Rolling off of Force.com, Tools for Start Ups, Hands on with Google Chromebook and Dreamforce 11 news. App picks of the week.
A look at Salesforce.com's new permission sets currently in pilot and how we helped a client migrate to them.
I have attended Dreamforce the last three years making this year my fourth in a row. This will however be the first time I am attending as an employee of the same company for back to back years. I have a unique outlook on the Dreamforce experience ranging from Large Enterprise to Startup Consulting partner.
Google Wave, Google’s real-time collaboration and communication platform is formally going read-only as of January, 2012 and will officially be retired sometime in April, 2012. While it’s been a great run with one of our favorite technologies it has come time to migrate to a new long-term solution for collaborative note taking and sharing.
How and why building a custom application is the best starting project for new Force.com Developers, and what it taught me as a recent addition to the Force.com community.
Facebook launches Timeline for everyone, Salesforce.com buys Rypple and Evernote is named company of the year. We make our CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
The official Salesforce for Android Beta application was released last week, and we are breaking down the pluses and minuses for you on how to get Salesforce on your droid.
The Social Enterprise strategy for Salesforce has been declared and being able to engage with customers where they are talking is one of the key components. Social Contacts is the feature that promises to allow users to get a better understanding of their customers. While keeping in mind that Social Contacts is just in it's first version I have to say that I think they missed the mark.
About one year ago I wrote about Chatter vs. Yammer in the enterprise - it's time to revisit this conversation to see what has changed.
For years Salesforce has provided the ability to create a knowledge base using Solutions which attach and interact with Cases. In Service Cloud 3 Solutions aren't even mentioned because the Knowledge product has taken over but Knowledge isn't free - so how can you use Solutions in a way that mimicks some of the Knowledge features and allows you to leverage your already existing investment in the Force.com platform?
Some quick notes on Siri, iOS 5, iCloud, moaning about Winter 6, a slew of blog posts and our CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
Where is the Quickbooks and Salesforce.com integration? Is Intacct going for a hat-trick or cheap-trick? Part 1 of the Social Enterprise and our CloudFocus App Picks of the Week.
How I use different personas on social networks to reach and satisfy different audiences.
Customer service done right and wrong with transparency, Dell invests a lot in the clouds, Salesforce and Intuit sync up and Dreamforce '11 is ready for your registration. Our App picks of the week, of course.
Getting productive with Chatter, Amazon streams and Netflix responds, Google Docs has more formats, Appirio launches CloudSpokes and we talk about Quora. App Picks of the Week.
A review of Google Chromebook hits the blog, iCloud & iWars, Dreamforce 11 news. Our App picks of the week.
As always Salesforce.com has a Summer release - here is a rapid reaction to the release notes.
Amazon up the game in Cloud Drive, Facebook does Video, Google attracts businesses, but not on Google+, yet. App picks of the week.
Sharing a few tips on email management that help take back control of the wild time-eating beast that it has become.
A look some of the great gear and mobile applications that can help you reach the next level of travel.
