TOKYO, April 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce,
the world's fastest growing top five enterprise software company
and the #1 CRM provider globally, today announced that it has
opened its second data center in Japan, located in Kobe in the country's Kansai region. The new data center expands the
company's ability to deliver the Intelligent Customer Success
Platform including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, App Cloud, Community Cloud, Analytics Cloud and
more—all of which have been made smarter by Einstein—to more
customers in Japan and the broader
Asia-Pacific region.
Comment on the News
"We are pleased to announce the
opening of our second data center in Japan. With this new data center, along with
the first local data center opened in 2011 in Tokyo, Salesforce will be able to continue
delivering exceptional reliability and performance to customers,"
said Shinichi Koide, chairman,
president and CEO, Salesforce Japan. "The new data center will
support the unprecedented growth we've seen in the region and
further accelerate the adoption of the Intelligent Customer Success
Platform. This is one of our commitments to Japan."
Salesforce Momentum in Japan
In Q4 of FY17, the Asia-Pacific region (including Japan) was Salesforce's fastest-growing
region, growing at 30% in constant currency. With the addition of
the company's second Japanese data center in Kobe, Salesforce is poised to deliver the
Intelligent Customer Success Platform locally to more customers
than ever before. Top Japanese brands including Canon Marketing
Japan, Inc., Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company and Sompo Japan
Nipponkoa Insurance Inc., Ltd., are using Salesforce to connect
with their customers in entirely new ways.
About Salesforce
Salesforce, the world's #1 CRM
company and Intelligent Customer Success Platform, empowers
companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way. For
more information about Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit:
www.salesforce.com.
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