Navatar Group Helps the Council On Accreditation Successfully Automate Its Accreditation Process Using salesforce.com's Force.com Platform

NEW YORK, Oct 8, 2008 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Navatar Group, a leading salesforce.com consulting partner today announced the successful deployment of the Force.com Platform to completely automate the complex accreditation process involving the customers and volunteers of The Council on Accreditation (COA), an international accreditor of community-based social and behavioral healthcare services. The new system will help COA:

* Drastically improve the intake process for organizations
* Automate the complex accreditation process including milestones
and scoring sheets
* Provide volunteers more visibility into opportunities and automate
their activities
* Improve overall efficiency throughout the organization

"Navatar's solid expertise on the Force.com Platform coupled with their ability to grasp our complex organization, enabled us to meet our unique needs as an accrediting body," stated Richard Klarberg, President and CEO. "The implementation of our accreditation process application on the Force.com Platform has been transformational for COA. We now have the ability to tightly manage the entire process involving our stakeholders and provide better customer service to our organizations and volunteers."

"This innovative use of the Force.com Platform underscores why salesforce.com's product donation and discount programs exist: to allow nonprofits to operate more effectively, better serve their constituents, and enhance the impact of their social missions," said Suzanne DiBianca, executive director of the Salesforce.com Foundation. "It's also a testament to the power and flexibility of our Force.com Platform in enabling organizations like the Council On Accreditation to harness the power of cloud computing. Navatar Group has truly been a leader in maximizing the potential of Force.com to help organizations such as COA achieve their business goals."

"Navatar's deep experience in Software as a Service implementations, combined with the flexibility and power of the Force.com Platform, have enabled us to deploy a robust and complex accreditation application quickly and successfully for COA," said Alok Misra, Principal, Navatar Group. "We have developed and deployed functionality in months, using a proven technology platform in Force.com."

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