A Comprehensive Look at the Force.com Cloud Platform
Whitepaper: A Comprehensive Look at the Force.com Cloud Platform
Abstract
Force.com is cloud computing for the enterprise. Using the Force.com platform, private enterprises and commercial software providers alike can quickly create and run custom business applications over the Internet, without the need for up-front software and hardware expenditures, configuration, and maintenance. In addition to supporting the sales, marketing, and support applications for which salesforce.com is best known, Force.com makes the core technologies behind Salesforce CRM available for developing enterprise-class applications that serve a wide range of business needs and customer interactions. And because the design of Force.com meets all the unique requirements of cloud applications, service providers can easily deliver trusted, secure, configurable, and customizable services that can support multiple devices and are easy to upgrade and integrate with other applications.