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Migrating from Zoho to Salesforce
03Jun

Migrating from Zoho to Salesforce

Migrating from Zoho to Salesforce is a major undertaking that can significantly enhance a business’s CRM processes as it scales. To ensure a smooth transition, careful planning, data preparation, and execution are essential for accurate and efficient data transfer. In this guide, we’ll outline a step-by-step approach to migrating from Zoho to Salesforce, covering everything from pre-migration planning to post-migration follow-up. Step 1: Pre-Migration Planning 1. Evaluate Your Business RequirementsBegin by assessing your current and future CRM needs. Identify critical functionalities in Zoho that you depend on and determine which Salesforce features will either replace or enhance them. Consider: This evaluation ensures that Salesforce is configured to align with your business processes during the migration. 2. Assign a Project TeamForming a dedicated project team is crucial for a successful migration. Include stakeholders from various departments, designate a project manager to oversee the migration, and enlist CRM specialists familiar with both Zoho and Salesforce. You might also consider hiring a certified Salesforce consultant or partner to assist with technical aspects. 3. Backup Your DataBefore starting the migration, back up your data from Zoho. Export all relevant information, including: This backup ensures you have a complete copy in case any issues arise during the migration. Step 2: Preparing Salesforce for Migration 1. Customize Salesforce to Fit Your NeedsNow is the time to tailor Salesforce to reflect your existing business processes. Review the custom fields, objects, workflows, and automations in Zoho, replicating or enhancing them in Salesforce. Salesforce’s high customization level allows you to optimize your CRM for your team’s specific needs. 2. Set Up IntegrationsIf you’ve been using third-party tools integrated with Zoho, establish the corresponding integrations in Salesforce. The Salesforce AppExchange offers a range of integrations, from email marketing platforms to accounting systems. Ensure the necessary tools are connected before migrating your data. Step 3: Data Migration 1. Map Data FieldsTo facilitate accurate data transfer between Zoho and Salesforce, map your Zoho data fields to their Salesforce counterparts. For instance, “Account Name” in Zoho should correspond to “Account” in Salesforce. Create equivalent custom fields in Salesforce if they exist in Zoho. 2. Cleanse Your DataData cleansing is vital to ensure only relevant, accurate, and up-to-date information is migrated. Remove duplicates, outdated contacts, and incorrect data from Zoho. This step streamlines the migration process and enhances the quality of your Salesforce database. 3. Choose a Migration ToolSelect an appropriate tool for migrating data between CRMs, such as: Depending on your data’s complexity, choose a tool that provides additional support, such as mapping or automation features. 4. Perform a Test MigrationConduct a test migration using a subset of your data before proceeding with the full migration. This allows you to verify that everything transfers correctly and identify any issues with data formatting, relationships between objects, or custom fields. Adjust your mapping and migration processes based on the test results. Step 4: Full Data Migration Once you’re satisfied with the test migration results, proceed with the complete data migration from Zoho to Salesforce. This process may take time, depending on your data’s size and complexity, so plan for downtime or staggered migrations to minimize disruptions to your team’s workflow. Step 5: Post-Migration Setup and Testing 1. Validate Your DataAfter the full migration, verify that all data has been transferred accurately. Check for discrepancies between Zoho and Salesforce records, ensuring that relationships (e.g., contacts linked to accounts) remain intact. 2. Recreate Automation and WorkflowsRe-establish any automations, workflows, or triggers that were functioning in Zoho within Salesforce. Utilize Salesforce’s automation tools, like Process Builder or Flow, to replicate these processes. Adjust them as necessary to leverage Salesforce’s advanced capabilities. 3. Train Your TeamSuccessful migration extends beyond data transfer; it’s crucial to ensure your team is equipped to use Salesforce effectively. Conduct training sessions focused on new features and workflows, providing documentation or cheat sheets to facilitate adjustment. 4. Monitor System PerformancePost-migration, monitor your Salesforce instance for any performance issues or data inconsistencies. Make necessary adjustments and ensure that integrations are functioning as expected. Step 6: Post-Migration Follow-Up 1. Run Parallel OperationsConsider operating both systems in parallel for a brief period to confirm Salesforce is fully functional before phasing out Zoho. This allows your team to continue using Zoho if critical issues arise in Salesforce during the transition. 2. Optimize Your Salesforce InstanceOver time, identify opportunities to further customize and optimize Salesforce to meet your evolving needs. Regularly review workflows, automations, and reporting to fully utilize Salesforce’s advanced features. Who Should You Work With A successful migration from Zoho to Salesforce involves key stakeholders from various departments to ensure the new CRM setup aligns with company processes. Typical Migration Timelines The duration of a Zoho to Salesforce migration typically depends on your data’s complexity and the required customizations. For smaller businesses with straightforward CRM setups, the process may take 4 to 6 weeks, encompassing planning, data mapping, testing, and training. However, larger organizations with extensive custom fields, workflows, and third-party integrations may require 3 to 6 months. Allow ample time for thorough testing and validation to ensure data accuracy and system functionality before going live. User training and post-migration follow-up are also critical for a smooth transition. Conclusion Migrating from Zoho to Salesforce is a growth step in enhancing your company’s CRM capabilities and positioning it for future growth. By meticulously planning your migration, cleansing your data, and configuring Salesforce to meet your business requirements, you can facilitate a smooth transition and leverage Salesforce’s powerful features from day one. With the right preparation and support, your business will be well-equipped to scale, streamline operations, and achieve long-term success using Salesforce. If you need assistance with your migration, don’t hesitate to contact Tectonic for a quote. Content updated September 2024. Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented

