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Salesforce.com Is Live on Workday
Software-as-a-Service Pioneer Deploys Workday as Human Capital Management System of Record
| Source: Workday, Inc.
WALNUT CREEK, CA--(Marketwire - May 13, 2008) - Salesforce.com (NYSE : CRM ), the market and
technology leader in Software-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service, is
now live on Workday Human
Capital Management as its system of record for human resources
worldwide.
Salesforce.com selected Workday as its human resources system of record in
2007 based on Workday's
-- Domain excellence in human resources solutions;
-- Ease of
integration with salesforce.com's internal and external systems;
-- Clear commitment to partnership and customer success;
-- Technology and user experience innovations; and
-- The two companies' shared vision for
on-demand solutions.
Comments on the News
"Salesforce.com has pioneered on-demand solutions for global enterprises,
and we are proud to have them as a flagship customer for Workday's Human
Capital Management solutions," said Dave Duffield, Workday CEO and Chief
Customer Advocate. "We look forward to continuing our close collaboration
with Marc and his team, both as a customer and a partner, as we help
salesforce.com manage their fast growing, global workforce and work
together to deliver innovation on demand."
"Workday's rapid ascension to on-demand HR leadership is an outstanding
example of the dramatic industry shift to Software-as-a-Service for mission
critical enterprise solutions," said Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of
salesforce.com. "Workday's Human Capital Management provides
salesforce.com with a robust foundation for managing our people as we
continue to grow and innovate around the world, and Workday's customer
service reflects the customer-centered approach that Dave has always
brought to the technology industry."
About Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). The company's portfolio of SaaS
applications, including its award-winning CRM application, available at
http://www.salesforce.com/products/, has revolutionized the ways that
customers manage and share business information over the Internet. The
company's Force.com PaaS enables customers, developers and partners to
build powerful on-demand applications that deliver the benefits of
multi-tenancy across the enterprise. Applications built on the Force.com
platform, available at http://www.force.com, can be easily shared,
exchanged and installed with a few simple clicks via salesforce.com's
AppExchange marketplace available at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange.
As of January 31, 2008, salesforce.com manages customer information for
approximately 41,000 customers including ABN AMRO, Dow Jones Newswires,
Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, Sprint Nextel, 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 © 2008 salesforce.com, inc. All rights reserved. Salesforce and
the "no software" logo are registered trademarks of salesforce.com, inc.,
and salesforce.com owns other registered and unregistered trademarks. Other
names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
About Workday
Workday is delivering the first on-demand alternative to ERP, with a new
generation of solutions designed to meet the needs of today's dynamic and
global businesses. Built on a completely new model, Workday Human Capital
Management and Workday Financials use the most modern, standards-based
technologies to provide an unparalleled level of agility, ease-of-use, and
integration capability. For more information about Workday, please visit
www.workday.com.
© 2008 Workday, Inc. All rights reserved. Workday and the Workday logo
are registered trademarks of Workday, Inc. Workday Enterprise Business
Services, Workday Human Capital Management, Workday Financial Management,
Workday Resource Management and Workday Revenue Management are all
trademarks of Workday, Inc. All other brand and product names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.