SAN FRANCISCO -- Above All Software, a provider of award-winning business integration software, and salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), the market and technology leader in on-demand business services, today announced the availability of SAP Order Management for AppExchange from Above All Software. SAP Order Management for AppExchange provides companies with automated integration with SAP orders to speed the sales process, create new revenue opportunities and reduce errors. Built on the AppExchange on-demand platform, SAP Order Management for AppExchange from Above All Software is immediately available for test drive at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/detail_overview.jsp?NavCode__c= MF37&id=a0330000001FsGHAA0 (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.). The announcement was made today at Appforce, salesforce.com's first annual AppExchange partner, user and developer conference.
With this new AppExchange solution, salesforce.com customers can now deploy Above All's popular integration solution to enable their sales groups to interact in real-time with SAP Order Management to create, update and view sales order information, all within the context of the salesforce.com user interface. Enterprises can rapidly deploy integrated solutions in just weeks. Key benefits include:
--Minimal learning curve for users: Because this AppExchange solution can be deployed within the salesforce.com user interface, end users do not have to know or understand the inner workings of SAP which minimizes training costs and spurs user adoption.
--360-degree interactivity: SAP Order Management for AppExchange provides query, update, insert or delete capabilities against the underlying SAP and salesforce.com system, increasing account manager productivity and giving them deep insight into customer purchasing patterns.
--Automate manual processes: SAP Order Management for AppExchange automates the sales process, eliminates duplicate data entry and minimizes potential for additional errors.
"Above All and salesforce.com have numerous mutual customers that have already realized the business benefits of integrating salesforce.com with a variety of back-office systems, including order management, finance, customer support and inventory," said Jon Temple, President and CEO of Above All Software. "Repeated customer requests to expose SAP functionality and data within salesforce.com made this an obvious AppExchange solution. We intend to expand our portfolio of AppExchange solutions with other targeted offerings."
Customers such as PGP Corporation, United Way and others have reaped the business benefits of extending their salesforce.com implementation to incorporate order management functionality through composite applications. These composite applications streamline the entire opportunity-to-order process, improve operational efficiency and create incremental revenue opportunities.
"The AppExchange on-demand platform has witnessed very rapid adoption amongst customers and partners alike," said Bobby Napiltonia, senior vice president, worldwide channels and alliances, salesforce.com. "Integration remains a critical need for our customers and Above All has delivered an intuitive and powerful AppExchange solution that eases integration between Salesforce and SAP."
SAP Order Management for AppExchange from Above All Software is one of more than 250 applications created by salesforce.com, its customers and partners that are now available on the salesforce.com AppExchange, the world's first on-demand application platform. AppExchange provides unprecedented ease of customization and integration for Salesforce deployments, as well as enabling a whole new generation of on-demand applications that go beyond CRM. AppExchange enables all of these on-demand applications to be easily shared, exchanged and installed with one click into a customer's salesforce.com account. AppExchange can be found at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange.
About Above All Software
Above All Software provides award-winning software for rapid composite application assembly and delivery, enabling companies to leverage a service-oriented architecture to meet changing business needs. This new, flexible service-level approach simplifies and reduces the cost of business integration. Above All's customers include Bell Canada, CSA, Hilton, Medtronic, and NASDAQ. Above All has alliances with some of the leading names in software, including Good Technology, Microsoft, salesforce.com, and Siebel Systems/Oracle. Headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA, Above All is privately held. For more information about Above All, visit our Web site at www.aboveallsoftware.com or call 800-819-5530.
About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in on-demand business services. The company's Salesforce suite of on-demand applications enables customers to manage and share all of their sales, support, marketing and partner information on-demand. AppExchange, salesforce.com's on-demand platform, allows customers and partners to build powerful new applications quickly and easily, customize and integrate the Salesforce suite to meet their unique business needs, and distribute and sell on-demand apps at www.appexchange.com. Customers can also take advantage of Successforce, salesforce.com's world-class training, support, consulting and best practices offerings.
As of April 30, 2006, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 22,700 customers and approximately 444,000 paying subscribers including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), America Online (AOL), Avis/Budget Rent A Car (Cendant Rental Car Group), Dow Jones Newswires, Nokia, Polycom and SunTrust. 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.
Salesforce.com is a registered trademark of, and AppExchange and Successforce are trademarks of salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, California. Other names used may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Above All is a registered trademark of Above All Software in the United States and/or other countries.
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