In case you haven’t heard, FinancialForce.com is growing, growing, growing and we’re constantly on the lookout for passionate and talented people to join in the fun.

Currently we are looking to fill over 100 positions across all departments (Sales, Devs, Engineers & more) and office locations, and in order to spread the word and make the hiring process a little more fun, on Thursday, April 16, we will be hosting our very own open house recruitment event from 4-7 PM PT at Park Central Hotel, Metropolitan Ballroom 1, 50 Third Street in San Francisco.  
To learn more about the event and how to get involved, I sat down with Charles Ashworth, FinancialForce.com’s VP of Employee Success. Read below for the full low-down and we hope to meet you (or someone you know) on April 16th!

AR: What a great idea to host a recruitment open house. Can you give us a quick overview of what to expect?

CA: Thanks! We’re excited – this is FinancialForce.com’s first solo recruiting event. We have over a hundred positions to fill across the company (35+ in the Bay Area) and while we love the traditional hiring process, we really want to be able to meet with qualified candidates live and make the hiring process as engaging as possible for both parties.

At the event we will be focused on recruiting for all the Bay Area positions (which can be found on our website: FinancialForce.com/Careers), ranging from entry level to senior level positions, but we of course welcome candidates interested in a position elsewhere to also stop by.

How should an interested candidate prepare?

We recommend that they look at our website and check out the available positions and then apply online. We recommend applying beforehand as it helps the hiring managers get to know you better before meeting in person and determine your qualifications, but it is not required to attend.

Also, please be sure to read the job descriptions in full and be confident that you meet the requirements listed. We meet so many incredible candidates but only those who qualify will move on to hiring rounds. We also recommend you do a little research on the company and our recent news so you can jump right into thoughtful conversations with FinancialForce.com employees.

Most importantly, expect to have a lot of fun. We’ll provide drinks, snacks, raffles and giveaways!

Is this formal attire? What should a candidate bring with them?

In terms of attire, we suggest business casual. A candidate should wear what they might wear to an on-site interview.

We also recommend attendees bring copies of their resume and any other documents/materials they see relevant to their desired position and experience.

What kind of people are you looking to hire?

We are a very diverse company and welcome candidates from all walks of life. Most importantly, we just want to meet passionate people who are excited about FinancialForce.com and where the company is headed.

Thanks again Charles! We look forward to seeing everyone at the Park Central Hotel in San Francisco on Thursday, April 16th (4-7pm PST).

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Last week we had the pleasure to announce that Pactera, a trusted consulting and technology services partner that delivers world-class business and IT consulting and solutions to a wide range of Fortune 500 clients, has officially implemented FinancialForce Professional Services Automation (PSA) for 1,100 users globally.

Before selecting FinancialForce PSA, Pactera was using NetSuite OpenAir and found that because their CRM and PSA apps were spread across various platforms, they were often faced with reporting inconsistencies and project accounting and timesheet data issues which forced employees to frequently manually maintain information. As most of our customers know, manual entry equals time and money that could be spent elsewhere.

Committed to overhauling their systems to help build a unified project accounting platform, Pactera took action and rolled out Salesforce CRM across the whole organization and implemented FinancialForce PSA. Since doing so, the company has already seen results. According to Brendan Connolly, head of Pactera’s Enterprise in the Cloud Practice in Australia, Pactera has “already saved time and money and improved overall efficiency.”

We like the sound of that and can’t wait to see what else Pactera achieves in the future. For more details on Pactera’s selection of FinancialForce PSA, read through the full press release.

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Have you taken a good, hard look at the state of supply chain management lately? The VAR business model is quickly evolving and growing in support of the technology sector in order to better service and engage supply end user customers.

In a recent report, Aberdeen Group’s Bryan Ball, Vice President and Group Director of Supply Chain and GSM Practices, examined the current and future state of supply chain to uncover the most important success factors for VARs. He found that amidst the changing landscape, understanding the supply chain requirements of the evolving business model will be imperative for VARs to achieve success, which will ultimately be determined by how VARs manage their services performance compared to the competition.

