5 New Tools for Salesforce.com Released This Week: Virtual Private SaaS, Cloud Billing and More

Here are the new tools in Salesforce: Navajo Systems: Salesforce.com as a Virtual Private SaaS Navajo Systems launched its "virtual private SaaS" for Salesforce.com this week. No, it's not an on-premise instance of Salesforce.com. Instead, it encrypts all the sensitive data you put into Salesforce.com so that even if someone accesses your Salesforce.com account, they…

Microsoft turns up the heat on Salesforce.com, Oracle

Microsoft is rolling out its CRM Online service globally and offering financial incentives to users who switch over Microsoft announced last week that it's Dynamics CRM Online software is now available in 40 markets around the world, bringing it in closer competition with Salesforce.com and Oracle's CRM on Demand. In hopes of poaching customers from…

Salesforce.com: New Features in Winter ’11 Release

Companies who already use Salesforce.com are anxiously awaiting the release of the Winter ’11 edition of the top-selling CRM software. The latest incarnation of Salesforce.com is loaded with a bevy of new and enhanced features that are sure to increase the productivity and profitability of organizations of all sizes, shapes and scopes. From a host…

Oracle Takes Aim at Salesforce.com

Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) has been a dominant force in the sales force automation and CRM markets, thanks to the company's early embrace of the cloud. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) hopes to halt that momentum. At this week's Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison saved some of his most pointed comments for Salesforce.com.…

Oracle vs. Salesforce – CRM of Choice

Customer Relationship Management – many working in business nowadays are aware of the tools available to electronically maintain and track client relationships. The big names in this space are Oracle and Salesforce. But, there are others providing viable, scalable CRM solutions as well. Salesforce.com is arguably the textbook model for Software as a Service (SaaS)…

Comparing Costs: Microsoft CRM Dynamics, Salesforce and Oracle

CRM vendors were offering free migrations from CRM-X to CRM-Y. It was also a war on trying to lure customers to switch. We are even seeing try-before-you-buy sales pitches with free trials anywhere from 30 to 90 days. The biggest fear among companies are the unexpected hidden limitations that pop up later in the implementation…

Microsoft Dynamics CRM vs. SalesForce.com

When it comes to sales force automation (SFA) and customer relationship management software (CRM), most offices will find the Microsoft Dynamics CRM a superior product to the SalesForce.com CRM. Why? Take a look below to understand why most offices will prefer Microsoft Dynamics over SalesForce. Microsoft Integration The vast majority of modern offices use Microsoft…

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 vs. Salesforce.com: Why Microsoft is the better investment?

With the advent of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 right around the corner, the choice between Salesforce.com and Microsoft Dynamics CRM just got a lot easier.  If you are a business that utilizes Microsoft Office applications, including Microsoft Outlook, choosing Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 over Salesforce.com makes a lot of sense. Here are the key differentiators…

Salesforce Interview Questions Part#5

1. Difference between Sandbox and Development environment? 2. How to schedule export or take the backup of salesforce? 3. Do governor limits apply to sandbox instances? Ans : Governor limits do apply to all Salesforce instances (trial, developer, production or sandbox environments). However code coverage and successful execution of test classes is only enforced when…

Salesforce Interview Questions Part#4

1) How do you hide Header and Sidebar on Visualforce page? 2) What is difference between standard and custom controller? 3) What is Controller extension? 4) How do you read parameter in Visualforce page? 5) How many dependent drop down can be put on one Visualforce page? 6) What is the maximum size of the…

Salesforce Interview Questions Part#3

1. What is Apex ? Ans: It is the in-house technology of salesforce.com which is similar to Java programming with object oriented concepts and to write our own custom logic. 2. What is an S-Control ? Ans: S-Controls are the predominant salesforce.com widgets which are completely based on Javascript. These are hosted by salesforce but…

Salesforce Interview Questions Part#2 – Customization

1. Explain how MVC architechture fit for Salesforce 2. How will you create relationships between objects? 3. How many types of relationships are possible on objects? 4. How many data types are supported for a Custom Object Standard Field Name? 5. What are activities? 6. What is the difference between Task and Event? 7. List…

Salesforce Interview Questions Part#1 Technical

1. What are recursive triggers. How can we avoid the recursion problem? 2. What are Apex Governer Limits.? 3. What are the Spring'10 features? 4. How do you use an actionFunction tag? 5. What is the difference between apex:actionFunction and apex:actionSupport tag? 6. What is actionPoller? 7. How do you do FileUpload using Visualforce? 8.…

Siebel vs Salesforce vs SugarCRM

FEATURES Interactive.com Salesforce.com Siebel CRM   OnDemand SugarCRM.com PACKAGE INFORMATION Package All in One Team Edition Siebel CRM   OnDemand Sugar Enterprise Minimum Users 1 1 1 5 SALES FORCE AUTOMATION Import Contacts from Text & CSV File Import Contacts from Outlook File Import Group Contacts Multiple Address for Contacts Categorize Subscribed / Unsubscribe Contacts Categorize…

Microsoft Dynamics CRM vs Salesforce

Configuration Salesforce supports On Demand Configuration where as Microsoft Dynamics CRM supports On-Demand, On-Premise and Partner Hosted setups. Interface Salesforce has a web based access wherein Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides its users both Web Based and Native access through Microsoft Outlook. Microsoft CRM also provides Off - Line Access with all its versions and editions…

Microsoft Dynamics CRM vs. Salesforce.com Tabular view

Salesforce.com: The salesforce application is an easy-to-use tool with deep SFA capabilities. The product also boasts strong functionality in partner relationship management and sound support for customer service. Where the solution is weaker, however, is in support for marketing, field service, customer analytics, and eCommerce.  The application is built on top of a modern architecture,…

MS CRM Online vs Salesforce.com

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online November 2009 Service Update provides customers more value for less money compared to Salesforce.com The following information outlines the competitive positioning points when comparing Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online to Salesforce.com Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online allows you to view all standard and custom entities offline Offline access…