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June 3, 2023in Data, Mulesoft, Salesforce
Salesforce Data Cloud
15May

Salesforce Data Cloud Explained

Salesforce Data Cloud, previously recognized as Salesforce CDP/Genie, made its debut at Dreamforce 2022, hailed by Salesforce as one of the most significant innovations in the company’s history. A hyperscale data platform built into Salesforce. Activate all your customer data across Salesforce applications with Data Cloud. Data Cloud facilitates the intake and storage of real-time data streams on a massive scale, empowering automated tasks that result in highly personalized experiences. Data can be sourced from diverse Salesforce data outlets, including Mulesoft, Marketing Cloud, and others, along with customers’ proprietary applications and data sources. Subsequently, it can dynamically respond to this real-time data by automating actions across Salesforce CRM, Marketing Cloud, Commerce, and more, inclusive of automating actions through Salesforce Flow. What is the Salesforce data cloud? Data Cloud is the fastest growing organically built product in Salesforce’s history (i.e. Salesforce built it themselves, not via acquisitions). Data Cloud could be described as the ‘Holy Grail of CRM’, meaning that the data problem that’s existed since the infancy of CRM is now finally solvable. Data Cloud is the foundation that speeds up the connectivity between different ‘clouds’ across the platform. However, Data Cloud is also a product that can be purchased. While not all Salesforce customers have licensed Data Cloud, being at the foundation means they are still taking advantage of Data Cloud to a degree – but this all becomes even stronger with Data Cloud as a personalization and data unification platform. What is the history of Data Cloud? Salesforce has gone through several iterations with naming its CDP product: Customer 360 Audiences → Salesforce CDP → Marketing Cloud Customer Data Platform → Salesforce Genie → Salesforce Data Cloud.  In some instances, changes were made because the name just didn’t stick – but what’s more important to note, is that some of the name changes were to indicate the significant developments that happened to the product. Salesforce Data Cloud Differentiators Data Cloud, in itself, is impressive. While many organizations would consider it expensive, if you were to flip the argument on its head, by buying your own data warehouse, building the star schema, and paying for ongoing compute storage, you’d be looking to spend 5 to 10 times more than what Salesforce is charging for Data Cloud. Plus, data harmonization works best when your CRM data is front and center. There are other key differentiators that helps Data Cloud to stand out from the crowd: Is data cloud a data lakehouse? That means that Data Cloud is now not just a really good CDP, it’s now a data lake which will be used in sales and service use cases. But it also means that we can start to fundamentally move some of our higher-scale consumer products like Marketing and Commerce onto the platform. Is Snowflake a data Lakehouse? Snowflake offers customers the ability to ingest data to a managed repository, in what’s commonly referred to as a data warehouse architecture, but also gives customers the ability to read and write data in cloud object storage, functioning as a data lake query engine. What is the benefit of Salesforce data cloud? Data Cloud empowers Salesforce Sales Cloud with AI capabilities and automation that quickly closes deals and boosts productivity across every channel. It drives customer data from all the touchpoints and unifies it separately in individual customer profiles.  Salesforce Data Cloud is a powerful data warehouse solution that allows companies to effectively manage and analyze their data. What is the difference between Salesforce CDP and data lake? Talking abut Salesforce CDP is a little bit like a history lesson. While a CDP provides a unified, structured view of customer data, a data lake, on the other hand, is more of a raw, unstructured storage repository that holds a vast amount of data (more than just customer data) in its native format until it’s needed. Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

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May 15, 2023in Mulesoft, Salesforce Data Cloud, Salesforce Einstein, Salesforce Implementation Services
AI Drives Insights
07Apr

AI Drives Insights

Innovations from Salesforce, HubSpot, and One AI are driving deeper insights and streamlining processes. Key Takeaways: AI is transforming the way businesses operate, and customer relationship management (CRM) is no exception. AI has been influencing the CRM space for years, but its impact is now reaching new heights. By harnessing AI algorithms, modern CRM systems offer predictive analytics and deeper insights, enabling brands to understand their customers on an unprecedented level. Advanced AI-enabled CRMs even incorporate sentiment analysis to gauge customer perceptions and provide automation tools to free marketers from mundane tasks. The global AI market, currently valued at $142.3 billion, continues to expand rapidly. From 2020 to 2022, annual corporate investments in AI startups increased by $5 billion, reflecting the growing demand for AI-driven innovations. As CRM vendors introduce more AI capabilities, it’s important to understand the unique approaches each one takes to differentiate themselves and deliver specific benefits. Salesforce and Einstein GPT: A New Era with OpenAI’s ChatGPT On March 7, 2023, Salesforce introduced Einstein GPT, a generative AI technology integrated into its CRM platform. Combining real-time data from Salesforce’s Data Cloud with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Einstein GPT allows users to input natural-language prompts to streamline tasks and decision-making. Salesforce has long invested in AI. In 2017, it launched its Einstein AI as part of Service Cloud. By 2019, Salesforce had partnered with OpenAI to explore AI research and integrate advanced models into its ecosystem. The acquisition of Slack in 2020 further strengthened its AI capabilities by incorporating advanced messaging and communication tools into the CRM environment. Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, highlighted the significance of AI’s growth: “The world is experiencing one of the most profound technological shifts with real-time technologies and generative AI. This comes at a pivotal moment as every company is focused on connecting with their customers in more intelligent, automated, and personalized ways.” Einstein GPT is set to transform customer engagement, with applications across Salesforce’s various platforms, including Tableau, MuleSoft, and Slack. HubSpot CRM: AI-Powered Content Assistant A day before Salesforce’s AI announcement, HubSpot revealed its own AI-powered features: the Content Assistant and ChatSpot.ai. These tools aim to enhance CRM users’ productivity while creating stronger connections with customers. HubSpot’s Content Assistant helps marketing and sales teams ideate, create, and share content through generative AI capabilities. It can suggest blog titles, create content outlines, and assist with crafting content for blogs, emails, landing pages, and websites. ChatSpot.ai, on the other hand, offers a natural-language chat experience to simplify CRM tasks for HubSpot users. HubSpot has also invested in AI for other functions, including conversation intelligence, data enrichment, predictive analytics, and content optimization, solidifying its position in the AI-driven CRM landscape. With AI advancements from companies like Salesforce, HubSpot, and One AI, the future of CRM is poised for enhanced efficiency, automation, and personalized customer interactions. Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

