Bluewolf Announces Alliance with Salesforce.com Foundation
Bluewolf Announces Alliance with Salesforce.com Foundation “The Power of Us” Partner Program
Program kicked off today at “The Power of Partners” event in New York City with inaugural partner Bluewolf embracing the integrated philanthropy model
NEW YORK – February 26, 2007 – – Bluewolf, an on-demand enterprise consulting company that specializes in the deployment of enterprise software applications, and Salesforce.com Foundation, the global leader in integrating philanthropy and business, today announced that it will participate in one of the most ambitious and groundbreaking programs in corporate philanthropy, Salesforce.com Foundation “Power of Us” partner program.
As part of the partnership, Bluewolf will be celebrating National Philanthropy Day by ‘giving back’ and connecting with current salesforce.com nonprofit customers who need their expertise. Bluewolf will participate in the four pillars of the salesforce.com 1% model by providing time and products to salesforce.com nonprofit customers. This program will be launched today at the “The Power of Partners,” a free educational event for existing nonprofit customers put on by the Salesforce.com Foundation.
“Bluewolf is proud to be an integral part of the salesforce.com foundation’s “Power of Us,” commented Michael Kirven, co-founder and Principal at Bluewolf. “Corporate philanthropy is a core tenant of the Bluewolf culture and today marks a great step forward for everyone involved.”
The Power of Us – A Roadmap for Corporate Philanthropy
The Power of Us partner program was created to grow Salesforce.com Foundation’s community benefits
exponentially by increasing the number of companies committed to a similar method of corporate social responsibility. The prospect of adopting a philanthropic model that will be embraced by employees, customers and investors alike is a daunting task for any company. Many companies look to salesforce.com and the Salesforce.com Foundation as an example because of their ability to “do well, while doing good.”
With the Power of Us, the Salesforce.com Foundation is committed to mentoring companies to successfully
incorporate integrated philanthropy into their business model. While the initiative is still in the early phase, the Salesforce.com Foundation has already successfully inspired partner organizations like Bluewolf, Vertical Response and AppExtremes to incorporate philanthropy into their “for profit” company.
“Since the inception of the Salesforce.com Foundation, we realized that there was a wealth of committed
salesforce.com partners with the desire, means and resources to make a meaningful impact on the nonprofit community,” said Suzanne DiBianca, executive director at the Salesforce.com Foundation.
“The Power of Us partner initiative allows our existing partners to get involved quickly and in a meaningful way without having to spend time or money setting up their own Foundations. Facilitating this kind of giving increases the impact on the nonprofit customers of salesforce.com - these donated services and products are what leveraged giving is all about.”
About Bluewolf
Founded in 2000, Bluewolf is an on-demand enterprise consulting company that specializes in the deployment
of enterprise software applications. Through its Customer Success Guarantee ™, Bluewolf is reinventing the concept of enterprise consulting, one that is tailor made for the on-demand world. Bluewolf’s practices incorporate three main areas: On-Demand Consulting, On-Demand Software, and On-Demand Staffing. With offices across North America, Bluewolf’s customers include Bank of America, ADP, General Electric, Wall Street Journal, Staples and Ann Taylor. More information about the company can be found at www.bluewolf.com
About Salesforce.com Foundation
The Salesforce.com Foundation mission is to remain the leaders in pioneering, evangelizing and implementing
the 1% Model, and using this model as a means to improve the lives of people around the world. The Salesforce.com Foundation harnesses the power of product and people to improve the lives of those in need. Using the unique 1/1/1/1 Model - 1% Time, 1% Equity, 1% Product, “one” with the earth-the Foundation reaches out to the community and increases the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations so they can better achieve their goals. We call this the Power of Us. We concentrate on the use of technology, specifically as it relates to organizations with youth development programs. We have supported technology centers around the world that help kids in technology-bereft urban and rural areas create a better future for themselves. Since July of 2000, salesforce.com employees have given over 40,000 hours of their time and expertise, feeding the homeless, tutoring kids, improving nonprofit spaces, and offering hundreds of helping hands when the world is faced with devastating natural disasters.
About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in on-demand business services. The company’s
Salesforce suite of on-demand CRM applications allows customers to manage and share all of their sales, support, marketing and partner information on-demand. Apex, the world’s first on-demand platform, enables customers, developers and partners to build powerful new on-demand applications that extend beyond CRM to deliver the benefits of multi-tenancy and The Business Web across the enterprise. All Apex components and applications can be easily shared, exchanged and installed via salesforce.com’s AppExchange directory, available at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange. Customers can also take advantage of Successforce, salesforce.com’s world-class training, support, consulting and best practices offerings.
As of January 31, 2007, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 29,800 customers and approximately 646,000 paying subscribers including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), America Online (AOL), Avis Budget Group, Inc, Dow Jones Newswires, Nokia, Polycom and SunTrust Banks. 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.com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com 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.
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Bluewolf Media Contact:
Corinne Sklar
Bluewolf.com
415.902.2815
corinne@bluewolf.com
Salesforce Media Contact:
Jane Hynes
salesforce.com
415-901-5079
jhynes@salesforce.com