There are a few questions every CIO, developer and business user will ask about VMForce:
- What is VMforce?
- Why does it matter to me?
- How will it work?
- Will it help me build new kinds of apps that are social and mobile?
In simple terms, VMforce service will allow every Java developer to write applications that can run in the cloud. VMforce provides out-of-the-box Java deployment in the cloud that is pre-integrated with a relational database, full-text search engine, reporting and analytics, user and identity management., as well as all the services that are needed to build, run, and manage an enterprise-grade business application.
- How much time and money does it take to build applications today in your current environment?
- How can you match the innovation of the Facebook Era and bring it to your enterprise? The Facebook generation is no longer just people just graduated from college but also baby boomers (see this New York Times report).
- Are you able to deliver apps that are social and mobile?
- How much time and money is wasted in kluging together disparate technologies just to get basic features like search and reporting to work?
- What if you could use all your existing in-house Java skill sets but not have to worry about mundane tasks that provide neither business value nor agility?
- Does your application run inside the web browser?
- Does your application allow you to search by any keyword across all data that you are allowed to see?
- Does your application allow you to write a report that aggregates relevant data? Can you create a dashboard yourself?
- Does your application allow you to see your data when you are on an iPhone or a BlackBerry? Can you even connect to your application?
- Does your application have a feed for relevant changes to data that you care about just like Facebook?
- Can you start building your application right away or do you need to first install and fuse together ten different pieces?
- Are you spending more time writing interesting, new applications or more time simply keeping the old ones running?
- Are your OS upgrades, database upgrades, and hardware upgrades managed for you? Or do you have to spend time doing that?
- Are you able to write the business logic of the application and then offer features like search and reporting? Or do you have to cobble it all together?
- Are you using an infrastructure cloud today? If so, does it offer all the services you need to build your apps and does it automatically manage those for you?
- Can you build apps that are mobile and social? How do you do that?
- Are you having fun?
- Search: Ability to search any and all data in your enterprise apps
- Reporting: Ability to create dashboards and run reports, including the ability to modify these reports
- Mobile: Ability to access business data from mobile devices ranging from BlackBerry phones to iPhones
- Integration: Ability to integrate new applications via standard web services with existing applications
- Business Process Management: Ability to visually define business processes and modify them as business needs evolve
- User and Identity Management: Real-world applications have users! You need the capability to add, remove, and manage not just the users but what data and applications they can have access to
- Application Administration: Usually an afterthought, administration is a critical piece once the application is deployed
- Social Profiles: Who are the users in this application so I can work with them?
- Status Updates: What are these users doing? How can I help them and how can they help me?
- Feeds: Beyond user status updates, how can I find the data that I need? How can this data come to me via Push? How can I be alerted if an expense report is approved or a physician is needed in a different room?
- Content Sharing: How can I upload a presentation or a document and instantly share it in a secure and managed manner with the right set of co-workers?
- Register at www.vmforce.com or contact your Salesforce.com or VMware account executive
- Watch these videos to learn more about Salesforce.com and VMware
- You can get started with a Free Force.com Developer Edition and not only build but deploy and run applications at no cost!
- Encourage your development team to start building applications using the Free Force.com Developer Edition
- Register at www.vmforce.com to get the latest updates including availability and beta signup information
- If you are a Java programmer and already familiar with Spring, you can learn about Force.com atdeveloper.force.com
- You can sign up for the Free Developer Edition, which includes all the great features mentioned earlier and start building Force.com apps and/or learn how to write these apps
- If you are a Force.com developer and want to take advantage of Java, click over towww.springsource.com and learn to build Spring-based Java apps by using the SpringSource Tool Suite and all the innovation in the Spring community
- Steve Herrod (CTO, VMware)
- Rod Johnson (GM, SpringSource Division, VMware)
- Parker Harris (EVP Technology, Salesforce.com).
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