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April 7, 2023in Generative AI, Mulesoft, Salesforce
MuleSoft Robotic Process Automation
03Mar

MuleSoft Robotic Process Automation

MuleSoft Robotic Process Automation (RPA) MuleSoft Robotic Process Automation (RPA) empowers organizations to automate business processes and tasks using bots, streamlining operations and minimizing human errors. Fully integrated with Salesforce Clouds, MuleSoft RPA enables admins, business teams, and developers to leverage robotic process automation technology, facilitating end-to-end workflow automation. Key Features and Capabilities Benefits of MuleSoft RPA Common Use Cases MuleSoft RPA Development Lifecycle Comprehensive Applications for Managing the Development Lifecycle Installation and Comparison Enhanced Efficiency and Productivity By automating data extraction and entry, reducing errors, and improving productivity, MuleSoft RPA significantly enhances operational efficiency. This allows human operators to focus on more complex and strategic tasks, driving overall organizational success. Like1 Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

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March 3, 2023in Mulesoft
Explore Salesforce Experience Cloud
04Feb

Explore Salesforce Experience Cloud

Empowering Businesses with Exceptional Salesforce Cloud Solutions Explore the transformative work we have done for our clients with Salesforce Experience Cloud, showcasing some of the exceptional solutions we have implemented. Through our strategic initiatives, we have enabled organizations across various industries to leverage the full potential of Salesforce Clouds to enhance user engagement, streamline operations, and achieve significant business growth. Our success stories reflect the diverse challenges our clients faced and the optimized solutions we provided to address them. For instance, by revamping an recruiting portal for a prominent American government agency, we reduced issues related to recruting, onboarding, and retaining talent. Tectonic’s approach incorporates the latest Salesforce technologies, such as Lightning Web Components, Service Cloud, and Experience Cloud, to deliver high-performing, scalable solutions. From improving partner portals for better partner support to transforming community portals for enhanced user experience, our solutions are designed to meet specific client needs while ensuring long-term adaptability and success. Manufacturing – Experience Cloud Case Study Public Sector – Experience Cloud and Grants Management Case Study Manufacturing – Sales, Service, Marketing, and Partner Community Case Study Manufacturing – Sales, Service, Marketing and Experience Cloud Case Study Branded Solutions Manufacturing – Sales, Service, and Experience Cloud Case Study Nonprofit Hospitality – Service and Experience Cloud Case Study Tribal Government – Health, Marketing, MuleSoft, and Experience Cloud Case Study Restaurant – Sales, Service, and Experience Cloud Case Study Federal Government – Nonprofit Talent Acquisition Experience Cloud Case Study Higher Education Software – Sales, Service and Experience Cloud Case Study Salesforce Partner Portals Built on Salesforce Experience Cloud Explore all Tectonic Salesforce Implementation Solutions Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

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February 4, 2023in Mulesoft, Salesforce Experience Cloud
ChatGPT and Einstein GPT
08Nov

