{"id":5533,"date":"2014-02-13T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T17:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=5533"},"modified":"2024-01-12T19:11:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T19:11:20","slug":"6-smart-reasons-to-run-your-company-on-a-cloud-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ca\/blog\/6-smart-reasons-to-run-your-company-on-a-cloud-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Smart Reasons to Run Your Company on a Cloud Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Information technology departments everywhere want to create <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ca\/platform\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">custom applications<\/a>. These apps should provide real value to their company, employees, and partners, and support the pace of business today. At the same time, IT must have agility and accelerate development speeds, while decreasing costs and aligning with the strategic goals of the broader organization.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ca\/products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloud application platforms<\/a>, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ca\/paas\/\">Platform as a Service (PaaS),<\/a> provide the infrastructure needed to build and run apps over the Internet. A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/form\/offer\/platform-idc-wp.jsp?nc=70130000000lXVH&amp;d=70130000000lXSc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IDC white paper<\/a>, sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">salesforce.com<\/a>, focuses on the core values of PaaS, and more specifically, the advantages experienced by organizations that have built a broad portfolio of apps on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ca\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salesforce Platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for six of the benefits that point directly to why to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ca\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salesforce Platform<\/a> should be the choice for companies who want to innovate faster.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">1. Apps for employees in every department<\/h3>\n<p>Customers of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ca\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salesforce Platform<\/a> are using the technology to build larger-scale and more sophisticated non-sales applications.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">2. Increased productivity and agility<\/h3>\n<p>Many customers of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ca\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salesforce Platform<\/a> report developing applications end-to-end in weeks, instead of months, and accomplishing this with much smaller teams.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">3. Faster time-to-market<\/h3>\n<p>The study found that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ca\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salesforce Platform<\/a> customers increased their application time-to-market by 70% and upped the number of annual applications they launched by 80%.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">4. Higher IT efficiency and productivity<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Customers analyzed were able to reduce labor costs while growing their application environment by 44% annually.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">5. Reduced infrastructure costs<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">IDC also reports that customers decreased the infrastructure costs associated with developing and deploying apps by 75-95%.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">6. Significant return on investment<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Not only did the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ca\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salesforce Platform<\/a> pay for itself in seven months, customers surveyed said the platform delivered a combined 520% ROI.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To read more on how IT can innovate faster and save big by building their app portfolio on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ca\/platform\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salesforce Platform<\/a>, download the complimentary IDC white paper, sponsored by Salesforce.com, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/form\/offer\/platform-idc-wp.jsp?nc=70130000000lXVH&amp;d=70130000000lXSc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Salesforce Platform: Accelerate App Dev with Huge ROI<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<hr \/>\n<h1>6 bonnes raisons d&#8217;exploiter votre entreprise sur une plateforme infonuagique<\/h1>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Tous les services des technologies de l&#8217;information veulent cr\u00e9er des <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/fr-ca\/platform\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">applications personnalis\u00e9es<\/a>. Ces applications doivent offrir une r\u00e9elle valeur \u00e0 l&#8217;entreprise, aux employ\u00e9s et aux partenaires et soutenir le rythme des affaires d&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui. En m\u00eame temps, les services informatiques doivent avoir de l&#8217;agilit\u00e9 et pouvoir acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer les vitesses de d\u00e9veloppement, tout en r\u00e9duisant les co\u00fbts et en s&#8217;alignant avec les objectifs strat\u00e9giques de l&#8217;organisation dans son ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>Les <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/fr-ca\/products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plateformes d&#8217;applications infonuagiques<\/a>, \u00e9galement connues sous le nom de \u00ab plateforme propos\u00e9e en tant que service (PaaS), offrent l&#8217;infrastructure n\u00e9cessaire pour cr\u00e9er et ex\u00e9cuter des applications sur Internet. Un nouveau <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/form\/offer\/platform-idc-wp.jsp?nc=70130000000lXVH&amp;d=70130000000lXSc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">livre blanc IDC<\/a>, commandit\u00e9 par <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/fr-ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">salesforce.com<\/a>, aborde les valeurs essentielles de la solution PaaS, et plus sp\u00e9cifiquement, les avantages dont ont b\u00e9n\u00e9fici\u00e9 les organisations qui ont cr\u00e9\u00e9 un vaste portefeuille d&#8217;applications sur <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/fr-ca\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salesforce Platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prenez connaissance de six de ces avantages qui montrent directement pourquoi Salesforce Platform devrait \u00eatre le choix des entreprises qui souhaitent innover plus rapidement.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Des applications pour employ\u00e9s dans tous les services<\/h3>\n<p>Les clients de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/fr-ca\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salesforce Platform<\/a> utilisent la technologie pour cr\u00e9er des applications non commerciales \u00e0 plus large \u00e9chelle et plus perfectionn\u00e9es.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Une productivit\u00e9 et une agilit\u00e9 accrues<\/h3>\n<p>De nombreux clients de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/fr-ca\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salesforce Platform<\/a> indiquent qu&#8217;ils d\u00e9veloppement des applications de bout en bout en quelques semaines plut\u00f4t qu&#8217;en quelques mois, et qu&#8217;ils accomplissent cette t\u00e2che avec des \u00e9quipes beaucoup plus restreintes.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Un d\u00e9lai de mise en march\u00e9 plus court<\/h3>\n<p>L&#8217;\u00e9tude a d\u00e9montr\u00e9 que les clients de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/fr-ca\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salesforce Platform<\/a> ont acc\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9 le d\u00e9lai de mise en march\u00e9 de leurs applications de 70 % et que le nombre annuel d&#8217;applications lanc\u00e9es \u00e9tait en hausse de 80 %.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Une efficacit\u00e9 et une productivit\u00e9 accrues des services informatiques<\/h3>\n<p>Les clients interrog\u00e9s ont \u00e9t\u00e9 en mesure de r\u00e9duire leurs co\u00fbts de main-d&#8217;\u0153uvre tout en d\u00e9veloppant leur environnement d&#8217;applications de 44 % par ann\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<h3>5. 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