Friday, September 14, 2012

The Tech Byte - Dreamforce 2012

I just recently found that I am having the opportunity of a learntime next week! I am one of the fortunate 70,000 expected people attending Dreamforce. As described by TechTarget:

"It's a computing show fit for rock stars and a popular military leader.

Appearances by The Red Hot Chili Peppers and retired Gen. Colin Powell should only boost the buzz surrounding Dreamforce 2012, Salesforce.com's 10th annual conference."

NEW RELEASES Coming
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff discussed a few new product releases that I want to learn more about - especially work.com - enterprise versions of Dropbox and Okta which are called  "Chatterbox" and "Salesforce.com Identity." These can be described as:

"Chatterbox, like Dropbox, is a collaboration tool, albeit one for the enterprise. Identity aims to do what Facebook and Google are trying to accomplish -- that is, to serve as a single sign-on to social media. In this case, Salesforce.com will be the hub to manage other enterprise applications.

Benioff also referred to a human resource tool Salesforce.com will unveil -- Work.com -- and a contact management tool that will track information about a contact on Twitter or elsewhere on social media, link back to the customer support database, create a case, and then escalate it as necessary." - Tech News World

With more than 650 expert-led sessions, more than 350 cloud computing companies showcasing more than 1,000 solutions, thousands of attendees and about 4 days to absorb it, I hope osmosis kicks in.

I'll be tweeting (be twittering?) on what I discover - CindyKaplan6. It's almost like a scavenger hunt, and I'm ready for the adventure.

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