For example, have you established a rebate tracking mechanism? Do you know if you have a 48% margin or higher on all service business; a Best-in-Class performance metric? These are just a couple items to keep in mind as a VAR in 2015.

Take a look at the full success checklist to see where you stack up and to ensure that your supply chain and service model is truly Best-in-Class: 

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In March we shared that FinancialForce.com was nominated to San Francisco Business Times Best Places to Work for the 3rd year in a row in the “mid-sized” category.

Since then, we’ve been pretty busy. We’ve reached over 500 employees, announced $110 million in funding and are holding our very own recruiting event in San Francisco tonight (to help us fill over 100 open positions!), giving us even more fuel needed to focus on our current and future employees and their continued success.

This week our team attended the Best Places to Work award ceremony where we were honored to receive a place on a list of best mid-sized company to work for in the Bay Area! This achievement, which we’ve received for the third year in a row, solidifies our drive to create a workplace that is filled with fun, creative and passionate people and a culture that continues to get better and better as we grow bigger and bigger. Congrats to all our employees!

Interested in working at FinancialForce? Visit our career center for more information and to view open positions all over the world. Or come to our open recruitment event tonight 4pm-7pm at Park Central Hotel in San Francisco.

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From the outside, billing a customer is a straightforward transaction right? Invoice the customer. Receive payment. Repeat. Not so fast. Billing is just one element of how a business engages with a customer and in order to have a true, 360 view of an account, its imperative to understand their needs and goals from a payment perspective and to be fully integrated with other touch-point data systems like CRM so all information can seamlessly connect.

As analyst Scott Pezza from Blue Hill Research puts it perfectly: “Having accurate and accessible information about each customer allows businesses not only to bill properly, but to maintain and grow revenue by extending those opportunities strategically.”

Scott recently took a closer look at billing processes and the importance of integrating CRM and financials through one of our FinancialForce Accounting customers, a data recovery software firm. The organization was using Salesforce CRM for sales and Quickbooks for financials, which often resulted in inaccurate reporting, impaired contract renewal visibility and inconsistent customer interactions. Realizing this was a major issue that needed to be addressed, they opted to integrate both systems by selecting a full-service cloud ERP software solution.

Following a formal RFP stage, the firm selected FinancialForce Accounting over NetSuite, and in no time, the company was able to “tie contract and invoice creation directly to their existing opportunity workflow” and because all data lives on the Salesforce1 Platform, they have achieved more accurate customer tracking and contract expiration visibility and employees are now equipped with instant, up-to-date customer information, among other improvements.

Through speaking with this firm and hearing their story, which can be read in full in the Blue Hill Research report, Scott uncovered several lessons for those looking to make smarter billing decisions and begin integrating various system records:

• Detail integration requirements when evaluating potential solutions, particularly in areas where you need information entered into one system to be immediately accessible on another.
• Recognize the possibility of missed opportunities due to data visibility issues.
• Appreciate the impact of accurate billing data and understand where errors can be introduced.

For more information, the entire report can be accessed here.

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Last week we had the pleasure to officially announce that AECOM, a Fortune 500 infrastructure and services firm with 100,000 employees worldwide and clients in over 150 countries around the globe, has selected FinancialForce PSA to help the company construct a fully integrated project management and delivery system.

Prior to FinancialForce PSA, AECOM employees were using several industry legacy systems to manage projects, resulting in environments that were not fully integrated into a single platform. To counter this, FinancialForce PSA was selected in response to an executive initiative to integrate, streamline and further advance its already strong delivery capabilities.

With FinancialForce PSA, AECOM will now be able to offer its clients an unprecedented view of all projects, opportunities and metrics never before offered in the industry, in addition to integrating all systems in order to fully automate workflow and increase overall efficiency for project managers across all departments.

We extend a very warm welcome to AECOM and can’t wait to hear how FinancialForce PSA has assisted their world-class organization!

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Can you believe it? FinancialForce Community Day 2015 in San Francisco is right around the corner – our  favorite time of year where FinancialForce.com customers from all over gather together right before Dreamforce to network, learn and have a lot of fun.

