MUNICH and HANNOVER,
Germany, June 12, 2018
/PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in
CRM, has announced new customers, including Deutsche Bahn, Siemens
and Villeroy & Boch, and expansion plans in Germany to further support the company's
rapidly growing base of customers in the region. The announcement
was made at CEBIT where Salesforce is the premium event partner and
largest exhibitor at the show, hosting a Trailblazer community of
more than 100 customers and partners exhibiting in the Salesforce
Hall and Salesforce Park.
Salesforce is experiencing rapid growth in Germany and has increased its real estate
footprint with the opening of its new German headquarters in
Munich last year. The company also
plans to expand its data centre capacity by 100% in Germany in 2019. The increased office space
and data centre capacity will further support the company's rapidly
growing base of customers in the region.
"Germany is home to some of the
most digitally advanced businesses in the world today," said
Joachim Schreiner, Country Leader,
Germany, Salesforce. "Many of our
customers are the global market leaders of their industry and at
the forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, working with new
technologies such as cloud, social, Internet of Things and
artificial intelligence to transform how they connect with their
customers. We are delighted to host our Trailblazer community at
CEBIT - a meeting place for innovators and pioneers."
New German customers include Deutsche Bahn, Siemens and
Villeroy & Boch
Salesforce is growing its
customer base in Germany as
businesses look for a strategic partner to support their future
digital transformation programs. Today, 85% of the DAX30 companies
are Salesforce customers and recent new customers include Deutsche
Bahn, Siemens, Hapag-Lloyd and Villeroy & Boch.
- Deutsche Bahn selected Salesforce to meet increasing
expectations for customer service and customer experience in the
age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. DB Systel GmbH, a wholly
owned subsidiary of DB AG and digital partner for all Group
companies, will implement a wide range of digital projects for the
companies of DB AG all powered by Salesforce. Christa Koenen, CEO of DB Systel and Group CIO
Deutsche Bahn, will discuss the challenges facing Transportation in
the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Deutsche Bahn's
digital transformation strategy in a fireside chat hosted by
Salesforce on Friday, June 15, 2018
at 1pm on d!talk stage in Hall
9.
- Siemens is driving forward its transformation with
Salesforce. A key element is a corporate cloud architecture system
for digital collaboration across different services, products and
solutions underpinned by innovative technologies including AI.
- Hapaq-Lloyd has decided to use Salesforce to provide a
compelling customer experience at each commercial touchpoint of the
entire logistics process. Hapag-Lloyd aims to enable its employees
to react better and faster in order to increase customer loyalty
and improve overall productivity.
- Villeroy & Boch is an example of how the mittelstand
is embracing technology to transform their business. Villeroy &
Boch wants to increase customer loyalty and to win new customers
through a personalised shopping experience. For that, Villeroy
& Boch chose Salesforce with the goal to get a more holistic
customer view and to make optimum use of the potential of existing
data from across the business through intelligent analysis.
Trailblazers of the Fourth Industrial Revolution gather at
CEBIT
Salesforce will host a week-long program at CEBIT
dedicated to innovation, fun, learning and giving back. The
Salesforce hall will host the largest keynote theatre of the trade
fair with 14 keynotes as part of the d!talk programme - the
platform for showcases dedicated to the digitization of business
and society.
The Salesforce Hall and the Salesforce Park will bring together
a community of more than 100 partners and customer trailblazers,
such as Canyon Bicycles, KONE and REWE digital, all demonstrating
practical examples of how successful companies are leveraging new
technologies to advance the digital transformation of their
business.
- Canyon Bicycles the bicycle manufacturer and digital
pioneer has chosen Salesforce as its strategic platform to connect
with its customers, partners and employees in a whole new way. In
the Salesforce Park at CEBIT, Canyon Bicycles invites visitors to
watch demo bikers riding on a pump track and try the latest bikes.
Inside hall 9 visitors can use virtual reality glasses to explore
the future of biking.
- KONE demonstrates how it is leveraging AI technologies,
Salesforce Einstein and IBM Watson IoT to deliver intelligent
customer service. With a virtual elevator experience, the
Finland-based manufacturer
illustrates how Salesforce provides its field service technicians
with better and more timely information, enabling them to be more
proactive in the way they service their elevator and escalator
equipment.
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