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Top Five Cloud Computing Stories from 2011

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2011 seems to be the year of the cloud. Sure, it’s been around for over a decade, but this year was the year that it exploded into the general public. Here are our top five cloud computing stories from 2011: 5. The government gets on the cloud to cut spending. To learn more, read one of our earlier blog posts here. 4. Office365 is released June 28, 2011. Although not as popular as other cloud storage services such as iCloud or DropBox, Office365 was designed for businesses to get on ...

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29
DEC
2

Salesforce.com: Born Cloud, Reborn Social

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Welcome to new, huge change!In a Cloudforce Japan 2011, Benioff talked about social revolution inspired by technology.One of the many examples he uses is a tweet by Google exec and Egyptian activist Wael Ghonim saying, “A call to all well-educated Egyptians around the world, come back as soon as possible to build our nation,” inspiring a revolution and government changes in Egypt. How is it possible that the use of a simple sentence under 140 characters can inspire the way we communicate and reach millions of people? People are doing it every day.Technology is a common theme to social change- from the riots in Egypt to the Occupy protests. It is the platform for social reform and Benioff ...

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16
DEC
0

Can the Cloud= Economic Boom?

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 Because of the lower start-up cost, the explosion of cloud computing offers another benefit: economic boom. High unemployment with low startup cost for new industry is creating incentive for entrepreneurs to start their own business by getting on the cloud. Cloud computing requires less hardware and less data storage costs, while also offering cheap opportunities for small startups to store data and manage client bases. Instead of investing in thousands of dollars’ worth of hardware and server installations, cloud computing stores data remotely for solid and consistent monthly rates. According to Forbes.com, this new entrepreneurial boom will most likely be made up of college students or recent ...

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23
NOV
0

LinkedIn for More Leads

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I’ve always been an advocate for using social networking sites to promote business- twitter, facebook, LinkedIn, etc. It’s a free way to generate hits and market your company. However, are we using these free resources to their potential?I came across an article the other day called, “11 Reasons Your LinkedIn Company Page Sucks” and it made some great points. I’ll highlight a few here:

  • No followers: This is a big one. You should be following others to build up a core following for yourself.
  • It’s bare: A bare, boring LinkedIn page could actually hurt your company’s presence. No one is going to be interested in following it and it could ...

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21
NOV
0

The Cloud vs On-Site Storage: The Environment

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 There’s a lot of information out there about how cloud computing is better for the environment. A Microsoft,  Accenture and WSP Environment and Energy study compared the environmental effects of Microsoft cloud computing and traditional, on-premise IT and when it comes to CO2 emissions, cloud computing prevailsThe official report indicates that for the most part and in the majority of cases, CO2 emissions reductions by deployment size are:

  • 90+ percent for small (about 100 users)
  • 60 to 90 percent for medium-sized (1,000 user)
  • 30 to 60 percent for large (10,000 users)

For the smaller businesses, this data seems to make sense because the operation of individual servers for each individual small business will emit more CO2 than if a large number of small businesses ...

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19
NOV
1

CRM Gamification follow-up

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Vincent Beerman, over at softwareadvice.com has taken the idea of CRM Gamification and expanded upon it in his latest article.  We found it to be a pretty interesting read.  You can read the original article here, and the new article here.

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3
MAY
0

Cloudforce Tour 2011 Announced for Boston

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The salesforce.com cloudforce 2011 has been announced!  Marc Benioff will be in Boston for the event.  Follow the link below to register for this event!It is on June 16, 2011 at the Westin Boston Waterfront.https://www.salesforce.com/events/details/a1x300000004DW0AAM.jsp

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29
APR
0

The laptop is dead, long live the laptop.

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Every road warrior needs a device to do certain tasks. Our trusty (sometimes) laptops have been there for decades, projecting PowerPoint presentations and giving demos. Are the days of the laptop at an end? Steve Jobs thinks so, and so do I. He calls it a post-pc event; I just call it a thin, light, sans-keyboard computer.Not just the iPad but a plethora of other tablets could spell the end of laptops as a whole. I heard that the Samsung Galaxy 2 is thinner than the iPad by the way.Salesforce.com asked and answered the question, why do you need a server when your business is run in the cloud?If a tablet is capable of presenting your PowerPoint, and giving your ...

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24
MAR
0

Chatter collaboration broken down

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salesforce has put together a nice video on how you can use chatter.  Often, we find that users are a bit confused on how to best implement chatter.  This video is a good demonstration on how it can work for you and your company.

