The AppExchange Blog - April 2008

• Teaming up with Google to deliver the ultimate On Demand apps

  Apr 14, 2008

  We are excited to announce a new partnership with Google that will help you get even more out of your on-demand applications -- both CRM and beyond. Today, we launched Salesforce for Google Apps, which combines the power of Salesforce CRM with the Google applications many of us are already using, including Gmail, Calendar, Google Talk, Documents & Spreadsheets, and Presentation in a seamlessly integrated, affordable, and 100% on-demand new offering.

  At the same time, we have unveiled a new "Google" category on AppExchange which already features ten applications, and will undoubtedly grow as more developers build joint applications on the Force.com and Google platforms-as-a-service.
  

  

  When you are running a business, you have better things to worry about than manually syncing unwieldy Excel spreadsheets and trying to keep track of different versions of Powerpoint email attachments. With Salesforce for Google Apps and the complementary set of applications in the new Google category on AppExchange, all of your organization's critical information and communication data are now fully and automatically synced on-demand, accessible from any browser on any device. This is exciting news for Salesforce customers and Google users -- the two biggest on-demand companies in the world coming together for the End of Software and the End of Office!

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• Not quite AppExchange

  Apr 10, 2008

  Yesterday Google unveiled App Engine and App Gallery, which some bloggers have likened to AppExchange. But it's really quite different.

  First, what is App Engine? Like Force.com, it is a web app development platform-as-a-service. App Gallery is the directory for sharing apps built on the App Engine.

  There are two important distinctions. First, the platform and apps at least right now are focused around the Consumer Web, for example games, news, finance, sports, etc. Second, as shown in this Youtube clip, App Engine development is more focused on code-driven development.

  Force.com gives application developers a choice of code or clicks (or both) to build, customize, and integrate. App Engine fills an important gap for building, hosting and sharing consumer web apps - and we expect to see that across App Engine and AppExchange, more and more people around the world will be able to make their personal and professional lives easier with platforms-as-a-service and generally the On-Demand model.

  
  

   

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• Six popular AppExchange solutions sweep Beagle Research Group 2008 Awards

  Apr 9, 2008

  Kudos to AppExchange partners Firepond (quoting & configuration), InsideView (sales intelligence), LucidEra (analytics), Marketo (marketing automation), TerrAlign (mapping and territory planning), and Verticals onDemand (industry customization templates for Salesforce CRM) for sweeping six of seven of this year's coveted Beagle Research Group 2008 WizKids Awards that showcase "some of the brightest emerging companies in front office computing."

  This is well-deserved validation for some of our most popular AppExchange solutions, as well as wonderful proof that AppExchange is the authoritative one-stop shop for SaaS applications.
  

  

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• 800th application just posted on the AppExchange!

  Apr 8, 2008

  Congratulations to Brazilian ISV partner Datasul for listing the milestone 800th app on AppExchange! Datasul SA Fleet Management is a corporate fleet management solution for tracking trucks, buses, forklifts, tractors, and other vehicles. Datasul joins our over 400 partners worldwide with pre-integrated, pre-certified solutions listed on AppExchange.
  

  

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