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Salesforce.com


Software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider Salesforce.com looks poised for greater heights.

Recent financial results from Salesforce.com exceeded Wall Street expectations, posting a 43 percent jump in third-quarter revenue to reach US$276 million, for the period ending Oct. 31. Meanwhile, its net income rose to US$10.1 million from US$6.5 million in the previous year.

The online customer relationship management (CRM) software developer said it continued to grow its customer base amid the economic downturn.

In November, Salesforce.com extended its cloud-computing service with a new option that allows its clients to build external Web site more easily.

Founded in 1999, Salesforce.com is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with regional headquarters in Dublin (covering Europe, Middle East, and Africa), Singapore (covering the Asia-Pacific region) and Tokyo, for the Japanese market.

Salesforce.com ranks among ZDNet Asia's Top 10 fastest-growing companies for 2008/2009.

This company is listed in Services.



Financials
Fiscal year-end January FY08 FY07 FY06 FY05 FY04
Global revenue (US$millions) 748.7 497.1 309.9 176.4 —
Global full-year net income (US$millions) 22.8 2.7 29.5 7.9 —
Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years 62.24%
Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years 308.72%
Percentage of revenue from Asia (including Japan/Korea) 8.5%

Operations
Founded 1999 California USA
First Asian office 2005 Singapore
Global employees 3,046
Global employees in Asia —
Asian economies: Total 4 China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore

* Data correct as of October 2008. Information was compiled by ZDNet Asia from sources such as official reports, corporate Web sites and financial news sites. ZDNet Asia strived to get the latest information but does not guarantee the correctness or completeness of the data. The information provided on this site is for general informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or sell any securities.

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