The Official Salesforce Blog - August 2008

• How to Participate in Force.com Winter '09 Sandbox Preview

  Aug 19, 2008

  The salesforce.com Winter '09 release is quickly approaching and soon you'll be able to take advantage of great new features! In preparation for the release, a Sandbox Upgrade Window is scheduled for 12:01 AM PST September 16th, 2008, through October 11th, 2008. You can continue to use your Sandbox throughout the Sandbox Upgrade Window to test new customizations or features before rolling them out to users.

  As a Force.com Sandbox customer, we want to make you aware of the options available to you during this time.To determine whether there is any additional action you need to take to prepare for the Sandbox Upgrade Window please review the choices below and click on the associated link to understand the action you need to take for each:    

  1. If you would you like to participate in the Winter '09 Preview on your Sandbox instance during the Sandbox Upgrade Window please click here.

  2. If you would like your Sandbox instance to retain the existing Summer '08 functionality until October 11th, 2008 please click here.

  3. If you have multiple Sandboxes please click here.

  4. If you plan to upload and/or install any AppExchange packages to or from your Sandbox instance during the Sandbox Upgrade Window please click here.    

  5. If you plan to take no action with your Sandbox instance during the upgrade window please click here.

  Please click through the links to access the information you need depending on your answers to the above questions. If you have additional questions about your Sandbox options in conjunction with the Winter '09 release, please contact the salesforce.com Customer Support team.

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• Now Your Other Computer is a Data Center

  Aug 1, 2008

  Marc Benioff's guest blog post on what Web 3.0 is was just published on TechCrunch IT. Marc expands on the idea that while Web 1.0 was about distributed transactions, and Web 2.0 is about distributed participation, Web 3.0 will be about democratizing the power to innovate. It's a very important and insightful essay, so I highly recommend that you check it out.

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