Posts Tagged ‘dreamforce’

Today at Dreamforce, Rob Shilston, director of engineering at the Financial Times, walked us through what they are doing to set themselves up for the future and how Salesforce and Heroku enable them to do it. He showed us an issue of the Financial Times and then continued to show the paper over 100 years. […]

One of the most exciting announcements at Dreamforce this year is Salesforce’s newly designed UI for Sales. Dubbed the “Lightning Experience,” the new UI offers a number of improvements and features that will have a Sales user smiling from ear to ear. Lightning Experience comes packed with new features focusing on the Sales team’s productivity and […]

At Dreamforce 2015, Anthony Morris of Salesforce walked through what’s changing in the digital banking world.  He also highlighted some disruptors and interviewed two innovators: GE Money and Webster Bank. Key statement: “Banking is mandatory. Banks are not.” “Banks must adapt or die in a digital world” – Financial Times August 2015 The whole banking […]

Dreamforce 2015 is off to a great start. I just attended my first session of the week where I had the chance to hear Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and AstraZeneca talk about how their enterprise social networks are transforming how they work as companies and how they retain top talent. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt integrated Chatter on top of an […]

Today at Dreamforce 2015, James Ferguson and Jim Rivera, product managers for the Salesforce App Cloud (Platform), gave a tour of what’s new for the app cloud platform and a peak at where they are placing their biggest bets for the coming year. From security to performance to mobile services, Salesforce App Cloud continues to power […]

Back by popular demand, Perficient will be partnering with Salesforce to host the 2nd annual IPO Readiness Roundtables Luncheon at Dreamforce 2015.  Preparing for an IPO is no easy feat. That process typically runs parallel with the routine demands of building and managing a high-growth business. This exclusive event is designed for IT and operations folks at […]

Dreamforce is just 21 days away and we’re excited to return to San Francisco to make it a great success for our customers and the Salesforce community – so get ready to be inspired! Head over to our Dreamforce page to learn how you can connect with us, access exclusive Dreamforce content, attend one of our sessions, and most […]

We are proud to announce that Perficient, a Platinum Cloud Alliance Partner, has been recognized as a Fullforce Service Cloud Master, a program recognizing Salesforce partners with proven expertise delivering industry and cloud-specific services and solutions for customers. Perficient was selected to join this elite program based on its proven customer service expertise and excellent client track record […]

For those that weren’t lucky enough to attend this year’s Dreamforce conference – check out this great session we co-presented with our client, Constant Contact, on their implementation of Community Cloud. The video clocks in at about 35 minutes but with best practices on migrating from portals, screenshots of a real community, and some great lessons […]

This year’s Dreamforce was filled with a ton of sessions, interesting demonstrations and exciting announcements.  But, for me, there was one speaker who was particularly interesting and that was Hall of Fame former 49er quarterback, Joe Montana.  Maybe he was so interesting to me because I grew up in a family of San Francisco natives […]

Microsoft and Salesforce has made significant progress to their strategic partnership announced in May. They unveiled new joint solutions—including Salesforce1 for Windows, Salesforce for Office, and Power BI for Office 365 and Excel integrations with Salesforce—at Dreamforce 2014.  The companies disclosed that in early 2015, they will release a Salesforce1 app for Windows Phone. Alongside, […]

Why community cloud? Communities are proliferating at a high rate. Yelp originates 200,000 calls to businesses. 78M bike rides are shared via Strava. 94% of recruiters use LinkedIn to vet new candidates. But most businesses are not connected today. We have Portals disconnected from the public website or social networks. Salesforce’s Community Cloud offers a […]