Knock knock. Who’s there? Data request. Data request who? Can’t we just integrate and get it over with? There is a great deal of hype about integration in the world of business and IT. Actually, integration does live up to the vast majority of the hype. Without integration you are left with a world of [...]

Software is an easy scapegoat. After all there are a number of things about any software application that could be improved or tuned. The same can be said for your Salesforce implementation. But before you blame the software on the lack of Salesforce user adoption, you should first look in the mirror. Software implementation involves [...]

As the marketing director walks by Joe’s desk he notices feet propped up and a casual tossing of a baseball as Joe listens to the local ball game on the radio. Director: “Joe, is everything…ok?” Joe: “Yep.” Director: “Have you finished processing all of the new marketing data updates?” Joe: “Yep.” Director: “What about the [...]

The power of the Salesforce product is unquestionable. While sales processes can vary greatly from one business to another, Salesforce brings together a concise solution so that your sales team uses a consistently successful approach and your customer relationship management (CRM) processes are improved tremendously. But that is not all. When you integrate your Salesforce [...]

Can you use the Six Sigma principles to automate a marketing department? Absolutely. Marketing is often thought of as more art than science. Creativity and breaking new ground is an integral part of marketing. However, marketing also requires a good deal of routine and often repetitive tasks that could be automated. By applying marketing automation [...]

Is it time to consider a Salesforce Consultant for your Salesforce administration and support? The term outsourcing was once considered taboo for many businesses. That has changed however.  Today there are proven outsourcing solutions that make good business sense. For example, many small businesses rely on a third party for their web page development and [...]

We implemented Salesforce, and integrated it with Advent, now I have a complete view of all our leads, clients, sales and more. - Emily Burt, Vice President Marketing and Communications, Cardinal Capital Management Have you reached a tipping point in your desire to achieve greater visibility and connectivity with both your customers and your sales [...]

td { vertical-align: top; } Do you want to pay an extra charge for baggage fees after you have booked your airfare? Most people do not. Why have the same situation with your Salesforce file storage solution? Arguably, Salesforce CRM product is the best customer relationship management application on the market today.  Literally thousands of companies rely [...]

The salesforce app, developed by Mansa Systems, enables users to apply WatchDox controls to all documents generated, stored and shared through Salesforce CRM and any application based on the force.com platform. Built using Force.com, the enterprise cloud computing platform, WatchDox for Salesforce is immediately available for test drive and deployment on AppExchange at WatchDox For [...]

Mansa connects with professionals, researchers, potential job candidates, and clients across a variety of social networks every day. You tube is one of them. Join the presentation and connect with Mansa Systems today! Together, Mansa and Informatica Cloud have put together a Fast Track Salesforce Integration presentation that includes: Benefits of data integration Learning from [...]

Cloud Drop is an affordable cloud storage solution that leverages Rackspace cloud file. The application is developed with a view to create an inexpensive, easy to use file management system for Salesforce customers beyond the normal Salesforce limits. Watch live video on YouTube follow the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQunxmOD2fI We hope our video is informative, if you [...]

We have rolled out a new version for Cloud Drop for storing your Sales Force files. In the latest version for better file management you can assign your files into 2 categories – private and public. You can share the files that are categorized as public with your clients and customers by sending the file [...]

RackSpace has partnered with Akamai Technologies for leveraging their CDN for Cloud Files. These files can be managed with accelerated speeds via any control panel, API’s or through 3rd party software. Once the file is uploaded, an intelligent algorithm makes copies of your file on 3 different devices and 2 distinct locations of the datacenter. [...]

Rackspace, providers of hosting and cloud computing solutions, have partnered with Akamai Technologies, industry leader in accelerating delivery of content & applications over the internet. This new partnership would mean that Rackspace users would now be able to leverage the proven Content Delivery Network (CDN) of Akamai Technolgies. Cloud Files of Rackspace would now be [...]

With Mansa Systems’ DonateNow Widget, nonprofits can easily create a donation form on their website and capture donor and donation information directly in Salesforce.com. The DonateNow Widget can be plugged into any site with the installation of Chargent Charity Pack (free for non-profits) Using the DonateNow Widget, your nonprofit can display a user-friendly form to [...]

With Slide2Lead, Mansa Systems has brought together the presentation, document, and video sharing features of SlideShare with the powerful CRM capabilities of Salesforce to create a versatile application that lets you manage leads, track campaigns, and enhance overall customer experience. Slide2Lead provides complete synchronization of SlideShare documents, campaigns, leads, and document statistics with Salesforce.com – [...]

The Summer 10 release was rolled out last month and I’m getting a chance to go through the entire release notes and pick out some of my favorite new features and enhancements. I didn’t hit all of the items in the release notes so make sure you pull up the PDF and check out all [...]

Every CEO and CTO speaks of the reliability before going for Cloud Computing. From a users’ point of view, downtime is downtime, but for a provider/vendor/web site manager, downtime is divided into planned and unplanned. Cloud computing can offer some benefits for planned downtime, but the place that it can have the largest effect on [...]

Though we can get data in .csv format from Maximizer, but we cannot get all the Notes attached with respective Contacts/Accounts. In order to get the latest notes for respective Contacts/Accounts from Maximizer , we have to export data into single xml file. Then we have to convert this XML file into .csv file first [...]

If your Organization currency is set to any other currency other than USD and you want to display value of currency on a Visual Force Page or PDF, then use <apex:outputField value=”{<Currency Field>}” /> instead of <apex:outputText >. For example, there is a custom field on Contact ‘Price__c’ and its value is 1.400,00 (German Euro [...]

Salesforce.com has many portal versions which makes it difficult to understand the features that are available in each version. Here is the complete list which makes it easy in making the right decision to choose which portal license you need to meet your requirements. Note that CRUD Stands for: C – Create, R – Read, [...]