Salesforce Positioned as a Leader in the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce [NYSE: CRM], the Customer Success Platform and world's #1 CRM company, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Salesforce as a Leader in its July 2015 Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation (SFA). This is the ninth consecutive year that Salesforce has appeared in the Leaders quadrant.

Gartner defines SFA as applications that "support the automation of sales activities, processes and administrative responsibilities for B2B organizations' sales professionals. Core functionalities include account, contact and opportunity management. Additional add-on capabilities focus on improving the sales effectiveness of salespeople. Among those capabilities are sales configuration, guided selling, proposal generation and content management, and sales performance management support, including incentive compensation, quota, sales coaching and territory management."

"Everywhere we look, sales organizations are being disrupted by compressed selling cycles and increasingly sophisticated buyers. To thrive in this environment, companies need a sales solution that is data-driven, mobile, and focused on productivity and results," said Mike Rosenbaum, executive vice president of Sales Cloud, Salesforce. "Sales Cloud continues to set the standard for modern SFA and we're honored to have been named a Leader in Gartner's SFA Magic Quadrant for nine years in a row."

Additional Information

• The 2015 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SFA is available here: https://www.salesforce.com/form/pdf/gartner-sfa-magic-quadrant-2015.jsp
• Learn more about Sales Cloud here: http://www.salesforce.com/sales-cloud/overview/

Connect with Salesforce

• Like Salesforce on Facebook: http://facebook.com/salesforce
• Follow @salesforce and @salescloud on Twitter

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Salesforce
Salesforce, the Customer Success Platform and world's #1 CRM company, empowers companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way. For more information about Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit: http://www.salesforce.com.

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 applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce 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.

Salesforce, Salesforce1, Sales Cloud and others are among the trademarks of salesforce.com, inc. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

© 2015 salesforce.com. All rights reserved.

Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130612/SF30598LOGO

SOURCE Salesforce

Related Links

http://www.salesforce.com