The Force.com AppExchange

Pre-Integrated Apps—Just a Few Clicks Away Cloud Computing has delivered a powerful cure for overburdened IT teams. The Force.com AppExchange is a rich library of ready-to-deploy Software-as-a-Service business applications. With the AppExchange, you can simply click to add new apps to your current salesforce.com deployment. The AppExchange is the world's first sharing service for cloud computing applications, featuring hundreds of pre-built, pre-integrated solutions from expense management to purchasing to recruiting.  All created by salesforce.com customers, developers, and partners. The AppExchange directory allows companies to browse and test drive these apps, install them into their Salesforce accounts with a click, customize them for their unique business needs, and deliver them on the Force.com platform alongside their existing applications that are running in the cloud. Additionally, customers can use some of these applications as prototypes, or starter templates, to kick off their own internal development projects.

The breadth of applications on the AppExchange—including CRM and other types of business apps—e nsures companies of all sizes can extend their Salesforce success to every department and employee.