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Cirrus Insight

Coordinates: 35°47′03″N 78°38′57″W / 35.784147°N 78.649165°W / 35.784147; -78.649165
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35°47′03″N 78°38′57″W / 35.784147°N 78.649165°W / 35.784147; -78.649165

Cirrus Insight
IndustryCustomer relationship management
Founded1 April 2011 Edit this on Wikidata
FoundersRyan Huff, Brandon Bruce[1]
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Phil Dixon, Chief Executive Officer[2]
ProductsWeb applications
Number of employees
57
ParentCirruspath
Websitewww.cirrusinsight.com

Cirrus Insight is a customer relationship management (CRM) platform that integrates Salesforce with third-party services, including Gmail and Microsoft's Office 365.[3][4] The application was the first on Salesforce's AppExchange application marketplace to integrate Gmail with Salesforce.com, and it was the top-ranked application on the site for five months in 2012.[3]

Functionality

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Cirrus Insight's core functionality is to integrate Google's Gmail email service with Salesforce's customer relationship management program. Features include the ability to track Gmail emails and attachments in Salesforce, view Salesforce information in Gmail and other Google Apps, synchronize the Salesforce and Google calendars, and add the user's Google Contacts to Salesforce.[5][6]

History

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Cirruspath was founded by Ryan Huff and Brandon Bruce,[1][7] two friends who met while at University of California, Santa Barbara.[8] Their first product was Cirrus Insight, launched in 2011, and it was inspired by the existing tools for Microsoft Outlook integration with Salesforce.[3][8]

In 2013, the company released an iOS mobile application, Cirrus Insight Mobile, to support mobile users.[9][10] Also in 2013, Cirrus Insight partnered with UberConference to integrate conference calls through email chains. The integration eliminated the need for Salesforce and Cirrus Insight customers to dial in and use PINs for conference calls.[11]

In May 2014, Cirruspath announced Cirrus Files, a program designed to allow the integration of Google Drive with Salesforce.[12]

In June 2014, Cirruspath announced two new products for Cirrus Insight: Gmail email tracking, allowing users to get real-time alerts as their emails were opened, and Cirrus Insight Analytics, a free package that generates management reports showing usage and adoption of Cirrus Insight and Salesforce.com.[13]

In October 2016, Cirruspath released Cirrus Insight 5.0, which completely updated the design of the app and added improvements to recently added features such as Book Meeting and Email Campaigns.[14]

Ranking

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In 2016, Inc. magazine ranked Cirrus Insight 41st on the annual Inc. 5000 list, a ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.[15] In 2017, it was ranked 546th.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b GmbH, finanzen net. "Clovis Point Capital Makes Majority Growth Investment in Leading Sales Enablement Platform Cirrus Insight | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. ^ "About". Cirrus Insight. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Startup Cirrus Path Connects Salesforce, Gmail". eWeek.com. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Office 365 Integration for Salesforce". salesforce.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Gmail, Google Apps, Google Calendar for Salesforce – Cirrus Insight". appexchange.salesforce.com. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Cirrus Insight marries Salesforce and Google and wins Amasat's 2nd Alpha App Award". Amasat. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  7. ^ Roark, Cortney. "What is it like to move to Knoxville?". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Cirruspath acquires Knoxville startup OpenCore". knoxnews.com. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Cirrus Insight unveils iOS app that brings email and Salesforce together on the mobile device". thenextweb.com. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Other Companies Shared the Dreamforce Spotlight". destinationcrm.com. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  11. ^ "For Salesmen, Cirrus Insight and UberConference go together like peanut butter and jelly". Pando.com. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Cirrus Insight Announces Cirrus Files: Google Drive Integration for Salesforce". destinationcrm.com. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Cirrus Insight Launches Email Tracking, Analytics". destinationcrm.com. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Welcome to Cirrus Insight 5.0". Cirrus Insight. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  15. ^ "People and Honors". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. 4 September 2016. p. 2C.
  16. ^ "Cirrus Insight Is No. 546 on the Inc. 5000 This Year!". Inc.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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