Salesforce.com maakt record kwartaalcijfers bekend

• Record kwartaalomzet van $ 546 miljoen, een stijging van 38 procent jaar-over-jaar
• Verhoogt de FY12 omzetverwachting naar $ 2,22 miljard - $ 2,23 miljard
• Uitgestelde omzet van $ 935 miljoen, een stijging van 37 procent jaar-over-jaar
• Operationele cashflow van $ 83 miljoen, een stijging van 9 procent jaar-over-jaar
• Bedrijfsrecord van 6300 nieuwe klanten
• Totaal aantal klanten stijgt naar 104.000, een toename van 21.600 of 26 procent jaar-over-jaar

Utrecht – 22 augustus 2011 – Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), de onderneming voor enterprise cloud computing (http://www.salesforce.com/cloudcomputing/), heeft de resultaten bekend gemaakt van zijn fiscale tweede kwartaal dat is geëindigd op 31 juli 2011.

"We verwachten dat meer dan 40.000 mensen zich zullen inschrijven voor Dreamforce dat later deze maand plaatsvindt in San Francisco. Het is het cloud-evenement van het jaar waar deelnemers kunnen leren hoe ze hun relaties met werknemers en klanten met behulp van social, mobiele en open cloud-technologieën kunnen optimaliseren", aldus Marc Benioff, voorzitter en CEO van salesforce.com.

Lees hier het volledige Engelstalige persbericht:

Salesforce.com delivered the following results for its fiscal second quarter:

Revenue: Total Q2 revenue was $546 million, an increase of 38% on a year-over-year basis. Subscription and support revenues were $509 million, an increase of 38% on a year-over-year basis. Professional services and other revenues were $37 million, an increase of 44% on a year-over-year basis.

Earnings per Share: Q2 GAAP net loss per share was ($0.03), and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share increased 3% year-over-year to $0.30. These GAAP and non-GAAP results include a one-time charge of $0.04 per diluted share associated with the legal settlement disclosed in the Form 8-K filed on June 15, 2011. The company’s non-GAAP results exclude the effects of approximately $55 million in stock-based compensation expense, approximately $19 million in amortization of purchased intangibles, and approximately $3 million in net non-cash interest expense related to the company’s convertible senior notes. Non-GAAP EPS calculations are based on 143 million diluted shares outstanding during the quarter, including approximately 4 million shares associated with the convertible senior notes and warrants. GAAP EPS calculations are based on a basic share count of approximately 135 million shares.

Customers: Net paying customers rose approximately 6,300 during the quarter to finish at approximately 104,000. This was a quarterly record for the company. Since July 31, 2010, the company added 21,600 net paying customers, an increase of 26% on a year-over-year basis. Asdiscussed on May 19, 2011, the company will no longer provide the customer metric on a quarterly basis, but expects to provide periodic updates on achievement of customer milestones in the future.

Cash: Cash generated from operations for the fiscal second quarter was $83 million, an increase of 9% on a year-over-year basis. Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities finished the quarter at approximately $1.3 billion.

Deferred Revenue: Deferred revenue on the balance sheet as of July 31, 2011 was $935 million, an increase of 37% on a year-over-year basis.

As of August 18, 2011, salesforce.com is initiating guidance for its third quarter of fiscal year 2012. In addition, the company is raising its prior full fiscal year 2012 revenue guidance and updating its projected full fiscal year 2012 GAAP and non-GAAP EPS guidance previously provided on May 19, 2011.

Q3 FY12 Guidance: Revenue for the company’s third fiscal quarter is projected to be in the range of approximately $568 million to approximately $570 million.

For the third fiscal quarter, the company expects to report a GAAP net loss per share of approximately ($0.06) to ($0.05), while diluted non-GAAP EPS is expected to be approximately $0.30 to $0.31. The non-GAAP estimate excludes the effects of stock-based compensation expense, expected to be approximately $60 million, amortization of purchased intangibles related to acquisitions, expected to be approximately $18 million, and net non-cash interest expense related to the company’s convertible senior notes, expected to be approximately $3 million. EPS estimates assume a GAAP tax rate of 54%, and a non-GAAP tax rate of 33%. For the purpose of the EPS calculation, the company assumed an average basic share count of approximately 137 million shares, and an average diluted share count of approximately 146 million shares.

Full Year FY12 Guidance: Revenue for the company’s full fiscal year 2012 is projected to be in the range of approximately $2.22 billion to approximately $2.23 billion.

For the full fiscal year 2012, the company expects to report a GAAP net loss per share of approximately ($0.11) to ($0.09), while diluted non-GAAP EPS is expected to be approximately $1.30 to $1.32. The non-GAAP estimate excludes the effects of stock-based compensation expense, expected to be approximately $241 million, amortization of purchased intangibles related to acquisitions, expected to be approximately $64 million, and net non-cash interest expense related to the convertible senior notes, expected to be approximately $11 million. EPS estimates assume a GAAP tax rate of 72%, and a non-GAAP tax rate of 32%. For the purpose of the EPS calculation, assume an average basic share count of approximately 136 million shares, and an average diluted share count of approximately 145 million shares.

The following is a per share reconciliation of GAAP diluted EPS to non-GAAP diluted EPS Guidance for the third quarter and full fiscal year:

Quarterly Conference Call

Salesforce.com will host a conference call to discuss its second quarter fiscal year 2012 results at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time today. A live audio webcast of the conference call, together with detailed financial information, can be accessed through the company's Investor Relations Web site at http://www.salesforce.com/investor. In addition, an archive of the webcast can be accessed through the same link. Participants who choose to call in to the conference call can do so by dialing domestically 866-901-SFDC or 866-901-7332 and internationally at +1 706-902-1764, passcode salesforce.com or 64853124. A replay will be available at 800-642-1687 or +1 706-645-9291, passcode 88793161, until midnight (Eastern Time) September 16, 2011.

BERICHT VOOR DE REDACTIE

Over salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is met meer dan 100.000 klanten ‘s werelds grootste enterprise cloud computing-onderneming die de wijze waarop bedrijven samenwerken en communiceren veranderd heeft. Salesforce.com biedt bedrijven de mogelijkheid om relaties met werknemers en klanten te optimaliseren met behulp van social, mobiele en open cloud-technologieën. Gebaseerd op de real-time, multi-tenant architectuur, bestaan salesforce.com’s platform- en applicatiediensten uit:

- Salesforce Chatter, voor een veilig privé social network voor je organisatie
- De Sales Cloud, voor sales force automation en contact management
- De Service Cloud, voor customer service en support
- Radian6, voor social media monitoring en engagement
- De Jigsaw Data Cloud, voor B2B sales en marketing account- en contactgegevens
- De AppExchange, ‘s werelds toonaangevende marktplaats voor zakelijke cloud computing applications
- Het Force.com-platform, voor custom application development
- Heroku, voor het bouwen van social en mobile apps in Ruby

Alle nog niet aangekondigde diensten of features waar in dit of andere persberichten en openbare verklaringen aan wordt gerefereerd, zijn momenteel nog niet beschikbaar en hoeven niet op tijd of helemaal niet te worden geleverd. Klanten die onze diensten aanschaffen moeten de aankoopbeslissingmaken gebaseerd op de features die momenteel aanwezig zijn. Het hoofdkantoorvan salesforce.com is gevestigd in San Francisco. Daarnaast heeft salesforce.com kantoren in Europa en Azië. Het bedrijf is genoteerd aan de New York Stock Exchange met het ‘ticker’ symbool ‘CRM’. Bezoek voor meer informatie http://www.salesforce.com/nl/

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