Salesforce.com Receives 2005 Readers' Choice Award for 'Best CRM' from Windows IT Pro

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com , the technology and market leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM), today announced it has been named the winner in the "Best CRM" category of the 2005 Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Awards. Kim Paulsen, group publisher of Penton Media's Windows IT Pro Group, announced the winners of the fourth-annual contest today.

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"The Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Awards are highly coveted in the IT industry because our readers, who are the buyers and users of these products, are the ones who choose the winners," said Paulsen. "These awards are the ultimate acclamation an IT company can earn from its peers in the IT community."

Readers were asked to vote on their product preferences in 12 broad technology categories. More than 1,700 readers chose the best among more than 750 products and services.

"Windows IT Pro readers are the most knowledgeable people in the market with regard to the best values in technology products and services," added Paulsen. "We've done extensive research among our readers, and know that they are the ones who make the buying decisions on behalf of their organizations." Paulsen continued, "The Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Awards give IT professionals the opportunity to voice their opinions and give the leading technology companies the recognition they deserve."

"Salesforce.com's applications have always been designed to meet and exceed the expectations of our compelling community of success," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com. "We're very pleased that Windows IT Pro readers reflected that commitment in this year's Readers' Choice Awards."

About salesforce.com

Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM). Through its award-winning salesforce.com family of products including Salesforce ( http://www.salesforce.com/ ) and Supportforce ( http://www.supportforce.com/ ), the company provides a comprehensive suite of CRM applications to help enterprises of all sizes, industries and geographies meet the complex challenge of sharing and managing information on-demand. Salesforce and Supportforce are built on the Sforce on demand integration platform and include Customforce tool complete on-demand customization. Sforce ( http://www.sforce.com/ ) and Customforce ( http://www.customforce.com/ ) allow customers and independent software vendors to customize and integrate salesforce.com's products, as well as build their own on-demand enterprise applications. As of July 31, 2005, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 16,900 customers and approximately 308,000 paying subscribers including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), America Online (AOL), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), 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 our services 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.

About the Windows IT Pro Group

The Windows IT Pro Group, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, includes content the from flagship print publication Windows IT Pro, three monthly paid subscription print newsletters, 12 direct-request email newsletters and a web site resource for more than two million IT professionals each month. First published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in its field and has a paid subscription base of 105,000 readers. Windows IT Pro was named to BtoB Magazine's 2005 Media Power 50 list, winning recognition for its Windows IT Pro UPDATE email newsletter. The magazine is published in 13 languages and has an international reach in 160 countries.

The franchise also includes SQL Server Magazine, with 30,000 paid subscribers, more than 210,000 web site visitors monthly and two email newsletters sent to more than 130,000 opt-in subscribers. The American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) named SQL Server Magazine "Magazine of the Year" in the less-than-80,000 circulation category in 2002. The two publications generate nine million page impressions monthly, host 2.5 million unique visitors to their web sites monthly, and have more than one million readers with opt-in subscriptions to their email newsletters. The Windows IT Pro Group is the world's leading producer of custom Roadshows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT professionals.

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