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17
FEB
0

salesforce.com to feature 2 chatter ads during the Super Bowl

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salesforce.com is airing 2 ads during the superbowl this coming Sunday, February 2nd.  The ads will air 30 seconds before and 15 seconds after the halftime show put on by the Black Eyed Peas.  Will-I-Am has been known to be a supporter of chatter, as he’s been seen in several ads and articles about chatter.For anyone that may be looking around from the superbowl commericals and is wondering what chatter is and what salesforce is, click the links below to find out more!What is chatter?What is salesforce?

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5
FEB
0

salesforce Appexchange highlight: Activity Optimizer

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Are your people spending time doing the right things? How do you know? Activity Optimizer gives you the ability to quickly evaluate the activities of your users and determine if they are spending their time doing the right things.Activity Optimizer allows you to create different systems for each role and different activity types for each role. Users are assigned to roles and the system automatically scores their performance based on the types of activities they are entering into the system.Points are given to each activity and can be calculated based on the amount of time the user spent on the activity or can be a flat value regardless of time.Assigning points to activities allows an employee or manager to easily ...

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8
JAN
0

How to auto populate an email with an email template from a button

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Take a look at this blog entry from Jim Sullivan on how to auto populate an email using a template:http://jamesrsullivan.com/2007/09/auto-populate-email-template-on-send-an-email/

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11
JUN
0

Cloudforce Tour Boston – now open for Registration!

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Cloudforce 2 Tour: Boston

Jun 8, 2010Westin Boston Waterfront425 Summer St.Boston, MA 02210(617) 532-4600Registration Link here:  https://www.salesforce.com/events/details/a1x300000004D32AAE.jsp

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12
MAY
0

VMForce Announced by salesforce.com

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VM Force is a toolkit released by salesforce.com to run your native Java applications in the cloud.  Watch the video below to find out more:Link

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3
MAY
0

Salesforce Summer ’10 Release (already!?) Highlights

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It’s hard to believe we’re already looking at a Summer ’10 release right after the Spring ’10 release……here are the highlights, taken from here.Dashboard Components Grand Totals; Dynamic Dashboard Running User; Filter on Lookup; Drag and Drop Dashboard Editing; Edit quote PDFs;You can find details on each of these by visiting the site here.

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13
APR
0

What exactly is salesforce chatter?

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If you’re a customer of salesforce.com, or even a prospect, you’ve probably heard of salesforce chatter.  For those wondering what exactly it is, check out the video embedded:

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23
MAR
0

AppExchange Spotlight: VCS Smart Email

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This appexchange spotlight is for a FREE application on the App Exchange called VCS Smart Email. It works with both developer and Professional Editions. VCS Smart Email allows users to have their email automatically brought into salesforce, and logged under the account/contact record as a completed activity record. Check below for the link. We’ve implemented this at a couple of our clients, and they seem to really enjoy it!http://sites.force.com/appexchange/listingDetail?listingId=a0N300000018tfyEAA

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16
MAR
0

What is force.com anyway?

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This video has been out quite a while, but I figured I’d share.  This just shows what force.com is, and what you can do with it.  Enjoy!

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12
FEB
0

salesforce Visual Process Manager

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Salesforce has acquired a few companies and really have gone above and beyond for their visual process manager.  You simply create a process visually and attach forms and processes to it.  Take a look!

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4
FEB
0

Rich Text Support in salesforce Spring 10

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Do you want to make your data look really good and be functional by adding bold, underline, hyperlinks and images? With Spring 10, you now have the ability to easily create richly formatted fields by using Rich Text Area fields.

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26
JAN
0

How salesforce.com can help your business

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Are you curious how salesforce.com can help improve your business processes and profitability?  Take a look at http://successgenie.force.com/ .  This will point and guide you to best tips and tactics for how it can help you succeed!

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23
JAN
0

The Salesforce Channel

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Check out www.salesforcechannel.com to see all salesforce videos released!  A great time saver to find them all in one place

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21
JAN
0

Salesforce Spring ’10 Webinars now available for viewing!

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Check below to see the 2 Salesforce Webinars from earlier this week.  These are really well put together, and definitely worth watching!Platform Webinar:Sales and Service Cloud:

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21
JAN
0

The coolest standout features from the Salesforce Spring ’10 Webinar

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  • Customizable URLs for your company’s salesforce?  Very cool.
  • All new user interface see the video here:
  • Code Scheduler:
  • Sophisticated Data Modeling:
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19
JAN
0

Salesforce to release new User Interface for Spring 2010 Release!

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Salesforce.com will be delivering a new user interface with its latest update.On Wednesday, Salesforce.com touted its next release—the company delivers three a year—and this update includes new features for Sales Cloud 2, Service Cloud 2 and Force.com. But perhaps the biggest item for the average bear will be a new interface. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=29490

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17
JAN
2
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