ChatGPT and Einstein GPT

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been rapidly advancing globally, with breakthroughs captivating professionals across various sectors. One milestone that has gained significant attention is the emergence of ChatGPT, a cutting-edge language model revolutionizing the tech landscape. This development has profoundly impacted businesses relying on Salesforce for their customer relationship management (CRM) needs. In March 2023, Salesforce unveiled its latest AI innovation, Einstein GPT, promising to transform how companies engage with their clientele. In this article, we explore what Salesforce Einstein GPT entails and how it can benefit teams across diverse industries. When OpenAI introduced ChatGPT in November 2022, they didn’t expect the overwhelming response it received. Initially positioned as a “research preview,” this AI chatbot aimed to refine existing technology while soliciting feedback from users. However, ChatGPT quickly became a viral sensation, surpassing OpenAI’s expectations and prompting them to adapt to its newfound popularity. Developed on the foundation of the GPT-3.5 language model, ChatGPT was specifically tailored to facilitate engaging and accessible conversations, distinguishing it from its predecessors. Its launch attracted a diverse user base keen to explore its capabilities, prompting OpenAI to prioritize addressing potential misuse and enhancing its safety features. As ChatGPT gained traction, it caught the attention of Salesforce, a leading CRM provider. In March 2023, Salesforce unveiled Einstein GPT, its own AI innovation, poised to transform customer engagement. Built on the GPT-3 architecture and seamlessly integrated into Salesforce Clouds, Einstein GPT promised to revolutionize how businesses interact with their clientele. Einstein GPT boasts a range of features designed to personalize customer experiences and streamline workflows. From generating natural language responses to crafting personalized content and automating tasks, Einstein GPT offers versatility and value across industries. By leveraging both Einstein AI and GPT technology, businesses can unlock unprecedented efficiency and deliver superior customer experiences. Despite its success, OpenAI acknowledges the need for ongoing refinement and vigilance, emphasizing the importance of responsible deployment and transparency in the development of AI technology. Exploring Einstein GPT Salesforce presents Einstein GPT as the premier generative AI tool for CRM worldwide. Utilizing the advanced GPT-3 architecture, Einstein GPT seamlessly integrates into all Salesforce Clouds, including Tableau, MuleSoft, and Slack. This groundbreaking technology empowers users to generate natural language responses to customer inquiries, craft personalized content, and compose entire email messages on behalf of sales personnel. With its high degree of customization, Einstein GPT can be finely tuned to meet the specific needs of various industries, use cases, and customer requirements, delivering significant value to businesses of all sizes and sectors. Objectives of Salesforce AI Einstein GPT Salesforce AI Einstein GPT is designed to achieve several key objectives: Distinguishing Einstein GPT from Einstein AI Einstein GPT represents the latest evolution of Salesforce’s Einstein artificial intelligence technology. Unlike its predecessors, Einstein GPT integrates proprietary Einstein AI models with ChatGPT and other leading large language models. This integration enables users to interact with CRM data using natural language prompts, resulting in highly personalized, AI-generated content and triggering powerful automations that enhance workflows and productivity. By leveraging both Einstein AI and GPT technology, businesses can achieve unparalleled efficiency and deliver exceptional customer experiences. Features of Einstein GPT in Salesforce CRM Key features and capabilities of Salesforce Einstein chatbot GPT include: Utilizing Einstein GPT for Business Improvement Einstein GPT can be leveraged across various domains to enhance business operations: Integration with Salesforce Data Cloud Salesforce Data Cloud, a cloud-based data management system, enables real-time data aggregation from diverse sources. Einstein GPT utilizes unified customer data profiles from the Salesforce Data Cloud to personalize interactions throughout the customer journey. OpenAI on ChatGPT Methods We trained this model using Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), using the same methods as InstructGPT, but with slight differences in the data collection setup. We trained an initial model using supervised fine-tuning: human AI trainers provided conversations in which they played both sides—the user and an AI assistant. We gave the trainers access to model-written suggestions to help them compose their responses. We mixed this new dialogue dataset with the InstructGPT dataset, which we transformed into a dialogue format. To create a reward model for reinforcement learning, we needed to collect comparison data, which consisted of two or more model responses ranked by quality. To collect this data, we took conversations that AI trainers had with the chatbot. We randomly selected a model-written message, sampled several alternative completions, and had AI trainers rank them. Using these reward models, we can fine-tune the model using Proximal Policy Optimization. We performed several iterations of this process. ChatGPT is fine-tuned from a model in the GPT-3.5 series, which finished training in early 2022. You can learn more about the 3.5 series here. ChatGPT and GPT-3.5 were trained on an Azure AI supercomputing infrastructure. Limitations ChatGPT and Einstein GPT Salesforce Einstein GPT signifies a significant advancement in AI technology, empowering businesses to deliver tailored customer experiences and streamline operations. With its integration into Salesforce CRM and other platforms, Einstein GPT offers unprecedented capabilities for personalized engagement and automated insights, ensuring organizations remain competitive in today’s dynamic market landscape. When OpenAI quietly launched ChatGPT in late November 2022, the San Francisco-based AI company didn’t anticipate the viral sensation it would become. Initially viewed as a “research preview,” it was meant to showcase a refined version of existing technology while gathering feedback from the public to address its flaws. However, the overwhelming success of ChatGPT caught OpenAI off guard, leading to a scramble to capitalize on its newfound popularity. ChatGPT, based on the GPT-3.5 language model, was fine-tuned to be more conversational and accessible, setting it apart from previous iterations. Its release marked a significant milestone, attracting millions of users eager to test its capabilities. OpenAI quickly realized the need to address potential misuse and improve the model’s safety features. Since its launch, ChatGPT has undergone several updates, including the implementation of adversarial training to prevent users from exploiting it (known as “jailbreaking”). This technique involves pitting multiple chatbots against each other to identify and neutralize malicious behavior. Additionally,

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November 8, 2022in Generative AI, Mulesoft, Salesforce, Salesforce Data Cloud, Salesforce Einstein
Salesforce Genie Announced
19Oct

