <b>About Salesforce<\/b><br \/> Salesforce is the global leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM), bringing companies closer to their customers in the digital age. Founded in 1999, Salesforce enables companies of every size and industry to take advantage of powerful technologies\u2014cloud, mobile, social, internet of things, artificial intelligence, voice and blockchain\u2014to create a 360\u00b0 view of their customers. For more information about Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit: www.salesforce.com.<\/p> <p>Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase Salesforce applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol \u201cCRM.\u201d For more information please visit https:\/\/www.salesforce.com, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release: Salesforce increased its market share in 2019 by more percentage points than the rest of the top 13 CRM vendors combined SAN FRANCISCO\u2014May 22, 2020\u2014Salesforce [NYSE: CRM], the global leader in CRM, today announced that for the seventh consecutive year it has been named the #1 CRM provider by International Data Corporation (IDC) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"sf_subhead":"","sf_i18n_disclaimer":false,"alternateThumbnailId":0,"sf_product_cta_id":0,"footnotes":""},"sf_content_type":[4132],"sf_theme":[],"sf_topic":[],"sf_product":[],"sf_industry":[],"sf_role":[],"sf_multimedia_asset":[],"sf_location":[],"sf_collection":[],"sf_visibility":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-64506","sf_press_release","type-sf_press_release","status-publish","hentry","sf_content_type-press-releases-corporate-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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