As part of our 2015 Community Day activities, we’re so excited to kick off this year’s 360 Customer Excellence Awards which recognize outstanding FinancialForce customer achievements across all of our products. The 360s serve as an incredible opportunity for customers to not only share their stories of ERP success but to also get promoted as a leader within the Salesforce and FinancialForce.com communities.

All FinancialForce.com customers are eligible to participate and can nominate themselves for one or more categories including:

• Best ERP Vision
• Best Customer Experience
• Community Champion
• FinancialForce Financial Management Excellence
• FinancialForce PSA Excellence
• FinancialForce HCM Excellence
• FinancialForce SCM Excellence

Call for entries are now open and will close on Monday, August 10th, 2015. Winners will be announced on stage on Monday, September 14th at FinancialForce Community Day.

So whether you are a brand new customer, have been with us for years or maybe even won a 360 last year, we invite you to submit a nomination (or two).

Please visit communityday.financialforce.com/awards/ for more information and don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions.

Good luck to all!

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Have you experienced integration issues between your modern CRM system and outdated, legacy financial system? Don’t worry, you’re not alone, and good news, there is a solution that can help quickly eliminate these inefficiencies – integrating on one single platform!

To learn more about the pay-offs of front-to-back office integration Holger Mueller, VP and Principal Analyst at Constellation Research spent time with a FinancialForce.com customer, Venture Technologies, a systems integrator company that had an integration problem between their aging financials system and Salesforce CRM. As a quickly growing VAR for enterprises like Cisco, HP and EMC, Venture Technologies’ legacy accounting solution (which they had used since the 90’s) was never truly assimilated with Salesforce CRM, resulting in manual re-keying of important data like order lines which proved to be extremely costly and time-consuming for employees. Further, the company often ran into errors due to the manual entry processes.

Download the full report, “Cloud Finance Modernization and CRM Integration Pay Off,” here.

Venture Technologies ended up replacing their accounting system with FinancialForce Accounting and FinancialForce Supply Chain Management (SCM), which integrates directly with Salesforce CRM as they are built directly on the Salesforce1 Platform.

Venture Technologies found that by integrating financials and CRM onto one single platform, the company has greatly improved visibility for both finance and CRM users and improved customer processes and reduced Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) by 10 days to 35 days. The company also achieved 40% savings in finance department headcount and dramatically increased reporting quality.

After digesting Venture Technologies’ integration success story, Holger shared several recommendations for the many enterprises who are in similar situations – those that are stuck with varying, disconnected systems. Recommendations for CXOs about integration of systems include:

•      Determine the extent of integrations needed
•      Establish integration costs
•      Plan for integration budgets
•      Monitor continuously
•      Take bold action – if necessary

To read Venture Technologies story and recommendations for integration in detail, please download a copy of the case study here from Constellation Research.

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Whether you work in the Professional Services (PS) industry or not, there is no denying that it has grown into a global economic force, existing and expanding within companies of all shapes and sizes. Fueling this growth over the last decade has been the increased adoption of technologies like Client Relationship Management (CRM) solutions to manage contacts and streamline sales as well as Professional Services Automation solutions to improve project management insight and service delivery lifecycle.

Unfortunately, many organizations still operate sales and services separately, with CRM and PSA data removed from each other, which can result in disconnected departments and potential mismanaged projects and client information. While many businesses have deployed CRM and PSA separately, there is a new report released from Service Performance Insight (SPI) Research that highlights the importance and benefits of integrating both solutions.

Specifically, this study reveals how the integration of Salesforce CRM and FinancialForce PSA on one platform proves to be a winning combination for PS executives, sales and service team members. SPI Research analysis showed that PSOs using Salesforce CRM in combination with FinancialForce PSA “not only improved in client relationship management, but also in service execution and finance and operations.”

