April 14, 2008
Salesforce for Google Apps
As many expected, today Salesforce has announced the launch of "Salesforce for Google Apps". The embargo was lifted at midnight and Mashable! and Techcrunch appeared to be first out of the gate with their coverage.
The new product is available immediately to existing Salesforce customers (get started here) and includes tight integration with Gmail, Gtalk, Google Docs and Google Calendar.
You can watch the announcement live at 3pm EST today.
A flurry of tweets in the Twitterverse.....
A video demo from Salesforce is after the jump:
Additional coverage:
Perspectives on Salesforce: Salesforce & Google Apps Integration Announced
nonprofitCRM.org: It's Official - Salesforce and Google Apps Unite
NYTimes: Google and Salesforce Join to Fight Microsoft
CNET News.com: Google, Salesforce link up for business apps
ZDNet: Google and Salesforce.com: Why don't they merge
(Thanks to Alex and all others who sent this in!)
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Comments
interesting. How many small businesses use Google apps is the question? Are there any industry numbers on that yet or is it too early?
Posted by: Randy Ksar | Apr 14, 2008 9:57:15 AM
Randy -
Haven't seen small biz numbers, but Google's Dave Girouard said "over 500,000 businesses using Google Apps" at today's announcement.
Posted by: Mark | Apr 14, 2008 3:34:10 PM
