Comments on: Salesforce Platform Edition Has Arrived http://sfdc.arrowpointe.com/2007/04/23/salesforce-platform-edition-has-arrived/ Authored by Scott Hemmeter of Arrowpointe Corp, this blog is written from the perspective of a Salesforce.com solution provider and contains information on Arrowpointe's AppExchange products as well as tips, findings, sample code, functionality wishes, etc. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:27:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: David Claiborne http://sfdc.arrowpointe.com/2007/04/23/salesforce-platform-edition-has-arrived/#comment-21991 David Claiborne Wed, 30 May 2007 20:13:22 +0000 http://sfdc.arrowpointe.com/2007/04/23/salesforce-platform-edition-has-arrived/#comment-21991 Reason 1 is the existing sfdc infrastructure to store and secure your data. Reason 2 is the ability to quickly create features, data objects, relationships, etc. with the sfdc tools, with no code. Reason 3 is the ability to expand beyond the tools with the sfdc api. Is there an existing Web 2.0 product that provides all that now? Reason 1 is the existing sfdc infrastructure to store and secure your data.

Reason 2 is the ability to quickly create features, data objects, relationships, etc. with the sfdc tools, with no code.

Reason 3 is the ability to expand beyond the tools with the sfdc api.

Is there an existing Web 2.0 product that provides all that now?

]]> By: Salesforce Platform Edition at Ah Knight’s Blog http://sfdc.arrowpointe.com/2007/04/23/salesforce-platform-edition-has-arrived/#comment-17473 Salesforce Platform Edition at Ah Knight’s Blog Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:54:08 +0000 http://sfdc.arrowpointe.com/2007/04/23/salesforce-platform-edition-has-arrived/#comment-17473 [...] Just find out from this blog , that Salesforce release the platform edition , which is the basic or so call OEM edition , without all the CRM module. The first thing pop in my mind is Great ! base on this , everyone can just build the application base on their requirement without the CRM restriction. But the next thing is , without the CRM why i still want to use Salesforce ? there are quite a few web2.0 product out there which can do the same thing … [...] [...] Just find out from this blog , that Salesforce release the platform edition , which is the basic or so call OEM edition , without all the CRM module. The first thing pop in my mind is Great ! base on this , everyone can just build the application base on their requirement without the CRM restriction. But the next thing is , without the CRM why i still want to use Salesforce ? there are quite a few web2.0 product out there which can do the same thing … [...]

]]> By: David Claiborne http://sfdc.arrowpointe.com/2007/04/23/salesforce-platform-edition-has-arrived/#comment-16450 David Claiborne Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:22:00 +0000 http://sfdc.arrowpointe.com/2007/04/23/salesforce-platform-edition-has-arrived/#comment-16450 This is what was originally sold as the OEM edition, which was only $25 per user per month. I guess that was the cost without sales and marketing. salesforce.com never could get a straight story on what the OEM edition was, even though there were several companies who tried selling it. There also were lot of press releases. This link is about 11 months old, which coincided with the first AppExchange Day in San Francisco - http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C1967381%2C00.asp. At the bottom of the article is this sentence - "ISVs can work with the AppExchange OEM edition for $25 per user per month. The OEM edition provides the common user interface, security and data sharing models. It also gives developers access to the AppExchange API, Database, and the AppExchange Builder for customization and integration." I guess Remend, and MyLoanBiz and others drank the Kool Aid a little too early. Many analysts, notably Heather Bellini with UBS, have been predicting this or calling for it for a couple of years, although Ms. Bellini (along with a lot of others) would like to see a $10 per user per month price (without sales and marketing). This is what was originally sold as the OEM edition, which was only $25 per user per month. I guess that was the cost without sales and marketing. salesforce.com never could get a straight story on what the OEM edition was, even though there were several companies who tried selling it. There also were lot of press releases.

This link is about 11 months old, which coincided with the first AppExchange Day in San Francisco - http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C1967381%2C00.asp.

At the bottom of the article is this sentence - “ISVs can work with the AppExchange OEM edition for $25 per user per month. The OEM edition provides the common user interface, security and data sharing models. It also gives developers access to the AppExchange API, Database, and the AppExchange Builder for customization and integration.”

I guess Remend, and MyLoanBiz and others drank the Kool Aid a little too early.

Many analysts, notably Heather Bellini with UBS, have been predicting this or calling for it for a couple of years, although Ms. Bellini (along with a lot of others) would like to see a $10 per user per month price (without sales and marketing).

]]> By: Chris http://sfdc.arrowpointe.com/2007/04/23/salesforce-platform-edition-has-arrived/#comment-16398 Chris Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:30:23 +0000 http://sfdc.arrowpointe.com/2007/04/23/salesforce-platform-edition-has-arrived/#comment-16398 You do not need to purchase CRM first. You can purchase platform licenses as a stand alone (but need at least 1 CRM license for administration). You do not need to purchase CRM first. You can purchase platform licenses as a stand alone (but need at least 1 CRM license for administration).

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