20/20 Companies Uses Force.com to Build Custom Applications in the Cloud for 25 Percent of the Time and Cost of .NET
21 October 2009 - 11:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Fast cloud computing development platform also facilitates easy
integration with legacy and client systems to eliminate manual
reconciliation and inconsistent information SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the
enterprise cloud computing company, today announced that 20/20
Companies is running its growing business on custom applications
built on the Force.com cloud computing platform. With offices
nationwide, 20/20 Companies is a leader in the marketing and sales
contracting industry. 20/20 Companies used Force.com for custom
application development to manage orders, invoicing and payroll, as
well as employee time-tracking. (Logo:
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Companies' Success with Cloud Computing: -- After an extensive
analysis, 20/20 determined it could develop custom applications on
Force.com at 25 percent of the time and cost required to build the
same apps on-premise with .NET. -- Before building its custom
applications, 20/20 sales representatives were manually entering
order data into one system, and then manually reconciling with
their client's systems, as well as internal company financial,
payroll and reporting applications. -- The manual reconciliation
among these systems was not only time-consuming, but also the
source of errors and inconsistent information. -- Building an
application to manage the order-to-invoice-to-payroll process on
Force.com now provides a central point for the sales team to track
orders, and information is automatically shared across 20/20's
business applications and with clients. -- 20/20 Companies also
used Force.com to build a time-tracking system, so staff can easily
log in and out with the assurance that their hours will be paid
accordingly, whether regular, overtime or holiday rates. -- Tapping
into the AppExchange, the company easily added crystalreports.com
to create rich reports and dashboards for the management team.
Comments on the News: "We needed to create a custom solution at a
reasonable cost, and we weren't looking to take any risks during
the effort," said Mark Warren, chief information officer at 20/20
Companies. "It took us just four months with Force.com to build a
suite of custom applications and integrate them with our payroll
and financials applications, as well as with our clients' systems
for invoicing, reconciliation and validation." "Salesforce.com has
a truly unique development platform that is miles ahead of the
competition," continued Warren. "Force.com is ideal for building
custom business applications. In a matter of months we solved
issues the company had been dealing with for years, and we came in
on time and on budget. Even better, this efficiency is helping
increase our overall business success." Force.com - the Enterprise
Cloud Computing Platform: -- Force.com is salesforce.com's
enterprise cloud computing platform
(http://www.salesforce.com/platform/cloud-platform/). -- Force.com
provides everything companies need to quickly build and deliver
business applications in the cloud, including the database,
unlimited real-time customization, powerful analytics, real-time
workflow and approvals, programmable cloud logic, integration,
real-time mobile deployment, programmable user interface and Web
site capabilities. -- Customers and partners have built more than
120,000 custom applications on Force.com to run their businesses,
including, supply chain management, compliance tracking, brand
management, accounts receivable, claims processing, time-off
applications and much more. -- Force.com enables companies to build
and deliver applications 5 times faster, at about 1/2 the cost of
traditional client/server software platforms. For more analyst
reports and white papers please visit
http://www.salesforce.com/platform/tco. -- A podcast discussing
20/20 Companies' results with cloud computing and Force.com is
available here http://salesforce.acrobat.com/p86961704/. 20/20
Companies is one of the 63,200 companies of all sizes, industries
and geographies that comprised the salesforce.com customer base as
of July 31, 2009. Revenue and subscribers are recognized as the
service is delivered. About 20/20 Companies Headquartered in Fort
Worth, Texas, 20/20 Companies has been providing high quality,
professional marketing and contracting services to the
telecommunications, cable and energy industries for over 17 years.
We provide staffing for door-to-door sales, business-to-business
sales, retail kiosks, and special event marketing. The company has
succeeded in attracting and retaining Fortune 500 clients by hiring
employees whose priority and expertise is customer service,
maintaining a high standard of integrity, and producing quality
results. 20/20 Companies shares your goals - a commitment to
excellence and customer satisfaction, built on long-term
relationships. 20/20's skilled and knowledgeable management team
has met these challenges, implementing hundreds of direct sales and
marketing campaigns in premier markets across the country. These
sales teams are professional, well trained, and motivated towards
success. About salesforce.com Salesforce.com is the enterprise
cloud computing company. The company's portfolio of Salesforce CRM
applications, available at http://www.salesforce.com/products/, has
revolutionized the ways that companies collaborate and communicate
with their customers across sales, marketing and service. The
company's Force.com platform (http://www.salesforce.com/platform/)
helps customers, partners and developers to quickly build powerful
business applications to run every part of the enterprise in the
cloud. Based on salesforce.com's real-time, multitenant
architecture, Salesforce CRM and Force.com offer the fastest path
to customer success with cloud computing. As of July 31, 2009,
salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately
63,200 customers including Allianz Commercial, Dell, Dow Jones
Newswires, Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, and SunTrust Banks.
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