--- title: "When was the Salesforce CRM Application released?" description: "When was the Salesforce CRM Application released?" author: "Tarun Gautam" published: 2017-12-29 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32191/when-was-the-salesforce-crm-application-released category: "application" tags: ["salesforce", "salesforce crm"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # When was the Salesforce CRM Application released? When was the [Salesforce](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12736/exploring-the-usage-and-benefits-of-salesforce-for-businesses) [CRM](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13088/how-to-choose-the-best-calendar-for-you-dynamics-crm-system) [Application](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/59/xaml-extensible-application-markup-language) released? ## Answers ### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani **Salesforce CRM was launched in the year 1999 by Marc Benioff along with co-partner Parker Harris.** Customer Relation Management is the prime source of revenue generation product by sales force, In simple meaning, it’s basicall**y a technology which is opted to manage the important and integral things like company’s relationship and interaction with customers and potential customers.** ![When was the Salesforce CRM Application released?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/55a0d906-049d-4f0a-bed4-6a90c2b87e92/images/58797a20-3760-417e-b354-478b044d0e89.png)\ The **motive of CRM is very genuine as it is done to enhance and improvise business relationship** with customers it’s one of the major sources which let a company in being connected with customers streamline processes, and improving profitability. \ **It provides a company to focus on their relationship with individual along with customers, service users, supplier and etc. CRM tools which help in sales management, productivity, contact management and much more business-related activity.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32191/when-was-the-salesforce-crm-application-released Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.