SPI also outlines several key profits of integration for all users, including:

• Executives: managers gain access to real-time project cost, budget, and revenue information that enables them to quickly answer vital project and revenue-based questions.
• Sales teams: CRM and PSA integration connects sales team members to project execution teams. Sales team members gain access to client and project summary information that helps them understand a client’s current status and whether there are new sales opportunities to pursue
• Service teams: service team members are able to plan and prepare for upcoming projects and collaborate more effectively with the sales team on new opportunities and existing client engagements

Interested in learning more? Download the full SPI Research report here for further best practices, key performance indicators and CRM + PSA integration recommendations.

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Today we’re excited to introduce a new recurring blog series that will highlight a few of our favorite pieces of FinancialForce.com coverage and recognition over the past month. Every month we’ll give ourselves a little pat on the back and reflect on our top newsworthy moments, reminisce on the good times and recharge for the month ahead.

July was a busy one! In addition to adding some new sassy seating options to the PR corner, there were executive interviews, company profiles, customer highlights, analyst research, awards won and much more. Selecting the top stories below was a tough task but for a look at all our media coverage head on over to our press center.

Check back at the end of every month for our favorite PR moments and don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or want to know where we got our sweet chairs.

July PR Picks:

1. Forbes’ Tom Taulli wrote a profile on FinancialForce.com touting us as “a new breed of ERP”
2. eWeek breaks down key indicators noted from our own GM of Platform, Kevin Roberts, that your business is building a stitched-together ‘Frankencloud’
3. CIO Review Magzine named FinancialForce.com as one of the ‘20 Most Promising ERP Solution Providers of 2015’ and featured an in-depth profile of the company and our CEO, Jeremy Roche.
4. Business Insider and others covered the exciting news that FinancialForce.com ranked number 7 for UK companies with the best work-life balance by Glassdoor.com
5. FinancialForce.com CFO, John Bonney, sat down with Jack Sweeney of the popular CFO Thoughtleader podcast to chat about his career and the value in taking a customer-centric approach to finance

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Can you believe August is over? Us either, but we’re excited about the month ahead – it’s Dreamforce time and we’ve got tons of news, educational sessions, parties and social moments in store. Be sure to keep an eye on our blog, Twitter, press center and Dreamforce microsite for the latest and greatest from FinancialForce.com.

Below is a recap of our favorite PR moments and pieces of coverage from the month. We shared tips, were ranked as a best startup to work for, opened a new office and much, much more.

August PR Picks:

1. Major news! Forbes named FinancialForce.com as the #7 “Best Enterprise Cloud Computing Startup to Work for in 2015”
2. In mid-August, we announced the official opening of our new downtown Chicago office. Read up on our first midwest location in our blog, press release and coverage from Built In Chicago, FSN and others.
3. FinancialForce.com was included as a partner using Salesforce’s newly announced “Salesforce Lightning,” a redesigned, “modern and intelligent Salesforce experience across any device.” Forbes and many others recapped the news.
4. Entrepreneur.com shared “3 Tips for Embedding Social Responsibility Into Your Company” by our own CEO, Jeremy Roche
5. Wearables in the enterprise is one of our favorite topics and it’s just starting to heat up. In August, Salesforce unveiled a slew of their partners – including FinancialForce.com – with Apple Watch apps for the workplace. Fortune shared the rundown of apps but be sure to check back in with us during Dreamforce for more details!
6. Last, but certainly not least, Marc Benioff – Salesforce CEO – called out FinancialForce.com in their earnings call in late August, recognizing us as one of their largest customers who has built and creates our own applications using the platform. Read the full transcript here.

Goodbye August. See you again in September!

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With less than two weeks until Community Day and Dreamforce, we’re thrilled to unveil the finalists in this year’s 360 Customer Excellence Awards, recognizing outstanding cloud ERP achievements made by our customers.

We received record nominations and needless to say, the competition is fierce. Our judges are carefully combing through each finalist’s story before selecting winners who will be announced on stage at Community Day on Monday, September 14th.

Thank you to all who submitted and congrats to this year’s finalists:

FinancialForce Financial Management Excellence

Recognizes customers who have demonstrated innovation, greater efficiencies and improved effectiveness in business processes, customer service, financial reporting, revenue management and other financial management best practices while leveraging the power of FinancialForce Financial Management and the Salesforce1 Platform.