Salesforce Genie Announced

Salesforce Genie announced this year is an innovative data platform recently unveiled at Dreamforce 2022, heralding the world’s first real-time CRM. Genie is the driving force behind Salesforce’s entire Customer 360 platform, delivering hyper-scale, real-time data capabilities. With Genie, any business can harness the power of data to create magical customer experiences, offering seamless, personalized interactions across sales, service, marketing, and commerce. It adapts effortlessly to evolving customer needs. Consider scenarios we encounter daily: the frustration of lengthy customer support calls navigating purchase history, or the challenge of locating specific items on cluttered e-commerce websites. These situations underscore the demand for real-time updates in every customer interaction, a demand that Genie aims to fulfill. In the last 12 hours alone, the volume of stored customer data worldwide has doubled, explaining the delays in customer support. However, with Salesforce Genie, businesses can make sense of their data regardless of source, system, or channel. This unified data drives unprecedented levels of personalization, akin to magic. Salesforce Genie’s Key Features: Genie is pivotal for various industries leveraging Salesforce, like banks managing vast customer records and administrative tasks. Salesforce aims to enhance data utilization without altering existing approaches. Comparison with Salesforce CDP: Genie transcends traditional Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) by: How Genie Works: Genie ingests and stores real-time data streams at scale, integrating them seamlessly with Salesforce data. It consolidates data from diverse channels, legacy systems via MuleSoft, and proprietary data lakes through connectors. Core Pillars of Salesforce Genie: Salesforce Genie’s Extensibility: Genie partners with leading data providers such as Snowflake and Amazon SageMaker, enabling seamless integration and real-time data sharing without data movement. Unified Customer 360 Use Cases: Genie unifies data across Salesforce’s Customer 360 products for various departments: In essence, Salesforce Genie revolutionizes data integration and utilization, enabling businesses to deliver unparalleled customer experiences across all touchpoints. Like1 Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

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October 19, 2022in Hyperforce, Mulesoft, Salesforce, Salesforce Data Cloud, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce Optimization, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Slack, Snowflake
Salesforce Data Cloud
18Oct

What Does Salesforce Data Cloud Do?

Salesforce Data Cloud, formerly known as Salesforce CDP, has rapidly become Salesforce’s fastest-growing, organically-developed product. To understand the vision for Data Cloud, it’s essential to understand the foundational capabilities of CDPs. Salesforce CDP, now part of Data Cloud, has been delivering the following: Customer Disparate Data Consider the typical customer, leaving a robust data trail encompassing engagement data (interactions with marketing journeys, ads, mobile apps) and insight data derived from engagement (won revenue, purchase intent, privacy management). Data Cloud is the foundation that speeds up the connectivity between different ‘clouds’ across the platform. Data Cloud uses all this data normalized for understanding to power your Salesforce ecosystem. Use Data Cloud to create personalized, real-time experiences across Salesforce and beyond. Connect your data sources and define their relationship in Data Cloud. Learn the benefits of using data spaces in Data Cloud. A data space is a logical partition to organize your data for profile unification, insights, and marketing data. A data cloud gives you an infrastructure for efficient data management across multiple systems at any scale. You can ensure data is available to anyone who needs it without compromising data integrity or security. By providing a 360-degree view of the customer lifecycle, Salesforce Data Cloud enables businesses to understand their customers like never before. This comprehensive view is the key to unlocking personalized experiences that resonate with customers on a deeper level, fostering loyalty and driving business growth. Data Cloud shares the purpose and benefits that CDPs deliver – but goes beyond the traditional definition of CDP: Beyond marketing use cases: CDPs are typically targeted at marketers. Data Cloud unifies data for use across all Customer 360 products, and therefore, the myriad of use cases every department will have. Like1 Related Posts Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more Top Ten Reasons Why Tectonic Loves the Cloud The Cloud is Good for Everyone – Why Tectonic loves the cloud You don’t need to worry about tracking licenses. Read more CRM Cloud Salesforce What is a CRM Cloud Salesforce? Salesforce Service Cloud is a customer relationship management (CRM) platform for Salesforce clients to Read more How Travel Companies Are Using Big Data and Analytics In today’s hyper-competitive business world, travel and hospitality consumers have more choices than ever before. With hundreds of hotel chains Read more

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October 18, 2022in Mulesoft, Salesforce Managed Services
MuleSoft Direct for Industry Cloud
17Oct

