Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
If you are a Mac user and want to take advantage of some of the API tools for Salesforce.com then have a look at:
Maildrop - Great utility that allows you to post emails to Accounts or Support cases from Entourage or the default Mac Mail App. You can download it here.
SFDCFuse - This Mounts your SalesForce Doc Volume as a repository. You can download it here. (you also need MacFuse pre-installed)
SF3 - This enables a two way sync between your Address Book and Calendar with Salesforce. You can download it here.
Trapdoor - Store your SalesForce logins securely in keychains. Download it here.
Firefox Search Plugin: This plug-in adds the ability to run a salesforce.com advanced search, or a supportforce solution search in your salesforce.com account, right from your Firefox search bar.
AppBar: Written by 3 salesforce employees the app bar add shortcuts to Firefox as a plug-in to interact with salesforce.
Mass Update Anything - Mass Update Anything, as the name implies, updates fields in bulk, based on a SOQL query. In addition, you can choose to delete fields in bulk as well. It’s a great little tool that does one job very well, and will save you from CSV hell.
About Jim Liddle Jim is Managing Director of Jana Technology Services and UK Director of Sales and Operations for GigaSpaces. Jim is a regular blogger at SYS-CON.com, covering mobile, Grid, and Cloud Computing Topics.
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