ThomasNet uses cloud computing from salesforce.com to minimize development time, facilitate ease of use, and to leverage existing investment in Salesforce CRM SAN FRANCISCO, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced that ThomasNet is using Force.com Sites to run its online recruiting efforts. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/SFW105LOGO) "Force.com Sites enabled us to create a rich, fully customized recruiting application that integrates with our Salesforce CRM deployment, all in a matter of weeks," said Brian Makas, manager of business intelligence at ThomasNet. Force.com Sites is a new capability of the Force.com platform that allows companies to build and run public-facing Web sites and applications. Force.com Sites provides companies the fastest way to build and run Web sites and applications in real-time without requiring any software or hardware infrastructure. "Force.com Sites provides ThomasNet with an ideal way to publish and promote job opportunities, collect resumes, and track candidates. As the recruiting manager enters new jobs into Salesforce CRM they are automatically displayed on our Web site at http://careers.thomasnet.com/. And, when someone applies for a job on our Web site, that information is automatically collected in Salesforce CRM. It's the ability to connect content available in Salesforce CRM to the Web and vice versa that made using Force.com Sites an obvious decision," added Makas. Since deploying the site, ThomasNet has already seen an increase of over 500 percent in the number of qualified resumes received. "Since 2006, when we first deployed Salesforce CRM, we have continually looked for ways to further leverage the technology because of the productivity it enables without the need for significant development time or resources. These factors are the catalyst in our investment preferences for cloud computing," said Janet Tarzia, executive director of marketing at ThomasNet. A video of ThomasNet discussing their recruiting application and Force.com Sites is available here. More information, including a video on Force.com Sites, is available here. ThomasNet is one of the 59,300 companies of all sizes, industries and geographies that comprised the salesforce.com customer base as of April 30, 2009. Revenue and subscribers will be recognized as the service is delivered. About ThomasNet ThomasNet (http://www.thomasnet.com/) is the leading online destination connecting industrial sellers and buyers worldwide. Buyers from Fortune 500 companies, the government, the military and more depend on ThomasNet to search for and purchase the products and services they need. ThomasNet provides access to over 607,000 industrial companies, indexed by 70,000 product and service categories. Industrial manufacturers and service companies are successfully using ThomasNet to grow their businesses online, discover new markets, and develop new customers. Drawing from the company's experience in the industrial market and ongoing research on buyers' and sellers' needs, ThomasNet has helped thousands of clients create websites that incorporate online catalogs, CAD drawings, and e-commerce capabilities. About salesforce.com Salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company. The company's portfolio of Salesforce CRM applications, available at http://www.salesforce.com/products/, has revolutionized the ways that companies collaborate and communicate with their customers across sales, marketing and service. The company's Force.com platform (http://www.salesforce.com/platform/) enables customers, partners and developers to quickly build powerful business applications to run every part of the enterprise in the cloud. Based on salesforce.com's real-time, multi-tenant architecture, Salesforce CRM and Force.com offer the fastest path to customer success with cloud computing. As of April 30, 2009, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 59,300 customers including Allianz Commercial, Dell, Dow Jones Newswires, Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, and SunTrust Banks. 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. Copyright (c) 2009 salesforce.com, inc. All rights reserved. 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