Announcing MuleSoft Direct for Salesforce Industry Clouds

MuleSoft provides the easy-to-use tools you need to automate your way to higher productivity and lower costs.  Announcing MuleSoft Direct for Salesforce Industry Clouds! Salesforce and MuleSoft have introduced a groundbreaking connectivity solution, MuleSoft Direct for Industry Clouds, designed to expedite project delivery and foster innovation within specific industries. This solution empowers both business and IT professionals to swiftly implement industry-standard integration use cases, enhancing critical business operations. The initial rollout of MuleSoft is now accessible for Salesforce Communications Cloud and Energy & Utilities Cloud. Key Significance: In the post-pandemic landscape, the demand for quicker and more efficient project delivery is paramount. Industries face increased pressure to adopt interoperability standards such as Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN), and TeleManagement Forum (TM Forum). MuleSoft Direct for Industry Clouds addresses these demands by delivering turnkey connectivity solutions tailored for specific industries, streamlining the integration of systems and data. Leverage pre-built solutions in industry standard for business critical operations to accelerate time to value. Innovation Highlights: With MuleSoft Direct, industry-leading connectivity is accelerated in the following ways: MuleSoft Direct for Salesforce Industry Clouds MuleSoft Direct simplifies connectivity by offering pre-built industry-specific use cases that cater to unique and complex business requirements. Use cases for Communications and Energy & Utilities include validating addresses and services during quoting and ordering, submitting new orders to order management systems, and streamlining billing processes. Future Steps: MuleSoft Direct solutions are set to expand to Health Cloud and Financial Services Cloud in the coming year, addressing integration needs related to Prior Authorization and fee reversals. There are plans to onboard additional industries in the future. Perspective from Salesforce and MuleSoft: “MuleSoft helps you automate any system and connect to any data, anywhere,” emphasizing the embedding of modern, industry-compliant connectivity and automation into industry clouds. Liam Doyle, SVP, Product Management, Mulesoft Jujhar Singh, EVP & GTM, Salesforce Industries, emphasized the significance of MuleSoft Direct in accelerating the implementation of industry cloud solutions, pre-building and packaging critical connectivity use cases to hasten customers’ time to value. Connectivity made easy for… Health Cloud Speed up Prior Authorization and power patient 360 initiatives with FHIR integrations directly in Health Cloud. Financial Services Cloud Modernize legacy systems to deliver digital-first experiences with BIAN integrations directly in Financial Services Cloud. Communications Cloud Streamline service and order operations with TM Forum integrations directly in Communications Cloud. Energy & Utilities Cloud Expedite key service processes with packaged billing and pricing integrations directly in Energy & Utilities Cloud. Consumer Goods Cloud Implement key initiatives like trade promotion management faster with pre-built integrations directly in Consumer Goods Cloud. Media Cloud Enhance key media & entertainment operations with pre-built integrations directly in Media Cloud. If you’re a beginner in data integration tools, this could be a reason why Mulesoft may not be right for you. It has a vast number of integrations and capabilities that can make it difficult for beginners to use. Contact Tectonic today for assistance. Content updated January 2024. Like1 Related Posts Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more Salesforce Government Cloud: Ensuring Compliance and Security Salesforce Government Cloud public sector solutions offer dedicated instances known as Government Cloud Plus and Government Cloud Plus – Defense. Read more PII Explained Personal Identifiable Information (PII) is defined as: Any representation of information that permits the identity of an individual to whom Read more Integration of Salesforce Sales Cloud to Google Analytics 360 Announced In November 2017, Google unveiled a groundbreaking partnership with Salesforce, outlining their commitment to develop innovative integrations between Google Analytics Read more

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October 17, 2022in Mulesoft, Salesforce Automotive Cloud, Salesforce Communications Cloud, Salesforce Financial Services Solutions, Salesforce Health and Life Sciences Solutions, Salesforce Health Cloud, Salesforce Manufacturing Automotive Energy
Salesforce Genie
20Sep

Salesforce Announces Genie

San Francisco – September 20, 2022 – Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, today unveiled Salesforce Genie, a hyperscale real-time data platform that powers the entire Salesforce Customer 360 platform. With Genie, every company can turn data into customer magic, delivering seamless, highly personalized experiences across sales, service, marketing, and commerce that continuously adapt to changing customer information and needs in real time. Today, 71% of customers expect every interaction with a business to be personalized. However, data remains siloed and duplicative across most companies. Companies on average have 976 separate applications to run their business — that’s potentially 976 versions of a single customer, leading to disconnected digital experiences. Responding to customer needs in real time is more critical than ever, but is becoming more challenging as the amount of data created, captured, replicated, and consumed each year is expected to more than double by 2026. Companies must seamlessly connect digital and real-world customer interactions in order to provide the most relevant, personalized, and compelling experiences, in every moment. A sales rep can no longer rely on in-person communication to close a large deal — reps need real-time insights about every customer, based on real-time and historical data, to act on the most relevant information in the moment, every time. A service agent runs the risk of losing a valuable customer if they lack a complete, real-time view across every touchpoint — every agent needs a source of real-time customer truth. With real-time patient data, healthcare providers can deliver proactive guidance and care recommendations.  “Genie makes every part of Customer 360 more automated, intelligent, and real time.” DAVID SCHMAIER, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER, SALESFORCE “Every business leader wants to take advantage of real-time data to create compelling, personalized customer experiences — milliseconds matter in this new digital-first world,” said David Schmaier, President and Chief Product Officer, Salesforce. “That’s why we built Genie, our most significant innovation ever on the Salesforce Platform. Genie makes every part of Customer 360 more automated, intelligent, and real time.” Salesforce Genie: Unify data to build a real-time customer graph and single source of truth As the heart of real-time Customer 360, Salesforce Genie ingests and stores real-time data streams at massive scale and combines it with Salesforce transactional data. Genie includes built-in connectors that bring in data from every channel (mobile, web, APIs), legacy data through MuleSoft, and historical data from proprietary data lakes. Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

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September 20, 2022in Mulesoft, Salesforce, Salesforce Einstein
Salesforce Genie
08Sep

