Cloud Computing Security – 5 Tips For Keeping Your Company Accounts Safe
For most of us, the fear of getting hacked usually revolves around identity theft or corporate theft. For small business owners that are leveraging the power of cloud computing technology (like Salesforce CRM or Google Apps), there are a few things that you can do to ensure that your company accounts are safe/hack proof. Here are five recommended cloud computing security tips – starting with those that are simplest to implement:
Customer Success Story – Padgett Business Services
Chad Fehr CMA, a Padgett Business Services franchise, focuses on helping small businesses succeed by providing accounting services such as bookkeeping, tax, payroll and consulting. They focus on understanding the needs of their clients and providing top notch service. We worked with Padgett Business Services to understand their needs and to address the IT pain points within their business. Here is a list of their IT pain points and the solutions we used to solve the problem:
Salesforce Essentials Calgary on April 3, 2013: Are You Going?
Did you know that Salesforce.com is bringing their Salesforce Essentials event to Calgary in April 2013? Salesforce Essentials Calgary will take place on Wednesday April 3, 2013 at the Telus Convention Centre and will focus on the theme of ‘connect with your customers in a whole new way’. This half day event will include: a keynote address with Salesforce.com experts and guest speakers, live product demos and real life use cases, a cloud expo featuring cloud partners, lunch and networking opportunities, and optional breakout sessions in the afternoon.
Build Great Customer Surveys With Updated Version of Google Forms
Do you need your customers to fill out a questionnaire or survey? You could sign up for one of the myriads of free survey tools out there, or better yet, consider using Google Forms if you already have a Google account (i.e. Gmail or Google Apps) and save yourself from having to create yet another account with a survey app. Here are the top 5 reasons to consider using the updated version of Google Forms, one of the least known tools within the Google Drive suite:
Salesforce.com Announcing New “Customer Companies” Tagline
What’s new at Salesforce.com? According to a recent blog post by Bloomberg.com, February 26th is the day that Salesforce.com is going to formally announce their new company focus/tagline: “customer companies”. This new company tagline will replace the current “social enterprise” tagline (as Salesforce.com was unable to secure a trademark for that term). On Tuesday February 26th, Salesforce.com is hosting a special announcement event called “Live From New York: Marc Benioff Unveils Customer Company Transformations” in New York City so that Salesforce partners and customers can learn more about the new “customer companies” tagline.