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Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery- President Barack Obama carried out the traditional Veterans Day role Wednesday, then made a surprise visit to a part of Arlington National Cemetery reserved for troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, walking among the grave sites and talking to mourners.
- California's ongoing fiscal crisis has attracted national attention, but a study warns that nine other states are barreling toward similar economic disaster.
Silent DC sniper mastermind Muhammad executed- Sniper John Allen Muhammad refused to utter any last words as he was executed, taking to the grave answers about why and how he plotted the killings of 10 people that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002.
Brazil's Silva defends power grid after blackout- Brazil's president fended off criticism of his nation's shaky power grid Wednesday as officials investigated a blackout that plunged as many as 60 million people into darkness, prompting concerns about the country's preparedness to host the 2016 Olympic Games.
Number of wounded troops in Afghanistan increasing- Far from winding down, the numbers of U.S. soldiers coming home wounded have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute among those fighting in Afghanistan, where nearly four times as many troops were injured in October as a year ago.
- Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger.
Death penalty rare, executions rarer in military- Though the suspect in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood could face the death penalty, he will be prosecuted in a military justice system where no one has been executed in nearly a half-century.
Scientists: New dinosaur species found in SAfrica- A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, scientists in South Africa said Wednesday.
Gov't says brown pelicans are endangered no longer- After nearly 40 years of struggling for survival, the brown pelican is coming off the endangered species list.
Salesforce.com Recognized as Industry Standard for CRM, Dominating CRM Magazine's CRM Market Awards
SAN FRANCISCO (Map) - Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the market and technology leader in on-demand business services, today announced that it received seven CRM Market Awards from CRM Magazine for its leadership in expanding the industry. The company received more awards than any other vendor and was selected for its innovative product line, the measurable business value it delivers to customers, and its high customer satisfaction scores.
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Salesforce.com beat Microsoft and Oracle/Siebel, winning product awards for Midmarket Suite CRM, Small Business Suite CRM, and SFA, and was a leader in the Enterprise CRM Suite category. The company also received the Enterprise CRM customer award for Sybase's Salesforce and Eloqua implementation, and the Small Business CRM customer award for its Voices.com deployment. Salesforce.com chairman and CEO Marc Benioff was one of six members of the CRM community honored as 2007 Influential Leaders.
The 2007 CRM Market Awards were presented at a ceremony held at the destinationCRM2007 conference in New York. Recipients of the CRM Market Awards were selected through a rigorous assessment process that combines feedback from industry analysts, financial and corporate information, product and functionality assessments, and customer satisfaction scores.
"We're proud to be recognized by CRM magazine for our leadership in
shaping and growing the industry," said
Salesforce.com has received numerous recent awards and honors, including Forbes 25 Tech Newcomers, the Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award from the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), the Business 2.i Leadership Award, the VARBusiness 60 Top Channel Executives, two ISM Top 15 CRM Software Awards, Wired Magazine's Wired 40, two CODiE Awards from the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), including best on-demand platform, the 2007 BPT Partners Steppin' Out Award, Ethisphere Magazine's list of top ethical companies, the Stevie Award for Best New Product or Service -- Computer Hardware or Service, and the CRM Magazine Service Elite Awards.
About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in on-demand business services. The company's Salesforce suite of on-demand CRM applications allows customers to manage and share all of their sales, support, marketing and partner information on-demand. The Salesforce Platform, the world's first on-demand platform, enables customers, developers and partners to build powerful new on-demand applications that extend beyond CRM to deliver the benefits of multi-tenancy and The Business Web across the enterprise. The Salesforce Platform allows applications to be easily shared, exchanged and installed with a few simple clicks via salesforce.com's AppExchange directory, available at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange. Customers can also take advantage of Successforce, salesforce.com's world-class training, support, consulting and best practices offerings.
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