FinancialForce.com Finalist for 2011 CODiE Awards in Business Software

SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - Apr 13, 2011) - FinancialForce.com, the cloud applications company, today announced that it has been named a finalist in the 26^th annual CODiE™ Awards in the Best Financial Management Solution category.

FinancialForce.com was chosen as a finalist from among 16 nominations in the category. Nominated products underwent an extensive review by judges via live demonstration, trial product access, and analysis of product documentation. Finalists will now be reviewed by SIIA members, who will vote on winners for each category. The winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 25^th at the CODiE Awards Luncheon, to be held as part of the SIIA All About Cloud conference, where Jeremy Roche, the president and CEO of FinancialForce.com, will be speaking about "Using Cloud Platforms to Enable a Free-Market Approach to Apps."

"We are thrilled to be named a finalist for the 2011 CODIE Awards," said Jeremy Roche, president and CEO, FinancialForce.com. "FinancialForce Accounting is the ideal complement to Salesforce CRM, a previous winner of the CODiE awards. Because FinancialForce Accounting and Salesforce CRM applications are embedded together on the Force.com platform, executives have complete visibility of the entire opportunity to cash process, in one cloud based system. This approach streamlines billing processes, optimizes cash and breaks down the walls between accounting and sales departments."

FinancialForce.com focuses entirely on building business applications on Force.com, the Cloud Computing platform from salesforce.com, including accounting, billing, professional services automation (PSA) and services resource planning (SRP). Its applications help fast-growing organizations and dynamic enterprises align finance, sales and service in a way that enables profitable growth.

"We are pleased to have such a diverse range of companies and products as finalists this year," said Rhianna Collier, Vice President of the SIIA Software Division. "The competition is always tough and it reflects the level of innovation across a wide range of companies in the industry. The growth in participation certainly mirrors what we are seeing as priorities in the business software market."

About the CODiE Awards
The CODiE Awards, originally called the Excellence in Software Awards, were established in 1986 by the Software Publishers Association (SPA), now SIIA, so that pioneers of the then-nascent software industry could evaluate and honor each other's work. Since then, the CODiE Awards program has carried out the same purpose -- to showcase the software and information industry's finest products and services and to honor excellence in corporate achievement.

About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 500 leading software and information companies. For more information, visit www.siia.net

About FinancialForce.com
FinancialForce.com is the cloud applications company. We focus 100% on building business applications for Force.com, the world's leading cloud computing platform from salesforce.com. Our applications include Accounting, Billing, Professional Services Automation (PSA) and Services Resource Planning (SRP). We serve fast-growing organizations and dynamic enterprises, helping them to align Finance, Sales and Service in a way that enables profitable growth. We are backed by two of the biggest and best players in the business, UNIT4 and salesforce.com. To learn more please visit www.FinancialForce.com.