Force.com for Google App Engine connects two of the most popular cloud computing platforms 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. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/SFW105LOGO) "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. As of April 30, 2009, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 59,300 customers including Allianz Commercial, Dell, Dow Jones Newswires, Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, and SunTrust Banks. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CRM". For more information please visit http://www.salesforce.com/, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE. Copyright (c) 2009 salesforce.com, inc. All rights reserved. Salesforce and the "no software" logo are registered trademarks of salesforce.com, inc., and salesforce.com owns other registered and unregistered trademarks. Other names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/SFW105LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: salesforce.com CONTACT: Gordon Evans of salesforce.com, +1-415-536-7608, Web Site: http://www.salesforce.com/

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