• Finalists: Blue Clover Devices, Jacobus Consulting, Camfed

FinancialForce Professional Services Automation (PSA) Excellence

Recognizes customers who have demonstrated dramatic improvements and innovation in professional services productivity, utilization, customer service, cross-departmental visibility, resource management and other professional services best practices while leveraging the power of FinancialForce PSA and the Salesforce1 Platform.

• Finalists: AECOM, Snowden Mining, Reval

FinancialForce Human Capital Management (HCM) Excellence

Recognizes customers who have demonstrated innovation and success in human capital management including onboarding, recruiting, benefits management, records management, talent management and driving employee engagement while leveraging the power of FinancialForce HCM and the Salesforce1 Platform.

• Finalists: Summa Technologies, Ashoka, Thirdware

FinancialForce Supply Chain Management (SCM) Excellence

Recognizes customers who have demonstrated effectiveness and greater efficiencies in supply chain management including contract management, order fulfilment, CPQ, inventory management and supplier management while leveraging the power of FinancialForce SCM and the Salesforce1 Platform.

• Finalists: Sabio, Venture Technologies, IGX Global

Best ERP Vision

Recognizes customers who have demonstrated strong vision for the future of ERP via the combined power of FinancialForce applications and the Salesforce1 Platform.

• Finalists: Business Resource Group, Venture Technologies, OpenSymmetry

Best Customer Experience

Recognizes customers who have demonstrated initiative, excellence and creativity in how they utilize FinancialForce solutions, on top of the Salesforce1 Platform, to improve their customer’s experience. Winners will be selected based on how they have included FinancialForce applications as part of their customer-centric strategy, and the impact the front- and back-office integration has made on their business.

• Finalists: Hewlett Packard, Seagate Technologies, Sabio

Community Champion

Recognizes those customers who are the most actively engaged within the FinancialForce Community, regularly initiating and participating in the top discussions and influencing and supporting other members with their comments, feedback and ideas. The winners will be those who hold the highest reputation levels and have been instrumental in driving forward the Community and in helping other Community members to strive for excellence with FinancialForce applications.

• Finalists: Lynne Stroyne, Summa Technologies, Nana Gregg, Business Resource Group and Jessika Botruff, Revolution Group

Business Breakthrough of the Year (BONUS Category!)

Recognizes customers based on their commitment to making the most out of FinancialForce.com solutions; their focus on maximizing the benefits of being on the Salesforce1 Platform; their willingness to investment in people and time to achieve results across the company; their use of FinancialForce.com solutions to achieve a major business milestone or hurdle; and their drive to think out of the box to achieve the greatest growth and impact.

• Finalists: IQNavigator, Hewlett Packard, Lexmark

See you at Community Day 2015!

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With hundreds of thousands of people expected, hundreds of parties, sessions and meeting invites, Dreamforce can be overwhelming for even the most seasoned conference attendee.

We’ve compiled a few of the most important mistakes to avoid this year at Dreamforce, especially if you’ve never attended an event of its scale before. Hopefully with these tips and tricks, you’ll enter San Francisco next week like a pro:

• ‘Go big’ and you will ‘go home!’ – If you plan to party on the first night like it’s your last, you can guarantee it will be…your last good day at Dreamforce. While the parties are always a blast and great networking opportunities, remember that your sessions and meetings during the day are the main event. The parties should serve as the cherry on top of an educational and productive day/week.

• Don’t forget the basics – Comfy shoes, water bottle, business cards, eating lunch. These seem like obvious things but we’ve been to Dreamforce enough times to know that the most basic, self-care elements are always the first to go. You will have long days and nights, back-to-back meetings and hours on your feet so be sure to take care of yourself first and foremost.

• Prioritize – One big give away of a Dreamforce first-timer is the “overbooked calendar.” You don’t have to commit to everything and everyone. Take a step back from your schedule and pick out the sessions and meetings that matter the most to you and plan around those. Remember, session locations might not be next to each other so bake in time for travel, lunch breaks and recharging.

