Follow us @forcedotcom Introduction to Force.com Josh Kaplan Senior Product Manager @joshsfdc Adam Torman Senior Product Manager @atorman
Jan 15, 2015
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Introduction to Force.com
Josh Kaplan
Senior Product Manager
@joshsfdc
Adam Torman
Senior Product Manager
@atorman
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Customize Once, Access Everywhere
Open and Real-time APIs
• REST API
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Security and Validation Rules
Force.com Platform
Mobile External Apps
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Data ETL Callouts
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upsert
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Profiles & Permission Sets
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can I access
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Sharing
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Create
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Delete
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Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Database
Massively Scalable
Data Service
ACID Transactions
& Triggers
Social Data
Model
Mobile Self-tuning
Query Optimizer
REST & SOAP
API’s
Row Level
Security
Identity &
Authentication
Backups &
Disaster Recovery
Enterprise
Search
ISO 27001 Certified Security
Proven
Reliability
Automatic
Elasticity
Trusted
Status
Real-time
Upgrades
Real-time
Sandbox
Salesforce to
Salesforce
Global Data
Centers
Highest
Performance
Multi-tenant
Kernel
Development Platform
Visual Workflow Report Builder Form Builder
A Complete Platform For Building Apps
Multi-tenant code
execution
Social collaboration
framework
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