Salesforce.com Delivers New Force.com for Google App Engine, Giving Developers New...

Salesforce.com Delivers New Force.com for Google App Engine, Giving Developers
New Capabilities for Application Development in Cloud Computing

Force.com for Google App Engine connects two of the most popular cloud
computing platforms

Developers can use new set of tools and services to bring together Force.com
capabilities with Java language support and other enhancements in App Engine

SAN FRANCISCO, May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com, (NYSE: CRM)
the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced a new version of
Force.com for Google App Engine. Force.com for Google App Engine provides
developers a set of tools and services to bring together two of the world's
leading cloud computing platforms for application development. Developers can
use the new offering to take advantage of the addition of Java language
support in Google App Engine in their application development projects on
Force.com.

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"Developers can harness Google and salesforce.com's real-time cloud computing
infrastructures to build and run their applications," said Marc Benioff,
chairman and CEO, salesforce.com. "Building on our work with Google,
developers can now take advantage of increasingly powerful cloud computing
capabilities in Force.com and App Engine resulting in better applications for
consumers and the enterprise."

"We're very excited by the reception the App Engine for Java preview has
received in the developer community," said Scott McMullan, Google Apps Partner
Lead for Google Enterprise. "Bringing together Force.com and the new
enhancements to App Engine will further extend the power and capability of
application development in the cloud for developers worldwide."

"We're excited about the possibilities of bringing together Force.com and App
Engine with Java," said Jeff Douglas, Senior Salesforce.com Platform
Developer, Informa Plc. "We are prototyping a number of customer-facing
applications to replace paper-based processes. Cloud computing gives us the
capability to quickly prototype, build and deliver applications for our
customers."

Force.com for Google App Engine - Connecting the Clouds
Force.com for Google App Engine provides developers a set of tools and
services to build new kinds of Web and business applications entirely in the
cloud. Instead of having to manage and maintain their own on-premise
infrastructure, developers can use real-time cloud computing infrastructure
from Google and salesforce.com to develop and deploy new applications on the
Web. Force.com for App Engine will accelerate the success developers have had
with App Engine in building Web applications, and makes it easy for them to
integrate their App Engine apps to enterprise data stored in Force.com.

With Force.com for App Engine, Web applications built on App Engine can
leverage enterprise data stored in Force.com. The new Force.com for Google App
Engine gives developers:

-- Java libraries designed to run on Google App Engine, allowing App
Engine
apps to read and write to Force.com using the Force.com SOAP API
-- A means to leverage Java in the scalable App Engine cloud environment
and interact directly with the native database, workflow and logic
capabilities in Force.com
-- App Engine developers gain easy access to Force.com services and
capabilities including mobile, analytics, security and sharing models,
user authentication, multi-language and currency support and more.

Additionally, Force.com for Google App Engine includes:

-- An open source SOAP Web Service client that provides transportation
and
object level access from Google App Engine applications directly into
the Force.com platform. The Web Service client can also be used with
other non-Force.com WSDLs and is available at both developer.force.com
and code.google.com.
-- Complete Java docs for the Web Service client, including Java source
code
-- Complete Java docs for the partner SOAP library, including Java source
code
-- Getting Started guide for Force.com and Google App Engine developers
to
get up and running quickly
-- A sample application that combines both cloud computing platforms to
build a simple catalog shopping experience

Building on Strategic Alliance
Beginning in 2003 with joint work around the creation of Google.org, the
companies have been working together to advance philanthropic causes as well
as the benefits of cloud computing for developers and customers:

-- 2003: Google.org
-- 2005: Google Maps - Salesforce CRM mashups
-- 2006: Salesforce for Google AdWords(TM)
-- 2007: Salesforce Group Edition featuring Google AdWords
-- 2007: OpenSocial
-- 2008: Salesforce for Google Apps(TM)
-- 2008: Force.com for Google Data APIs
-- 2008: Google Visualization API
-- 2009: Force.com for Google App Engine

Additional resources:
Force.com - salesforce.com's enterprise cloud computing platform
Google App Engine - run your Web apps on Google's infrastructure
Force.com for App Engine - get the new set of tools and services
Introductory Session - session at the Google I/O event on getting started with
Force.com for Google App Engine

About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company. The company's
portfolio of Salesforce CRM applications, available at
http://www.salesforce.com/products/, has revolutionized the ways that
companies collaborate and communicate with their customers across sales,
marketing and service. The company's Force.com platform
(http://www.salesforce.com/platform/) enables customers, partners and
developers to quickly build powerful business applications to run every part
of the enterprise in the cloud. Based on salesforce.com's real-time,
multi-tenant architecture, Salesforce CRM and Force.com offer the fastest path
to customer success with cloud computing.

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