IT Exec: Chief Innovation Officer

How do you integrate Salesforce with your back office applications in days? Join us to hear from the CIO of one of America’s fastest growing companies on why and how they use an Integration Appliance for their Salesforce integrations. Discover the advantages of an appliance-based approach, learn integration best practices, and see a live 10-minute “no coding” demo.

Online security is always important. But customer data security in an on-demand environment is critical. Join us to learn best practices for configuring Salesforce to secure your data and meet your security needs. Hear how salesforce.com builds and manages an air-tight on-demand data center -- and how, exactly, we're able to secure access to our own data.

Salesforce.com's IT division supports the on-demand workings of our 2200+ worldwide employees on a daily basis. Impressed? Join us to see how we use the Salesforce platform internally to efficiently and scalably deliver true business value and limit "wasted spend." Get a sneak peek at how we were able to rapidly deploy an integrated new intranet portal, plus automated systems for critical business processes like vacation requests, bug tracking, event management, and recruiting. You'll leave with dozens of optimization best practices!

While enterprises are awash in more data than ever, employees still struggle to collaborate and find the information they need – whether via documents or people. Hear our panel of experts discuss why Enterprise 2.0 technologies, borrowed from social networks and community sites on the Consumer Web, are revolutionizing how employees collaborate and companies build institutional knowledge.

The Web operating system for IT is here! Join us to learn how IT organizations everywhere are using the AppExchange Directory of business applications to run more and more of their companies' critical applications on demand. Discover the new IT standard for rapidly finding and deploying certified, pre-integrated solutions from marketing automation to HR developed by the hundreds of partners on the AppExchange.

Many IT organizations have developed a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as the roadmap for their existing environment and rationalization for the acquisition of new applications. This session covers the opportunities and best practices for utilizing SOA strategies as a means to improve integration and speed the deployment of applications to end-users.

Join us for a discussion with top IT thought leaders on how to maximize the value of the Salesforce Platform for your development organization. Hear insights and best practices on how to automate critical business processes, integrate with other systems, and improve the partnership with business users.

Learn how to build and deploy simple yet powerful applications using salesforce.com's revolutionary platform for building, deploying, and managing on-demand applications. And no, you don’t have to be a programmer or developer to join the revolution: Just point-and-click your way to this session.

Integration in a Web 2.0 world should be the least of your implementation challenges. Let us explain Web services and ERP integration in simplistic terms that will help you develop an efficient and effective solution using repeatable design patterns. Hear real-life examples of IT success in integrating Salesforce with ERP solutions such as SAP and Oracle.

Government mandated compliance regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA have created a set of challenges and opportunities for IT organizations. Is governance a core competency of your IT organization’s IT success or are you struggling with siloed information, manual processes, or rogue applications that should be centrally managed? Learn best practices for using the power of on-demand platforms to centralize, manage, and track critical corporate business processes.