Salesforce.com Honored With Employment Achievement Award From San Francisco Mayor's Committee for Employment of Persons With Di
June 23 2006 - 9:55AM
PR Newswire (US)
Company Recognized for Collaboration With The Arc of San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com
(NYSE: CRM), the market and technology leader in on-demand business
services, today announced that it has received a 2006 Employment
Achievement Award from the Mayor's Committee for Employment of
Persons with Disabilities. Salesforce.com was chosen for the award
based on its collaboration with The Arc of San Francisco, an
organization dedicated to serving, supporting and advocating for
individuals with developmental disabilities, to employ The Arc
clients. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/SFW105LOGO) "For more
than six years salesforce.com has worked with our organization to
offer employment opportunities to persons with disabilities," said
Terry Goodwin, job placement services director at The Arc. "Along
with competitive salaries and generous benefits, salesforce.com has
fostered individual growth with ongoing training and advancement
opportunities." "This recognition from the mayor's committee
represents a very special honor for every salesforce.com employee,"
said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com. "From the
beginning, we at salesforce.com have been committed to establishing
an active role in our communities, both here in San Francisco and
around the globe. As a fourth-generation San Franciscan, I am
especially moved by the committee's recognition." About
salesforce.com Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader
in on-demand business services. The company's Salesforce suite of
on-demand applications enables customers to manage and share all of
their sales, support, marketing and partner information on-demand.
AppExchange, salesforce.com's on-demand platform, allows customers
and partners to build powerful new applications quickly and easily,
customize and integrate the Salesforce suite to meet their unique
business needs, and distribute and sell on-demand apps at
http://www.appexchange.com/. Customers can also take advantage of
Successforce, salesforce.com's world-class training, support,
consulting and best practices offerings. As of April 30, 2006,
salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately
22,700 customers and approximately 444,000 paying subscribers
including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), America Online (AOL),
Avis/Budget Rent A Car (Cendant Rental Car Group), Dow Jones
Newswires, Nokia, Polycom and SunTrust. 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.com applications
should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are
currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San
Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New
York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CRM". For more
information please visit http://www.salesforce.com/, or call
1-800-NO-SOFTWARE. NOTE: Salesforce.com is a registered trademark
of, and AppExchange and Successforce are trademarks of,
salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, California. Other names used
may be trademarks of their respective owners. DATASOURCE:
salesforce.com, Inc. CONTACT: Jennifer Keavney of Salesforce.com,
+1-415-536 5478, or Web site: http://www.salesforce.com/
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