Oldie but Goodie
What was the original name of ServiceNow when Fred Luddy founded the company?
Glidesoft
What does HI stand for?
Hosted ITIL
In 2016 ServiceNow joined an elite club called?
The three comma club as we reached 1 billion in revenue
Where was SN first headquartered?
San Diego (more specifically it was the building before Solana Beach, then Solana Beach, then Del Mar and finally La Jolla before it moved to Santa Clara)
What relatives worked with our first CEO?
Rob Luddy (sales), Laura Pierce (sales operations)
What year was ServiceNow founded?
2003
Who coined the term for Knowledge event?
Brian Surritt, a former employee who now works for one of ServiceNow's partners, Perspectium.
Our sales team are often referred to as "sharks"? Who coined this term?
David Schneider
How many campus did ServiceNow have in San Diego before they went public?
3
Solana Beach,
Del Mar,
La Jolla
What was the nickname of one of the first ServiceNow offices in Solana Beach?
Wooden Spaceship
What year did ServiceNow become a publicly traded company?
2012 (actual date: June 29, 2012)
What was the app used for lunch orders in San Diego?
Burrito Management App (a ServiceNow instance)
What is the name of our ServiceNow rock band?
zBoot (lowercase z)
What conference rooms in San Diego office buildings are named after?
Conference rooms in some of the San Diego office buildings are subsequently named after sharks (the headquarters used to be in San Diego before we went public).
Why SN Employees used to get great seats in Padres match?
The first office SN was located in John Moores Equities buildings. John is an early investor in ServiceNow and Peregrine who also owned the San Diego Padres. Hence the seats
What was the opening price when the company went IPO?
$17.00
Where does the name "zBoot" come from?
When an administrator needs to reboot their instance, they 'zBoot' it from the menu.
Sharks were not the first idea that he came up with. What was his initial idea?
Waves
What is the layout of the conference rooms in San Diego?
The conference rooms are laid out on each floor in alphabetical order and go clockwise around the building.
Where the Burrito Management App come from?
Second building SN was the Schoolhouse – a former schoolhouse in the Eden Gardens neighborhood of Solana Beach, home of Rudy’s, where the good burritos from.
Who was ServiceNow's first customer?
Phoenix Footwear
Why is there a 'z' in front of "zBoot"?
It was originally just "Boot" in the menu. Since the list in the menu sorted alphabetically, people were accidentally hitting the option so in order to make it sort to the bottom, they appended the z to the name.
How many CEO’s has SNC had to date? (as of June 2020)
4
Fred Luddy
Frank Slootman,
John Donahoe, and
Bill McDermott
Where is current San Diego office located?
Eastgate Mall, San Diego.
Who started the "Go Live" cake tradition?
Qualcomm is one of ServiceNow's first customers. They brought us a cake to celebrate their go live. We have continued this tradition with subsequent customers.