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CODA 2go Now Available Through Force.com Checkout

U.S. customers can now order CODA 2go through Force.com Checkout on the AppExchange First native SaaS accounting application on Force.com platform Offers sales invoicing fully integrated with Salesforce CRM; general ledger and purchasing expected Q1 2009

MANCHESTER, N.H. - December 08, 2008

CODA Group, the finance software specialist, today announced the availability of CODA 2go in the Force.com Checkout pilot program. CODA 2go is the first SaaS accounting system to be developed and run on salesforce.com’s Force.com platform and trusted global service infrastructure. As a 100% Force.com native application, CODA 2go is immediately available to U.S. customers for order through Force.com Checkout on the AppExchange at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/

The first CODA 2go release delivers Opportunity to Cash functionality, enabling users to create an invoice directly from their completed “opportunities” in Salesforce CRM at the click of a button and post the transaction to their sales ledger. It is fully integrated with Salesforce CRM and will help companies manage business processes by providing simple access for authorized users from initial sales enquiry to closing the deal to collecting cash within one integrated product. The next release, including general ledger accounting and purchasing, is currently planned for Q1 2009.

Executive quote

“We are happy to be one of the first applications available via the new Force.com Checkout service,” commented Jeremy Roche, CEO of CODA. “Since the inception of CODA 2go, we have accomplished many firsts, including delivering the first native accounting application and what we believe is the most advanced SaaS accounting application on the market today. We have been part of the creation of the business model for Platform as a Service (PaaS) with salesforce.com as well as creating the legal and operational framework around delivering applications in a PaaS environment. What we have created and will continue to build on is a fully scalable, unified international accounting solution.”

Technical specifications

A free 30-day online trial of CODA 2go was announced last week and can be accessed at http://www.coda2go.com/freetrial

Force.com Checkout – Accelerating Customer and Partner Success in the Cloud
The Force.com platform, AppExchange and Checkout provides a comprehensive set of services to accelerate customer, developer and partner success with cloud computing.  Applications available through Force.com Checkout run entirely on the Force.com platform, and inherit the security, reliability and availability of salesforce.com’s proven global infrastructure. 

Force.com Checkout provides customers a single place for ordering, billing, invoicing and provisioning services for salesforce.com applications and participating partner applications. Customers are able to purchase partner applications directly through Force.com Checkout on the AppExchange and will benefit from integrated commerce and interacting with a single vendor for both their salesforce.com and partner subscriptions. Please visit http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange for more information.

About the company

ABOUT CODA
CODA creates, markets and implements a comprehensive range of software systems designed specifically to meet the needs of financial directors and finance departments. These include financial management systems, analysis applications and business process management and control software to implement compliance solutions. Its service-oriented architecture also makes CODA software easy for clients and other vendors to integrate with their business applications.

CODA was founded in 1979 and has around 600 employees working at 18 offices in 14 countries. CODA software is designed for multi-currency, multi-language, multi-country, multi-company and multi-site operations, and is used by around 2,600 medium and large organizations in over 100 countries, in a variety of markets and within both public and commercial sectors.

CODA is part of Unit 4 Agresso NV, which is headquartered in the Netherlands and listed on the Dutch stock exchange. The Unit 4 Agresso group is an international developer and distributor of integrated business information and management systems and security solutions, providing secure e-business solutions to its customers. It has around 3,300 staff in 19 countries and 5,200 client organizations.

For more information, please visit: http://www.coda.com

Contact details

Jason Varden
Account Executive
LEWIS PR
415 992 4400
coda@lewispr.com


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