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Salesforce.com and Sun Microsystems Team on Portal Offerings

Salesforce.com and Sun Microsystems Team on Portal Offerings

Salesforce.com and Sun Microsystems are shipping the sforce Portal Toolkit for Java System Portal Server. The depict it as “a simple, effective solution for companies to build best-of-breed portals that quickly impact the bottom line by providing executives and business users with key insight into customer activity.”

The sforce Portal Toolkit for Java System Portal Server leverages Sun’s portal software, Java-based Web services, and the sforce client/service platform. “Developers can use the skills they have and the tools they love to create powerful portal integrations in a fraction of the time needed for software-only solutions,” Salesforce.com says.

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com S3 and Sun's Java System Portal Server “allows the enterprise to extend its customer relationship management (CRM) environment to meet custom requirements, without the complexity and cost of software-only architectures, providing maximum benefit at minimum overall cost,” Salesforce.com notes.

According to the company, “Using this new toolkit, enterprises can combine the power and simplicity of sforce with the Multichannel Customer Service Capabilities enabled by the Java System Portal Server. Built on J2EE and secured with advanced network identity capabilities, salesforce.com's secure Sales Portal provides location management and access to critical customer information over any device, anytime, anywhere. The Sun and salesforce.com solution can create a synchronized customer experience across sophisticated business process and organization requirements.”

"Salesforce.com and Sun are dedicated to helping customers immediately benefit from their application investments, without cost and complexity," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com. "The sforce Portal Toolkit for Java System Portal Server effectively extends salesforce.com S3 into the portal environment so that enterprises can create the best possible software-as-service systems to support their unique processes, avoiding technical, financial or licensing headaches associated with software-only solutions."

"Many corporations and developers are interested in gaining the benefits of integrating multiple channels across all touch points," said John Fanelli, senior director of Java System network identity, communications and portal products, Sun Microsystems. "In conjunction with salesforce.com, we developed the sforce Portal Toolkit for Java System Portal Server to allow enterprise developers and IT professionals to quickly implement Sun-based portal solutions. These solutions allow customers to enjoy the benefit of reduced complexity, cost and development time without sacrificing integration and extension capabilities."
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