salesforce.com, inc. provides enterprise cloud computing solutions to various businesses and industries worldwide. Its service offerings include Sales Cloud, which enables companies to grow their sales pipelines, close deals, improve sales productivity, and gain business insights; Service Cloud that enables companies to connect with their customers and address their service and support needs; Marketing Cloud for its customers to listen to conversations taking place on public social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter, and blogs; and Salesforce Platform, which enables its customers, independent software vendors, and third-party developers to develop applications in various programming languages, including Java and Ruby. The company also offers professional services, including consulting, deployment, and training services to its customers to facilitate the adoption of its social and mobile cloud solutions. salesforce.com, inc. sells and markets its services on subscription basis primarily through its direct sales force comprising telephone sales personnel, as well as through global consulting firms, systems integrators, and regional partners. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.