Have any other suggestions we didn’t include? Please share – we’d love to hear. Good luck out there!

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And the winners of this year’s 360 Customer Excellence Awards are…

This morning, on stage at our fourth annual and largest Community Day to date, we honored the winners of the FinancialForce.com 360 Customer Excellence awards!

This year’s judges – Jeremy Roche, CEO of FinancialForce.com; Kevin Roberts, director of platform technology at FinancialForce.com; Phil Wainwright, co-founder of Diginomica; and Denis Pombriant, front office analyst and founder of Beagle Research Group – had the difficult job of reading through every impressive finalist submission in order to select winners in each of the eight categories.

Congrats to all who submitted, including the today’s winners:

FinancialForce Financial Management Excellence: Recognizes customers who have demonstrated innovation, greater efficiencies and improved effectiveness in business processes.

• Winner: Jacobus Consulting: Jacobus Consulting used FinancialForce Financial Management to optimize its business and operations departments, as well as to create an automated invoicing process.

FinancialForce Professional Services Automation (PSA) Excellence: Recognizes customers who have demonstrated dramatic improvements and innovation in professional services productivity, customer service, cross-departmental visibility and resource management.

• Winner: AECOM: AECOM implemented FinancialForce PSA to update back office functions using the Salesforce App Cloud, streamlining and consolidating systems for the company’s project management teams.

FinancialForce Human Capital Management (HCM) Excellence: Recognizes customers who have demonstrated innovation and success in human capital management including onboarding, recruiting, benefits management and talent management.

• Winner: Summa Technologies: Summa Technologies integrated FinancialForce HCM to help aggregate internal HR systems into a single cloud platform, focusing efforts on implementing an agile feedback process.

FinancialForce Supply Chain Management (SCM) Excellence: Recognizes customers who have demonstrated effectiveness and greater efficiencies in supply chain management including contract management, order fulfillment, CPQ and inventory management.

• Winner: Venture Technologies: Venture Technologies used FinancialForce SCM to elevate its business applications into the cloud, replacing the company’s outdated solutions and uniting business and accounting applications on one platform that could support the company’s expansion goals.

Best ERP Vision: Recognizes customers who have demonstrated strong vision for the future of ERP through the combined power of FinancialForce.com applications and the Salesforce App Cloud.

• Winner: BRG: BRG used FinancialForce ERP to consolidate all employees and data on the same platform and in the same cloud, creating a more streamlined internal communication process.

Best Customer Experience: Recognizes customers who have demonstrated initiative, excellence and creativity in how they utilize FinancialForce.com solutions to improve their customer’s experience.

• Winner: Hewlett Packard: Hewlett-Packard used FinancialForce PSA to enable consistent delivery of the same services to customers worldwide, utilizing the resources and track time to obtain a profit and loss understanding on cost projection of services.

FinancialForce Community Champion: Recognizes those customers who are the most actively engaged within the FinancialForce.com Community, regularly initiating and participating in the top discussions and influencing and supporting other members.

• Winner: Nana Gregg of BRG: Nana, a Salesforce MVP, actively shares FinancialForce.com experiences and best practices, makes suggestions for other companies and FinancialForce ERP users.

Business Breakthrough of the Year: Recognizes customers based on their commitment to making the most out of FinancialForce.com solutions; their focus on maximizing the benefits of being on the Salesforce App Cloud.

• Winner: Lexmark Enterprise Software: Lexmark Enterprise Software used FinancialForce PSA to enable estimates and deliveries of service engagement solutions.

Congrats again to the winners and we look forward to continuing to be better together!

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Dreamforce may have started yesterday, but here at FinancialForce.com, we’ve been moving full steam ahead since Monday morning where we made several exciting product announcements!

Our news was first featured during Community Day and we are continuing to spread the word at our sessions and events throughout Dreamforce.

See below for a rundown of our news and be sure to socialize!