CDP Genie

Unlocking the Potential of Salesforce Genie (formerly known as Marketing Cloud Customer Data Platform or Salesforce CDP) The significance of data in today’s business world cannot be overstated. From tailoring information to catering to a user’s specific interests to suggesting products/services based on recent purchases, data has transformed industries across diverse sectors. Yet, the challenge lies in collecting pertinent data, and even if achieved, consolidating data sources for a unified view of a customer is paramount. Enter Salesforce Genie (CDP Genie), a tool designed to store real-time data across channels, systems, and streams at a massive scale, seamlessly integrating it into both internal and external product portfolios. Regarded as a groundbreaking innovation among Salesforce products, Salesforce Genie merges and purges user information from various applications into a unified source. It seamlessly integrates with Salesforce Customer 360 platform products, empowering organizations to deliver cohesive customer experiences across channels. Understanding Salesforce Customer Data Platform (CDP): Before delving into Salesforce Genie, it’s crucial to understand its foundation, Salesforce Customer Data Platform (CDP). Salesforce Genie has evolved from Salesforce CDP, which is still actively used. Both platforms are distinct, and the subsequent sections will elaborate on their differences. Salesforce Genie: Formerly known as Salesforce Marketing Cloud Customer Data Platform (CDP), this tool experienced rapid organic growth. Similar to other Customer Data Platforms (CDPs), Salesforce Customer Data Platform creates a single source of truth for a user’s profile across various touchpoints. The key attributes shared by Salesforce Genie and CDP include: Key Features of Salesforce Customer Data Platform: Salesforce Genie was introduced at Dreamforce 2022 to address the siloed environment of data resulting from Salesforce’s many product acquisitions. Serving as a common layer between tools, especially CRM, marketing, and services, Genie delivers a unified customer view across Salesforce Customer 360 platforms at great speed and scale. It surpasses the capabilities of a simple customer data platform: Salesforce Genie vs Salesforce CDP: Key Differences: The Science Behind Salesforce Genie: When integrated into Salesforce Customer 360, Genie facilitates real-time data storage and processing across all connected systems. Utilizing Salesforce Flow, Einstein AI, Genie Hyperscale Data Platform, and Hyperforce, Genie enables seamless data access, automation, analytics, and data security. Getting Started with Salesforce Genie or Salesforce CDP Data Model: Organizations can leverage either Salesforce Genie or Salesforce CDP based on their unique business needs. As a certified Salesforce Partner, Tectonic can offer expertise in evaluating and implementing these platforms. Reach out to our Salesforce Genie consultants for in-depth discussions on the tool and its implementation. Like2 Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

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September 8, 2022in Mulesoft, Salesforce Implementation Services
Salesforce Genie
06Sep

Service Genie

Leveraging Salesforce Service Cloud data, Service Genie delivers real-time, personalized customer experiences. Service Genie Unveiled: Revolutionizing Customer Experiences While Service Genie operates within the Salesforce ecosystem, one must distinguish it from other tools dubbed as service genies that are not affiliated with Salesforce. Service Genie, leveraging Salesforce Service Cloud data, is a real-time solution dedicated to providing personalized customer experiences by dynamically integrating data resources and swiftly resolving issues. Salesforce Genie: A Real-Time Platform for Customer Magic Salesforce Genie serves as the real-time platform for customer magic, offering answers to fundamental questions about its functionality. By harmonizing constantly updated data at the millisecond level, it empowers teams to meet customers precisely where they are, ushering in a new era of engagement. Real-Time Expectations and Data Integration In a world where real-time connectivity is expected, Salesforce Genie steps in to make sense of the vast amount of customer data available, doubling globally every 12 hours. The tool seamlessly integrates data from diverse systems, channels, and data streams into a unified customer profile record. This real-time profile becomes the catalyst for unprecedented levels of personalization, akin to magic. Business Impact Scenarios Salesforce Genie significantly improves the customer experience, as illustrated by various scenarios. From preventing unauthorized credit card transactions to automatically pausing marketing interactions during customer service issues, the tool ensures timely and relevant responses. Whether adjusting website offers or providing urgent healthcare guidance, Salesforce Genie proves instrumental in diverse industries. Not Just a Customer Data Platform (CDP) While resembling a customer data platform (CDP), Salesforce Genie goes beyond by funneling an almost infinite amount of dynamic data to Customer 360 in real-time. This continuous update ensures that customer data reflects interactions across various touch points faster than ever. Salesforce Genie supports marketing, sales, service, commerce, data analytics through Tableau, MuleSoft integration, and more. Innovations in Real-Time Connectivity Salesforce Genie stands out with two major innovations. Firstly, its real-time nature collects and unifies data in milliseconds, enabling instant brand actions based on current customer activities. Secondly, it empowers all teams, spanning sales, service, marketing, and commerce, to adapt experiences in real-time to customer dynamics. How Salesforce Genie Works Part of the Salesforce Platform, Salesforce Genie complements the existing transactional database by handling massive volumes of real-time data. It leverages the Customer Graph data models to harmonize diverse data streams into a single customer profile. With lake house architecture, Genie efficiently categorizes and classifies unstructured data, providing a holistic view of the customer. Data Ethics and Security Salesforce Genie prioritizes privacy and data ethics, incorporating consent management and policy automation. The platform is designed in collaboration with the Office of Ethical and Humane Use of Technology to adhere to best practices. The Salesforce Platform adds an extra layer of data policy management, ensuring customers’ data safety and regulatory compliance globally. Service Cloud Genie: Elevating Customer Service The release of Service Cloud Genie signifies a revamped platform architecture, addressing the evolving demands and challenges faced by customer service teams. With features such as Frontline Service, Automated Case Resolution, and WhatsApp-First Business Messaging, Service Cloud Genie maximizes efficiency, automation, and intelligence to deliver exceptional customer service. Tectonic is please to announce Salesforce Service Cloud Implementation Solutions. Like1 Related Posts Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more CRM Cloud Salesforce What is a CRM Cloud Salesforce? Salesforce Service Cloud is a customer relationship management (CRM) platform for Salesforce clients to Read more Salesforce Inbox Explained Salesforce Inbox explained. Enhance the productivity of sales reps with Inbox features, enabling efficient management of every email message, whether Read more Overlooked Costs of a Salesforce Implementation Let’s look at some frequently overlooked Salesforce costs. The goal is to provide businesses and decision-makers with a comprehensive understanding Read more

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September 6, 2022in Mulesoft, Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce Data Cloud
01Sep

