SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce [NYSE:
CRM], the Customer Success Platform and world's #1 CRM company,
today announced the opening of its new world-class office in
Bellevue, WA. The new Bellevue office will house one of the
company's largest Engineering & Innovation Hubs and is located
at the Nine Two Nine Office Tower building, where the company will
be the largest tenant. In the coming months, Salesforce plans to
double its workforce in Bellevue
to nearly 500, helping the company deliver new innovations to its
more than 150,000 customers around the world.
Comments on the News
- "Salesforce is the recognized leader in CRM, a category with
higher growth than any other in enterprise software. We have been
named the Innovator of the Decade by Forbes, and are focused on
continuing to deliver market-leading solutions for our customers,"
said Parker Harris, co-founder,
Salesforce. "By tapping into the local talent pool in the
Seattle area, we can expand our
world-class engineering team, accelerating our ability to create
innovative products that redefine the customer experience."
- "We welcome Salesforce to our vibrant downtown," said Mayor
John Stokes. "Salesforce's expansion
to Bellevue demonstrates that we
are rapidly becoming a distinguished hub for technology and
innovation in the Pacific Northwest with some of the technology
industry's most prominent leaders and companies calling
Bellevue home."
World-Class Engineering & Innovation Hub in Bellevue
The new Bellevue Engineering
& Innovation Hub will help accelerate Salesforce's ability to
bring innovative solutions to its customers. With dedicated
mindfulness areas and large social lounges designed to inspire
creativity and collaboration, engineers can work together on
breakthrough technologies that span the latest innovations in
artificial intelligence with Salesforce Einstein, productivity with
Salesforce Quip, mobility with Salesforce1, app development with
Salesforce Lightning and connected devices with the IoT Cloud.
Salesforce: Fastest-Growing Top 10 Enterprise Software
Company
Salesforce is the fastest-growing top 10 enterprise
software company in the world today. With eight clouds that span
sales, service, marketing, commerce, communities, analytics, IoT
and app development, all on a single trusted cloud platform,
companies of every size and industry rely on Salesforce's
intelligent Customer Success Platform to help them connect with
their customers in entirely new ways.
Sparking Inspirational Change in the Community
Giving
back has been a part of Salesforce's culture from day one, and its
1-1-1 integrated corporate philanthropy model, in which the company
donates one percent of product, resources and employee time to
nonprofits and NGOs, directly impacts the communities where its
employees and customers live and work. Today, employees in the
Bellevue office committed to
volunteer more than 7,500 hours to local schools and organizations
by the end of the year. As part of the office's grand opening
activities, Salesforce has partnered with Mary's Place, a local
nonprofit dedicated to helping homeless women and their families,
on a clothing drive to help women and their families keep warm this
winter.
Additional Resources
- We're hiring! Visit www.salesforce.com/careers for a list of
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About Salesforce
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Platform and world's #1 CRM, empowers companies to connect with
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