Salesforce.com – Dreamforce’12 Product Announcements and More

As Salesforce Consultants, we were really looking forward to attending Dreamforce’12 (September 18-21, 2012) in San Francisco.  Advertised as ‘the cloud computing industry event of the year’, Dreamforce’12 did not disappoint.   This year’s Dreamforce event was the largest one ever hosted by Salesforce.com (i.e. 90,000+ registrants).  Throughout the 4 days, we had the chance to attend inspiring keynote addresses & breakout sessions, visit 300+ vendors in the Cloud Expo, network with other like-minded Salesforce consultants, and meet colleagues/partners that have established partnerships with.  Whether you attended Dreamforce’12 or hope to be there next year, check out the following links for all things Dreamforce…

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Favorite Business Tools – Citrix Online

Citrix Online is the place to find online collaboration, access, and support tools for your business.  Everyday, companies are looking for ways to increase productivity, reduce costs, and operate more efficiently.  Ultimately companies are looking for a better way of doing things.  We believe that Citrix Online has a solution for every business in their suite of online tools and highly recommend their products including: GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, GoToTraining, GoToMyPC, and GoToAssist.

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Favorite Business Apps on AppExchange.com – DocuSign

DocuSign is the most popular eSignature solution in the marketplace and is listed as one of the top paid business apps on AppExchange.com,.  As of July 2012, DocuSign has more than 20 million users around the world and users have signed more than 150 million documents using this electronic signature technology.  Companies that use DocuSign come from a variety of industries including: technology, financial services, real estate, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and more.

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Dreamforce’12 – Have You Registered Yet?

Looking for a reason to go to San Francisco this fall?  Look no further than Dreamforce’12.  Dreamforce’12 is the cloud computing industry event of the year.  This annual event is hosted by Salesforce.com and gives attendees the opportunity to hear relevant keynote addresses, attend expert-led breakout sessions and networking events,  and learn more about cloud computing solutions at the Cloud Expo.  Attendees can also register for pre-conference training sessions and write certification tests to become  a certified Salesforce professional.

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Salesforce CRM & Chatter – Best Features of Salesforce Chatter

Launched in 2010, Salesforce Chatter is a user-friendly platform for Salesforce CRM users to communicate with colleagues within their company.   Salesforce Chatter allows users to collaborate and communicate with colleagues in real-time via a ‘newsfeed’.   At Perpetual West, we use Salesforce Chatter on a daily basis and highly recommend it to all of our Salesforce CRM clients.  Simply put, Chatter reduces emails and meetings.  Why should you use Salesforce Chatter? Here is our list of the top 5 features of Salesforce Chatter.
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