Salesforce.com
announced a new version of Force.com for the Google
App Engine, a set of tools and services for developers to build applications
using cloud-based resources, on May 27.
The new application allows developers to avoid relying on on-premises
infrastructure to create new Web-based applications by letting them pull down
real-time cloud computing resources from Google and Salesforce.com. Building
Web and business applications directly in the cloud will theoretically
streamline the development process.
The newly constructed Web applications will also be able to "leverage
enterprise data stored in Force.com," according to both companies.
Force.com for Google App Engine provides developers with, among other features,
Java libraries designed to run on Google App Engine, the ability to leverage
Java in the scalable App Engine cloud environment, and access to Force.com’s
mobile, analytics, security and sharing models.
Force.com for Google App Engine also provides an open-source SOAP Web
Service client, complete Java docs for the Web service client and the partner
SOAP library, and a sample application.
"Developers can harness Google and Salesforce.com’s real-time cloud
computing infrastructures to build and run their applications," Marc
Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com,
said in a statement. "Building on our work with Google, developers can now
take advantage of increasingly powerful cloud computing capabilities in
Force.com and App Engine."
Salesforce.com
has made aggressive moves into cloud-based computing, focusing on expanding
its SAAS (software-as-a-service) capabilities and adding functionality to its
two cloud-based platforms, Sales Cloud and Service Cloud. At presentations, it
has been touting the ability of clients to either download integrated
applications from Force.com’s AppExchange or build their own apps using the
Salesforce cloud.
For the fiscal fourth quarter ended Jan. 31, the
company reported record quarterly revenues of $290 million.
Application Development News & Reviews 