1. First, we officially announced major advances in financial visbility and reporting with Action Views, XL Plus and View Thru™ in Financial Management: http://www.financialforce.com/company/press-center/press-releases/financialforce-com-announces-major-advances-in-financial-visibility-and-reporting
2. We proudly announced that our FinancialForce PSA, FinancialForce HCM and FinancialForce Accounting apps are certified ‘Lighting Ready’. We also introduced two new FinancialForce Lightning Components: http://www.financialforce.com/company/press-center/press-releases/financialforce-com-debuts-salesforce-lightning-ready-apps-for-psa-hcm-and-accounting
3. We also debuted two pilot FinancialForce ERP Wave apps, powered by the Salesforce Wave Analytics Platform: http://www.financialforce.com/company/press-center/press-releases/financialforce-com-announces-financialforce-erp-wave-apps-powered-by-the-salesforce-wave-analytics-platform
4. Last but not least, we unveiled a new FinancialForce HCM Apple Watch app— the FinancialForce Punch Time Tracker App: http://www.financialforce.com/company/press-center/press-releases/financialforce-com-announces-punch-time-tracker-app-for-apple-watch

Stay tuned for more FinancialForce.com news at the biggest Dreamforce yet!

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We’re thrilled to announce that not one, but TWO of our customers have been selected as finalists in this year’s Constellation Research SuperNova Awards, which “celebrate the leaders and teams who have overcome the odds to successfully apply emerging and disruptive technologies for their organizations.”

Asha Aravindakshan, Director of Global Talent Operations for our customer Ashoka has been named a finalist in the Future of Work category for their use of FinancialForce HCM and R.J. Smith, Vice President of Finance and Special Projects for our customer Venture Technologies is a finalist in the Technology Optimization & Innovation category for the company’s use of FinancialForce ERP.

Winners will be unveiled at the SuperNova Awards Gala Dinner during Constellation’s Connected Enterprise Conference in November but we need your help!

While the judges’ votes are weighted at 75% of the final selection, the remaining percentage is determined by the community of voters, which is where you come in. The polls are now open to the public and will close on October 2nd. Please take a couple minutes to cast your votes for our customers Ashoka and Venture Technologies by viewing the finalist profile here, and select the “Vote for This Entry” button under each category. You may cast one vote per category. Vote now!

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Welcome to this month’s special Dreamforce edition of FinancialForce.com’s PR picks.

Nearly two weeks ago, we unveiled five (yes, five!) announcements which you can revisit in our recap blog. Our executives, company and customer spokespeople were working hard behind the scenes long before Dreamforce in order to prepare for our big news and throughout the week, they helped us conduct countless briefings and on and off-camera interviews. We also had some fun with our press and analyst friends during our annual breakfast news briefing, analyst scotch tasting and press lunch.

Below are a handful of our top PR picks from the week and beyond.

September PR Picks:

• To kick off the week, Ari Levy at CNBC reported on the massive efforts that go into making Dreamforce (the Super Bowl of Software he called it) a success not only from Salesforce but also major partners like FinancialForce.com. Our own SVP of Marketing, Tom Brennan was quoted in the piece discussing our company’s increasing investment and ROI received from the conference.

• Ben Kepes at Computerworld, had the exclusive on FinancialForce.com news released prior to our Community Day. Ben highlighted our updates to financial visibility and reporting, Lightning Ready apps, pilot Salesforce Wave apps and new FinancialForce Punch Time app for Apple Watch

• In an analysis of Salesforce’s Analytics Cloud announcement during Dreamforce, Blue Hill Research called FinancialForce ERP Wave apps the “most ambitious” of partner offerings

• Enterprise Times profiled FinancialForce.com and all of our Dreamforce news in an in-depth, six page piece, concluding that our “investment and improvements to the reporting and analytics engine push FinancialForce to a level that can deliver business benefit that if taken advantage of will be well received by its customers.”

• Our CEO, Jeremy Roche, was interviewed on-camera by TechTarget, discussing the value of cloud-based financial solutions like FinancialForce Financial Management.

