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Salesforce.com and Synygy Team to Offer a Complete Sales Automation and Pay-for-Performance Solution SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)-- April 21, 2004 --Combines On-Demand CRM from Salesforce.com with On-Demand Enterprise Incentive Management (EIM) and Quotas Management From Synygy Salesforce.com(R), the global leader in customer relationship management (CRM) services, and Synygy Inc., a provider of solutions for creating the performance-driven enterprise, today announced a strategic agreement to integrate salesforce.com with Synygy's hosted Enterprise Incentive Management (EIM) and quotas management solutions, creating a comprehensive sales automation and sales incentive compensation management service delivered on demand--without software. As part of the alliance, the companies will promote the joint offering to their combined customer base. "We see growing customer demand for an effective way to manage incentive compensation and sales quotas," said Roger Goulart, vice president of Alliances, salesforce.com. "Synygy's solutions are very complementary to ours. Synygy is one of the most scalable EIM solutions on the market and the only one available on demand." "Companies of all sizes are coming to realize the on demand model is a cost-effective option for success in today's world," said Robert J. Lis, vice president, Channels and Alliances, Synygy. "It leads to faster and more successful implementations, and it provides hassle-free, transparent maintenance and upgrades. Salesforce.com is the leader in on-demand CRM and a pacesetter in establishing the viability of the software as a service model." About Synygy Synygy, Inc. provides software and services for creating performance-driven organizations. Synygy solutions enable companies to better execute their strategies by "operationalizing" how they define performance, reward success, and deliver results. Synygy's award-winning Enterprise Incentive Management (EIM) solutions have been proven by independent study to pay for themselves in eight to nine months. Synygy's EIM solution was also recently picked as the top-ranked EIM product in HR.com's 2003 Buyer's Guide to EIM. Based in suburban Philadelphia, Synygy's success and sustained growth were recognized when Synygy was named to the Inc. 500 Hall of Fame, reflecting Synygy's fifth consecutive inclusion on the Inc. 500. About salesforce.com Salesforce.com is the global leader in on demand customer relationship management (CRM) services. It offers the award-winning salesforce.com family of on demand solutions for integrated sales force automation, customer service and support, marketing automation, document management, contract management, product catalog management, and analytics to help companies meet the complex challenges of global customer communication. The company recently introduced salesforce.com Studio, a point-and-click on demand customization suite that empowers the business administrator to extend CRM with Custom Tabs and new applications. It has also introduced sforce 3.0, the on demand platform that offers developers complete Web services-based customization, integration and extension for CRM. Salesforce.com has received considerable recognition in the industry, including Editors' Choice and two Five-Star ratings from PC Magazine, two Deploy Awards from InfoWorld, Investor's Choice Award from Enterprise Outlook, Editors' Choice from TMC Labs, Top 10 CRM Implementation from Aberdeen Group, InfoWorld's 2001 CRM Technology of the Year, Forbes Magazine's "Best of the Web" and a Webby Business Award. The company has more than 9,500 customers and 140,000 subscribers running its services in 11 languages. Founded in 1999, salesforce.com is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia. For more information please visit www.salesforce.com or call 1-800 NO-SOFTWARE. Salesforce.com is a registered trademark of salesforce.com, inc., San Francisco, California. Synygy is a registered trademark and "Performance Defined. Results Delivered." is a trademark of Synygy, Inc. All other trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
