Salesforce.com Introduces 5 Cloud Platform Services

Salesforce.com has introduced five new enterprise cloud platform services, including Appforce, Siteforce, VMforce, ISVforce and Heroku, for building Cloud 2 apps. Force.com 2 eliminates hardware and software complexity and give business, IT and ISVs the means to accelerate every application development project on their backlog.

Appforce helps users build forms, customise reports, visually design business processes, and make sure they are all measureable and auditable. And, they can automatically add collaboration with Salesforce Chatter.

Siteforce gives business users the tools to make simple changes and gives web developers the means to deliver powerful sites quickly.

With VMforce, salesforce.com’s partnership with VMware, 6 million Java developers now have a path to the cloud. VMforce allows developers to leverage their existing Java expertise and the benefits of cloud computing to build new enterprise apps that are cloud, mobile, social and real-time. With VMforce Java developers can run their Java apps natively on Force.com, use Java developer environments, the Spring Framework and Eclipse IDE, and leverage open standards such as JPA for enterprise Java development. VMforce is now in private beta at Dreamforce.

Heroku is a Ruby platform-as-a-service, built from the ground up to work in an open environment and take advantage of the Ruby language. Ruby has become a development language used to write next-generation apps that are social, collaborative and deliver real-time access to information across mobile devices.

ISVforce provides ISVs comprehensive application development services, trials and provisioning, automatic upgrade capabilities, the AppExchange cloud app marketplace, and a real-time console for monitoring customer usage and adoption.

Force.com 2 is the fast and open path to build Cloud 2 apps. Cloud 2 represents the new generation of real-time enterprise applications that are social, mobile, and built in the cloud. The Force.com platform is open and easily accessible by other cloud apps and platforms, such as Amazon Web Services, Google App Engine and more via its Web services APIs.

“With these five new services for building Cloud 2 apps, companies can quickly and easily accelerate every application development project on their backlog,” said George Hu, EVP Platform- Marketing and Corporate Development, Salesforce.com. “Force.com 2 is the enterprise cloud platform of choice because it delivers the fastest path to proven success for business, IT and ISVs.”