Salesforce is an enterprise cloud computing company that provides
business software on a subscription basis. The company is best known for
its on-demand Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions.
Salesforce was founded in 1999 by former Oracle
executive Marc Benioff, and went public in June 2004.

Salesforce has
been a pioneer in developing enterprise platforms through its innovative
AppExchange directory of on-demand applications, and its Force.com
“Platform as a Service” (PaaS) API for extending Salesforce.