| salesforce.com, inc. is a provider of software on demand. The Company provides customer relationship management (CRM) service to businesses of all sizes and industries worldwide. Approximately 41,000 customers worldwide use salesforce.com to manage their vital customer, sales and operational data. As of January 31, 2008, its customer base had grown to approximately 41,000 worldwide from approximately 29,800 customers as of January 31, 2007. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2008 (fiscal 2007), salesforce.com had approximately 1.1 million paying subscriptions. Its on-demand technology platform, Force.com, which was introduced, during fiscal 2007, allows customers and partners to customize and integrate Salesforce CRM applications or build entirely new on-demand applications beyond CRM without having to invest in new software, hardware and related infrastructure. The Company also offers the AppExchange, an online directory for on-demand applications. |
