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Sep 07
2011

Salesforce.com and Workday Join Forces to Bring Workforce Data to Salesforce Chatter and Force.com

Posted by: Brent Wilson

Brent Wilson
  • Chatter Will Be Available to Workday Users, Making Nearly 2 Million Workers More Collaborative Across the Enterprise
  • Custom Apps With Workday Data Feeds Can Be Built Quickly and Easily on Force.com
  • Dreamforce to Showcase How Businesses Can Tap Into the Power of Social, Mobile and Open Technologies to Become Social Enterprises

Cloud computing companies salesforce.com  and Workday, Inc. have announced they will join forces to deliver workforce data to the social enterprise. Workday will deliver two new offerings that will extend data from Workday through salesforce.com's social, mobile and open technologies. The first will enable Workday data to be integrated into Salesforce Chatter -- salesforce.com's secure, private social network for businesses -- to securely share, collaborate and act upon workforce data in real-time. The other will allow customers to create custom applications with Workday data feeds on Force.com, salesforce.com's enterprise platform for building and running employee facing social apps.

Through the partnership, Workday will deliver:

  • Salesforce Chatter and Workday Integration: Workday customers will be able to use Salesforce Chatter to securely share and take action on worker data that resides natively within Workday. This packaged integration pushes traditional Workday business processes, such as approval requests, into a real-time social stream. It also allows real-time enterprise-wide collaboration on topics that cross traditional departmental barriers, such as sales cycles, personnel, payroll, budgeting and spend on company initiatives.
  • Custom Force.com App Leveraging Workday Data: Workday customers, partners and developers will be able to securely pull workforce data residing within their Workday application into Force.com to build custom apps.

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Sep 07
2010

BigMachines and Salesforce.com Announce New BigMachines Configuration and Quoting Application Integrated with Force.com Platform

Posted by: Floyd Tucker

Floyd Tucker

Customers Benefit from Improved Efficiency in the Sales Process -- Quoting, Pricing, Forecasting and Analysis All Streamlined in the Cloud

 BigMachines, the leading vendor in the configuration and quoting space, and salesforce.com, /quotes/comstock/13*!crm (CRM 119.66, +0.03, +0.03%) the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced BigMachines' on-demand configuration, quoting and proposal application is now tightly integrated with Force.com, salesforce.com's enterprise cloud computing platform. With Force.com, BigMachines' solution integrates seamlessly into Salesforce CRM, simplifying the user experience and providing customers with flexibility and advanced integration capabilities. In addition, users can access both the BigMachines and Salesforce applications with a single login.

BigMachines will be exhibiting the new solution at Cloudforce 2010 London (https://www.salesforce.com/live/), the largest cloud computing event in the UK. This industry, customer and developer event is being held on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre in London.

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Apr 15
2010

CA Turns Its Focus to the Cloud

Posted by: Derrick Lee

Tagged in: salesforce.com , IDC , Government , Force.com , cloud , Agile Vision
Derrick Lee

After implementing its restructuring plan and reducing its workforce by 8.0%,CA Inc. (CA) has now turned its focus on enhancing its cloud computing portfolio. The company recently came up with a new technology, christened as CA Agile Vision Team Edition. This technology will run on the Force.com platform provided by the cloud computing major Salesforce.com (CRM).

CA Agile Vision has been designed to provide a competitive edge to the user by using the application development management technology on a cloud computing platform. This apart, it is expected to help companies get better and more efficient results without incurring any extra cost.
CA has been taking measures to position itself as an important player in the cloud computing space. Therefore, the company has been supplementing job cuts with strategic additions that could bring in the necessary expertise to support its cloud computing operations. We believe this technical collaboration with Salesforce.com will take the company forward and help it attain a stronger position in the cloud computing space.
The opportunity in the virtualization/cloud computing space is significant and could help accelerate growth over the next 2−3 years. Cloud computing enjoys strong demand and is being increasingly adopted by businesses. However, managing the way it is used will be very important. As per a study conducted by Market Research Media, the U.S. government's spending on cloud computing is entering a phase of explosive growth. The segment is expected to grow at a CAGR of 40.0% from 2010 to 2015, crossing $7.0 billion in 2015.
This apart, as per another study conducted by a technology research firm − IDC − in its 2009 cloud computing conference, CA expects IT cloud services to grow three times, reaching $42.0 billion by 2012. The firm also believes that cloud computing will grow throughout this period, taking care of around 25.0% of IT spending growth in 2012 and one third of it the next year. Cloud computing leads to increased service and elevated security requirements for the companies that use them and CA is well placed to reap the benefit of this exponential growth.
 
Original article by Zacks.com found here. 
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Nov 25
2009

FedEx for Salesforce CRM Now Available on the Salesforce.com AppExchange

Posted by: Jennifer York

Jennifer York

ZenKraft has announced the availability of ZenKraft Shipmate - FedEx for Salesforce CRM on the AppExchange. ZenKraft Shipmate instantly adds seamless FedEx Shipping integration within Salesforce CRM. ZenKraft Shipmate is built natively on the Force.com platform, meaning it runs on the same trusted, reliable and secure platform running salesforce.com’s powerful applications. In addition, it leverages the familiar look and feel of Salesforce CRM, so customers will be productive from day one.

ZenKraft Shipmate allows customers to ship any mail or package to any Salesforce CRM Lead, Contact, Account or Opportunity through FedEx. It also allows customers to calculate FedEx rate estimates, generate FedEx shipping and return labels, track FedEx shipments and much more. Built entirely on the Force.com platform, ZenKraft Shipmate is now available for a free 14-day trial on the AppExchange. Visit http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/.

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