scanR Business Card Scanner Service Now Available on Salesforce.com's AppExchange
Solution Launched Today at DEMOfall 06 Conference
PALO ALTO, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25 -- scanR, which enables camera phones and digital cameras to scan, copy and fax, and salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), the market and technology leader in on-demand business services, today announced the availability of scanR for salesforce.com's AppExchange. scanR for AppExchange makes it easier for customers of all sizes to enter and manage contact information and leads in the Salesforce suite of on-demand applications. Using scanR for AppExchange, salesforce.com customers will be able simply to snap a photo of a business card, send it to scanR and automatically get the contact information uploaded and synchronized into their Salesforce service. scanR for AppExchange is immediately available at salesforce.com/appexchange and is free to use during the introductory period. scanR Business Cards was launched today during the DEMOfall 06 conference.
Studies indicate it takes approximately 90 seconds to type manually the information from one business card into an electronic contact manager. Because it is a tedious chore, business cards containing highly valuable contact information remain inaccessible and disorganized, buried at the bottom of briefcases and desk drawers. scanR solves this problem by enabling easy electronic capture, viewing, organization and sharing of business contact information using a device which people already carry with them -- a camera phone or digital camera.
"The scanR Business Card service is the world's most accurate business card scanner, yet it works with just your camera or camera phone," said Andrew Laszlo, President and Co-Founder of scanR. "Combining high accuracy and low cost, scanR is an excellent fit for salesforce.com customers, whose success is dependent on accurately capturing and managing contact information and sales leads."
"For salesforce.com customers seeking to harness the value of contact information, scanR for AppExchange is an ideal solution," said Matt Holleran, vice president, AppExchange partners, salesforce.com. "With scanR, salesforce.com customers can easily capture contact information from business cards without having to type the information manually. Once captured, the information is then seamlessly synchronized and organized within Salesforce."
scanR for AppExchange is one of more than 300 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 salesforce.com customer's account. AppExchange can be found at salesforce.com/appexchange .
About scanR, Inc.
scanR enables camera phones and digital cameras to scan, copy and fax. Using scanR, people can turn paper into useful digital information in a few simple steps. The scanR service cleans photos of whiteboards, documents and business cards, extracts the printed information, and delivers a digital file to your email, contact manager or fax. scanR is currently free and has tens of thousands of users located around the world. More information is available at scanr.com/ .
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 applications at appexchange.com. Customers can also take advantage of Successforce, salesforce.com's world-class training, support, consulting and best practices offerings.
As of July 31, 2006, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 24,800 customers and approximately 501,000 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 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 www.salesforce.com/ , or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.
Source: salesforce.com, Inc.
CONTACT:
Chris Dury
scanR
+1-650-224-7016
chris@scanr.com
Gordon Evans
Salesforce.com
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gevans@salesforce.com
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