Our Dreamforce coverage continues to roll in so be sure to visit our press center and Twitter for the latest and greatest.

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During this year’s Dreamforce  we announced the official FinancialForce.com Punch Time Tracker App for Apple Watch. To refresh your memory, it’s our first Apple Watch app that delivers instant time tracking capabilities specifically designed for today’s modern and mobile workforce. The app is fully integrated with FinancialForce Human Capital Management (HCM) and tightly interoperates with FinancialForce Professional Services Automation (PSA), ensuring that both employee time and projects are continuously updated, in real-time and on-the-go.

Today, we’re excited to share an in-depth look at how the FinancialForce.com Punch Time Tracker App works with a new video showcasing just how easy it is for an employee to punch in and out of a project, and all the benefits the app provides.

Check out the video below, starring our talented Director of Platform Technology, Kevin Roberts, AKA “Ash.”

But wait, there’s more! To learn more about wearables in the workplace and what the future has in store, Kevin will be presenting at the Cloud Computing Expo in Santa Clara, CA this upcoming Wednesday, 11/4 at 8:30am PT.  You can register for the event here. We hope to see you there and demo our app for you live!

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The leaves might be changing and temperatures might be dropping, but here at FinancialForce.com, all our news and PR activities are continuing to heat up!

October was a fun-filled month with interviews, news briefings and of course, coverage that continued to flow in from September’s Dreamforce. But the real star of this month was our presence at HR Technology Conference and TSW Conferences in Las Vegas where we unveiled FinancialForce.com Peoplecasting, which you read all about here in our press release.

See below for some of our best moments in October and check out the press center for all of our highlights: 

• Late in October, Salesforce released a report from IDC that analyzed the economic impact of the company, customers and partners and found that by 2018, Salesforce and its ecosystem of customers and partners will create 1 million jobs and generate $272 billion in GDP impact worldwide. FinancialForce.com was named as one of three partner examples helping Salesforce achieve this growth.
• In a piece for Diginomica, analyst Brian Sommer wrote about his time meeting with us at HR Technology and provided readers with an overview and analysis of Peoplecasting. Steve Brooks of Enterprise Times also reported on the news.
• In one of our favorite reads of the year, Martin Veitch of IDG Connect wrote a profile on CEO Jeremy Roche and the company, detailing our early years, our relationship with Salesforce and what’s on the horizon.
• Following meetings at Dreamforce, TrustRadius published an interview with SVP of Marketing, Tom Brennan, and Tom Miller of ERP Focus wrote an overview of all our Dreamforce updates.

With news like this, we’re excited to show you everything November has to offer.

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This week we spent valuable time networking, soaking in educational sessions and enjoying the incredible views of Half Moon Bay at Constellation Research’s Connected Enterprise Conference.

In September, we announced that two of our amazing customers,  R.J. Smith, Vice President of Finance and Special Projects at Venture Technologies and Asha Aravindakshan, Director of Global Talent Operations at Ashoka were selected as finalists in this year’s Constellation Research SuperNova Awards which were celebrated last night at the awards Gala Dinner.

Well, the night couldn’t have gone better – we’re thrilled to announce that Asha and Ashoka were chosen as the winner in the Future of Work category for their use of FinancialForce HCM! Ashoka’s commitment to improving the workplace, onboarding and engaging their people through technology is humbling, and we’re ecstatic that our innovative customers like Ashoka and Venture Technologies were rightfully recognized among other industry disruptors and influencers. 

Holger Mueller, VP & Principal Analyst at Constellation Research honored Asha on stage last night. On Ashoka’s win, Holger commented:

“It is always great to see enterprises transform with software, in the case of Ashoka we see going from spreadsheet to ‎a real HCM systems, with all the benefits of scale, quality and reliability. It’s great to see a super fast, efficient and lean implementation going live in less than 3 months across 80+ countries.”

We recommend taking a scroll through #CCE2015 on Twitter for conference highlights.Thanks again to our friends at Constellation Research for a week we’ll never forget!

See how FinancialForce HCM has been a game changer for Ashoka in this customer case study video.

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