Theikos Announces New Division, AppFactor On-Demand Solutions, and Its First Two Products for Salesforce com`s AppExchange

Released on = November 15, 2006, 2:19 am

Press Release Author = Theikos

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Initial AppExchange products address sales quoting and
PayPal donation integration needs for salesforce.com customers

Press Release Body = Southborough, MA and SAN FRANCISCO, salesforce.com Dreamforce
Conference - October 9, 2006 - Theikos, Inc., an IT consultancy and leading
salesforce.com services partner, today announced the creation of a new product
division: AppFactor On-Demand Solutions (www.appfactor.com). This division is
focused on creating applications for distribution on salesforce.com's AppExchange
directory that enable companies to manage more and more of their processes on demand
with the Salesforce service. The AppFactor products are sold as on-demand
subscriptions, providing easy online access to necessary functionality without IT
infrastructure headaches.

In coordination with the introduction of the new division, AppFactor On-Demand
Solutions is launching a public beta program for its first two products - AppFactor
Quoting and AppFactor Payments for the AppExchange at the salesforce.com Dreamforce
2006 user and developer conference.

"The creation of our products division was a natural outgrowth of our consulting
business," says Jason Masciarelli, President of Theikos. "After working with
hundreds of clients and completing Salesforce implementation engagements of all
kinds, we have identified both specific and common needs in the marketplace. Some of
these needs can be addressed by repeatable, productized solutions."

"Our clients include small to mid-sized companies, divisions of large companies, and
non-profit organizations," says Andy Zimmerman, senior vice president of sales and
marketing, Theikos. "The AppFactor products are geared toward this market and
include repeatable, on-demand solutions that are functionally rich, easy to deploy,
and cost-effective to procure."

The AppFactor On-Demand Solutions division includes a team of engineering and
customer service resources devoted to developing and supporting products that
address the frequent needs of companies using Salesforce.

AppFactor Quoting
AppFactor Quoting for AppExchange is a wizard-like tool that allows Salesforce users
to create professional looking quotes with consistency and accuracy. It is easy to
use, has built-in product selection and discounting capabilities, and enables
seamless creation of PDF quotes. The 3-step wizard is launched via a Web-link within
a Salesforce Opportunity record. The AppFactor Quoting product is the result of
Theikos' years of experience building and implementing custom quoting solutions. For
more information visit www.appfactor.com/quoting

AppFactor Payments PayPal Donation Integration
To meet the needs of a growing subset of non-profit clients, the AppFactor Payments
solution changes a once labor-intensive manual data entry task into an automated,
real-time process. With this subscription, non-profits will be able to have
electronic donation notifications from PayPal translated and mapped directly into
their instance of Salesforce. This eliminates the possibility of keying errors, and
allows them to have accurate, up-to-date donation information in Salesforce that can
be reported on at any time. Corporate clients will soon be able to use a version of
AppFactor Payments for processing online business-to-business and
business-to-consumer transactions. For more information visit
www.appfactor.com/payments

"Theikos' work is an example of excellence in development for AppExchange," said
Matt Holleran, vice president, AppExchange partners, salesforce.com. "Salesforce.com
is pleased to have our long-time partner expand its business with the addition of an
on-demand products division focused on the AppExchange."

More than 375 applications are now available on the salesforce.com AppExchange, the
world's first on-demand directory and sharing service, found at
http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange.

Apex is salesforce.com's breakthrough new on-demand platform and programming
language that is redefining what a multi-tenant on-demand application can be. Apex
enables customers, developers and partners to build powerful new on-demand
applications that go far beyond CRM, and for the first time, to write and run their
own code hosted with the security, reliability, upgradeability and ease-of-use of
salesforce.com's industry-leading multi-tenant service. Customers can use Apex to
modify the core features and functionality of their Salesforce deployments for their
unique business needs and quickly and easily integrate new applications and
components from partners and developers. Without any infrastructure investment,
developers can now build and run a virtually unlimited array of applications with
unprecedented power to innovate with the same creative freedom as salesforce.com's
own developers.

About AppFactor On-Demand Solutions
AppFactor On-Demand Solutions specializes in the research, development, delivery and
support of high quality, on-demand solutions that utilize or extend the
salesforce.com AppExchange platform. Learn more at www.appfactor.com.

About Theikos, Inc.
Theikos is a Gold-level partner of salesforce.com and leading provider of services
for the on-demand world. We enable companies to maximize their investment in
on-demand solutions by providing best-in-class implementation, development and
outsourcing services and value-added solutions. Founded in 2000, Theikos is
headquartered outside Boston, MA, and has offices in the United States, India and
Singapore. Learn more at www.theikos.com or contact us at (508) 485-3330.

About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in on-demand business services.
The company's Salesforce suite of on-demand applications enables customers to manage
and share all of their sales, support, marketing and partner information on-demand.
Apex, salesforce.com's on-demand platform and programming language, enables
customers, developers and partners to build powerful new on-demand applications, and
for the first time, to write and run their own code hosted with the security,
reliability, upgradeability and ease-of-use of salesforce.com's industry-leading
multi-tenant service. Customers can also take advantage of Successforce,
salesforce.com's world-class training, support, consulting and best practices
offerings.

As of July 31, 2006, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately
24,800 customers and approximately 501,000 paying subscribers including Advanced
Micro Devices (AMD), America Online (AOL), Avis/Budget Rent A Car (Cendant Rental
Car Group), Dow Jones Newswires, Nokia, Polycom and SunTrust Banks. 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 applications 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
http://www.salesforce.com, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.



Web Site = http://www.theikos.com

Contact Details = 153 Cordaville Road,
Suite 100
Southborough,
MA 01772
P: 508.485.3330

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