 "Forrester Cites Salesforce.com Leader In PaaS")
Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, has announced it has been cited as a leader in two Forrester Research, Inc. Waves for Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS): The Forrester Wave: Platform-As-A-Service For Vendor Strategy Professionals, Q2 2011 and The Forrester Wave: Platform-As-A-Service For App Dev And Delivery Professionals, Q2 2011.
According to the report for Vendor Strategy Professionals:
Salesforce.com helped to create the PaaS category, having begun by exposing the platform underlying its CRM SaaS product years ago.
Salesforce.com’s aggressive investments to expand its Force.com portfolio certainly support that notion, as do the additional platform products salesforce.com added during late 2010 and the Heroku acquisition.
Forrester estimates that salesforce.com has more than 10,000 accounts using Force.com as a development platform (as opposed to using it for extending the salesforce.com applications), perhaps as many as 25,000. Salesforce.com markets the Force.com portfolio through its own field force, but hundreds of partners also promote and extend the platform.
The Forrester Wave for PaaS for Vendor Strategy Professionals – Salesforce.com’s High Scores for the Force.com platform
In the ISV Scenario evaluation, salesforce.com received the highest scores possible for its partner and product strategy and services. It also received high scores for its architecture, administration and management, ISV services, cloud connectivity, corporate strategy, financial strength, current usage, employees and distribution channels.
In the Service Provider evaluation, salesforce.com again received the highest scores possible for its partner and product strategy and services. It also received high scores for its architecture, application development, ISV services, cloud connectivity, corporate strategy, financial strength, current usage, employees and distribution channels.
The Forrester Wave for PaaS Application Development and Delivery Professionals – Salesforce.com’s High Scores for the Force.com platform
For coders, salesforce.com received the highest scores possible for its partner and product strategy and services. It also received high scores for its architecture, administration and management, ISV services, corporate strategy, financial strength, current usage, employees and distribution channels.
For business experts, salesforce.com again received the highest scores possible for its partner and product strategy and services. It also received high scores for its architecture, application development, administration and management, ISV services, corporate strategy, financial strength, current usage, employees and distribution channels.
“We believe our success in the PaaS market is the direct result of Force.com’s proven ability to deliver the fastest path to success for business, IT and ISVs,” said Byron Sebastian, general manager at Heroku and SVP of Platform at salesforce.com. “Force.com is enabling the next generation of real-time enterprise applications that are social, mobile, and built for the cloud.”