Industry Awards 

Salesforce.com has received considerable recognition in the industry, including Editors' Choice and two Five-Star ratings from PC Magazine, two Deploy Awards from InfoWorld, Red Herring 100, Upside Hot 100, Investor's Choice Award from Enterprise Outlook, Editors' Choice from TMCLabs, Top 10 CRM Implementation from Aberdeen Group, and InfoWorld's 2001 CRM Technology of the Year. 

ISM Inc. Honors Salesforce.com as a Top CRM Package for 2003 
After extensive marketing and technical review, leading CRM consulting firm selects salesforce.com Enterprise Edition as one of its "Top 30" 
CRM consulting firm ISM, Inc. has named salesforce.com Enterprise Edition one of its Top 30 CRM packages for 2003. Salesforce.com's innovative online solution was chosen from dozens of CRM software packages tested by the ISM Software Lab. The sophisticated yet intuitive Enterprise Edition scored top marks on 171 selection criteria, including 105 business functions, 48 technical features, and 18 user-friendliness/support features. 

"Salesforce.com offers users strong CRM functionality on a pay-as-you-go basis. ISM congratulates salesforce.com on the company's outstanding achievement."
Barton Goldenberg, president of ISM


Salesforce.com CTO, Dave Moellenhoff shares spotlight with top IT executives from Boeing, GE, General Motors, Fannie Mae and Sony As One of The "25 Most Influential 2002" by InfoWorld
Moellenhoff was honored for his innovation in Web Services put to the service of his vision of a revolution in enterprise software. 

"I am very honored to be recognized among the most influential by InfoWorld. The salesforce.com vision of software as a utility, supported by a Web Services architecture, is now reality for over 5,200 customers who easily tap into salesforce.com's online CRM applications on demand rather than struggling with the client/server systems that used to be synonymous with enterprise software."
Dave Moellenhoff, CTO, Salesforce.com


Salesforce.com CTO Named One of InfoWorld's Top Ten Technology Innovators for the year 2002
Dave Moellenhoff Honored Alongside Top Executives from Intel, Oracle, Google, Tibco and Microsoft for Transforming the Enterprise Software Ownership Model through Delivery of Cost-Effective Online Enterprise Applications 

Moellenhoff was honored by InfoWorld's editorial staff for his success in delivering enterprise software as cost-effective online applications. He is the only innovator honored for his achievements in CRM. The editors also singled out salesforce.com, one of only two Internet-exclusive companies included in the issue, as defining ASP success. 

"I am very honored to be recognized by InfoWorld. Salesforce.com has made important inroads in converting the enterprise to the utility model of application delivery, and we look forward to continuing to push the limits of enterprise software and web services through our upcoming Offline Edition and our full E-Business Suite." 
Dave Moellenhoff, CTO, Salesforce.com

Dave Moellenhoff Recognized for Overcoming Business Challenges to Help Make salesforce.com the Fastest Growing CRM Company for the year 2001

Moellenhoff has been recognized by IDG's Computerworld as one of the business world's Premier 100 IT Leaders. Moellenhoff's business and technology acumen has substantially contributed to making salesforce.com the fastest growing CRM company, as measured by Morgan Stanley in September 2001.

"Computerworld's annual Premier 100 IT Leaders list honors individuals who display exceptional technology leadership in their organizations. The honorees for 2002 join an elite class of innovative thinkers dedicated to solving business problems through creativity and effectively managed IT strategies." 
Maryfran Johnson, editor in chief, Computerworld.

Salesforce.com Awarded Five Star Rating from PC Magazine
PC Magazine has awarded a five-star rating for its Enterprise Edition. 

This product targeted at larger and more complex organizations, combines salesforce.com's robust CRM solution and online architecture with the advanced customization, Web Services integration, and administration capabilities required by large businesses. This honor follows a previous 5-star rating received for the salesforce.com Professional Edition.

In its review, PC Magazine cited the new customer self-service module, campaign management capabilities, and ease-of-use besides advanced administration, customization, and integration functionality as key features of the new Enterprise Edition.

"Salesforce.com has made a name for itself delivering affordable, online CRM solutions. With Enterprise Edition, the company breaks into the big leagues with self-service and campaign management modules, new user administration features and advanced customization and integration functionality." 
Michael Miller, editor-in-chief at PC Magazine. 

Salesforce.com Named "Editors Choice" in PC Magazine
salesforce.com outshone both hosted and installed CRM solutions on feature-by-feature comparison

It received "Editors Choice" honors from PC Magazine in a head-to-head comparison of top online and client/server CRM solutions. This recognition complements two earlier five-star ratings bestowed on salesforce.com Professional and Enterprise Editions by the publication's editorial staff.

In winning top honors, salesforce.com outperformed other online CRM solutions in the areas of feature set, feature integration, ease of use and pricing. Salesforce.com's enterprise-level features such as data integration, marketing functions, and offline capabilities with the same easy-to-use, browser-based interface, were key considerations in the judging. Editors also highlighted salesforce.com's significant benefits versus conventional client/server solutions in terms of implementation overhead, as well as automatic handling of backups, security and maintenance.

"Of the hosted CRM services, salesforce.com is still the one to beat. Well-integrated campaign management, lead management, opportunity, and forecasting tools, plus a clearly designed contact management interface set it apart."
PC Magazine. "


"PC Magazine has a pulse on the practical needs and considerations of business technology buyers, and we are very pleased that our product stood out so strongly. The bottom line for this comparison is that salesforce.com can quickly and economically deliver powerful, integrated CRM functionality that is unparalleled by other hosted or installed solutions." 
Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com