Software migrates ACT! data via AppExchange.

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Powered by Scribe Insight, ActNow for AppExchange provides on-demand data migration service for sales and sales management users who need to import existing customer and prospect data from ACT! into Salesforce account. Data can include accounts, contacts, opportunities, notes, activity history, ToDos and appointments. Software facilitates addition of new applications to existing salesforce.com deployments.




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Scribe Software Introduces ActNow for AppExchange at Dreamforce '05



San Francisco, Calif. - Sept. 12, 2005 - Scribe Software, the provider of the leading data migration and integration platform for mid-market customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), the global leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM), today announced the availability of ActNow for AppExchange. Built on salesforce.com's Appforce on-demand platform, ActNow for AppExchange is available immediately for preview in the AppExchange, and will be generally available at the same time as the Salesforce Winter '06 release. ActNow is an on-demand data migration service for sales and sales management users who need to import their existing customer and prospect data from ACT! into Salesforce. ActNow for AppExchange is one of 70 launch applications that are available through AppExchange, salesforce.com's new on-demand application sharing service.

ActNow for AppExchange was announced today in San Francisco at DreamForce '05, salesforce.com's third annual user and developer conference.

With AppExchange, salesforce.com customers now have access to new applications that bring the benefits of salesforce.com to their entire business, letting them manage and share all of their company information on-demand. Using AppExchange, companies can easily add new apps to their existing Salesforce deployments, extending their success and making the full power and creativity of the salesforce.com customer and partner community available with just a click.

"Traditionally, users have been frustrated and disabled while waiting for technical staff to migrate and deliver their data." said Peter Chase, Executive Vice President and Founder of Scribe. "With ActNow for AppExchange, valuable account data and sales activity history is just a few mouse clicks away."

"ActNow from Scribe is a great example of the power of on-demand for tackling complex problems with unprecedented simplicity," said Adam Gross, Director of Product Marketing, salesforce.com. "Solutions like ActNow demonstrate the incredible breadth and depth of applications that are being created for the AppExchange and made available for salesforce.com's 308,000-strong user community."

ActNow is powered by Scribe Insight for salesforce.com, a leading data migration and integration platform for mid-market CRM and ERP systems. ActNow seamlessly migrates ACT! Data, including accounts, contacts, opportunities, notes, activity history, ToDos and appointments, into a Salesforce account with just a few mouse clicks ActNow requires no software - users simply upload their ACT! file and ActNow takes care of the rest.

AppExchange is the world's first on-demand application sharing service. Launched at Dreamforce '05, AppExchange features dozens of pre-built applications created by salesforce.com customers and partners. AppExchange enables all of these on-demand applications to be easily shared, exchanged and installed with one click into any salesforce.com account. AppExchange can be found at salesforce.com/appexchange.

Appforce is a complete on-demand platform that includes Appforce Builder, Appforce DB, Appforce API and the Appforce OS for development & deployment of multiple on-demand applications. Appforce 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.

About Scribe Software Corporation|
Scribe Software Corporation provides data migration and integration software solutions that put CRM and ERP to work for its customers. Scribe's products make it possible for companies to sell more and provide better customer service by creating one complete view of the customer. Scribe Software is a privately held corporation headquartered in Bedford, New Hampshire and was founded in 1996.

About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM). The company's Salesforce family of on-demand applications enables customers to manage and share all of their sales, support, marketing and partner information on demand. Appforce, salesforce.com's on-demand platform, allows customers to customize and integrate the Salesforce family to meet their unique business needs, and build whole new powerful applications quickly and easily. Appforce applications are available via AppExchange, salesforce.com's on-demand application sharing service. Customers can also take advantage of salesforce.com's world-class training, support, consulting and best practices offerings.

As of July 31, 2005, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 16,900 customers and approximately 308,000 paying subscribers including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), America Online (AOL), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), 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 services 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.

Salesforce.com is a registered trademark of, and Appforce and AppExchange are trademarks of, salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, California. Other names used may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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