Data Cloud from Salesforce

What is the data cloud in Salesforce? A hyperscale data platform built into Salesforce. Activate all your customer data across Salesforce applications with Salesforce Data Cloud, formerly known as Customer Data Platform (or CDP). Empower teams to engage customers, at every touchpoint, with relevant insights and contextual data in the flow of work. What is the benefit of Salesforce data cloud? Your company can feel confident in your customer data, and know that you’re taking the right steps to engage with your customer base across multiple channels.  The team at Tectonic can help you bring value to your wealth of customer data when you leverage Data Cloud. With Salesforce Data Cloud, automation, intelligence, real-time data, and security aren’t just goals; they make up the foundation of the platform. Data Cloud brings the power of automation, analytics, AI, data, and integration together to create a single view of the customer across any cloud. As a team of certified Salesforce experts with years working within all core and industry clouds, analytics, and customizations across all aspects of the platform, Tectonic can help you understand how Data Cloud fits into your customer experience goals, supports revenue growth, and integrates with your existing data models, data sources, and systems such as Snowflake, Tableau, Slack, and MuleSoft. By Implementing Data Cloud, we can enable you to: Are you taking advantage of SFDC Data Cloud’s customer 360 capabilities when it comes to intuitive, fast, efficient customer service? Data Cloud is the fastest growing organically built product in Salesforce’s history (Salesforce built it themselves, not via acquisitions). Data Cloud could be described as the ‘Holy Grail of CRM’, meaning that the data problem that’s existed since the infancy of CRM is now finally solvable. There are some differences between Genie and Data Cloud. Genie offers a zero-data copy architecture, meaning data can be fetched on-demand without duplicating it on the Salesforce platform. This allows for more flexibility and scalability when handling large amounts of customer data. Is Salesforce Data Cloud a data lake? Your data sitting in the data lake benefits from all of the capability of the Salesforce platform just like it does in the transactional side in Oracle. That means that Data Cloud is now not just a really good CDP, it’s now a data lake which will be used in sales and service use cases. Is Data Cloud free? At Dreamforce 2023, Salesforce announced that Data Cloud free licenses are now included for all Enterprise Edition or above customers so customers can become familiar with the new capabilities and develop use case ideas. There’s never been a better time to partner with Tectonic to explore Salesforce Data Cloud for your business. Content updated November 2023. Like2 Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more CRM Cloud Salesforce What is a CRM Cloud Salesforce? Salesforce Service Cloud is a customer relationship management (CRM) platform for Salesforce clients to Read more How Travel Companies Are Using Big Data and Analytics In today’s hyper-competitive business world, travel and hospitality consumers have more choices than ever before. With hundreds of hotel chains Read more

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September 1, 2022in Mulesoft, Salesforce Data Cloud, Salesforce Development Services, Salesforce Implementation Services
Industry Cloud
09Aug

Tectonic’s Salesforce Industry Experience

Tectonic’s Salesforce Industry Experience spans 16+ years of work focused on certain industry areas. Tectonic has worked in all of the following industries implementing and customizing Salesforce: Put Tectonic’s Industry Experience to work for your organization. Our industry and Salesforce expertise will have you up and running in no time. Casino Case Study Government Case Study Healthcare Payer Case Study Tectonic’s Salesforce Industry Experience Implementing Salesforce can be complex. Getting it wrong can be costly. From 5 to 5000 users, across Sales, Service and Marketing clouds, Tectonic has the process and patterns to help you plan, design and implement your solution right the first time. Whether this is your first Salesforce implementation or expansion of users or additional clouds, we can guide you from inception to delivery. Misalignment of your business needs and your system configuration create low adoption and usage rates that erode your Salesforce ROI. Tectonic’s technology professionals use our proven industry expertise and collaborate with business partners to deliver business value. From minor tweaks and retraining to reimplementation, we assess your situation and execute a customized solution to meet your needs. Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

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August 9, 2022in Mulesoft, Salesforce, Salesforce Managed Services
Mulesoft
30Jul

Salesforce Mulesoft Explained

The pivotal acquisition of MuleSoft in 2018 marked a significant achievement for Salesforce, introducing a seamless approach to connecting with any system through an extensive array of pre-built connectors. The Anypoint platform, part of MuleSoft, offers a centralized cloud-based system for managing API connections, executing integrations, and overseeing monitoring and reporting. MuleSoft with its Anypoint platform, is equipped with a broad library of connectors that facilitate integration with Mainframes, ERP systems, and SaaS applications through well-established and templated solutions. Salesforce has recently unveiled Salesforce MuleSoft Composer, a user-friendly and lightweight version designed for administrators that seamlessly integrates within Salesforce. MuleSoft provides a diverse set of tools to build automations and integrations tailored to various enterprise use cases. Its API-led connectivity approach includes three categories of APIs: MuleSoft’s integration platform enables businesses to connect applications, data, and devices, while Salesforce, a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform, focuses on enhancing customer relationships. In the integration process, MuleSoft fetches data from a third-party system, transforms x, y, z data elements, converts the data to JSON, and inserts/upserts it into Salesforce objects. Salesforce then automates further data processing on the saved data, showcasing the synergy between the two platforms in streamlining and optimizing data workflows. Mulesoft will likely be a part of your Salesforce implementation if you are using any legacy or third-party products. Contact Tectonic today to explore Mulesoft for your Salesforce org. Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

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July 30, 2022in Mulesoft

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