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.

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.

Successfully adopting new technologies into an organization requires a keen understanding of corporate culture. Join us to learn the tips and tricks for driving cultural change that leads to smooth adoption of your SaaS solution—and ultimately, extraordinary business success.

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!

No IT department? No problem! Hear from various salesforce.com customers with fewer than 30 employees who just said no to infrastructure. George Kenessey of MyLoanBiz doesn't even have an in-house server! Learn how he pulls it off and find out how you can apply his experience to your own business.

The Apex Platform should be an essential part of your strategy for automating processes across your enterprise. Join us to learn how you can leverage the new Salesforce Platform Edition and various AppExchange apps to cut down your project backlog and increase organizational agility. We"ve got the solutions you need!

And you thought that a SaaS model would complicate your life? Learn the proven steps to simplification and standardization for deployment, change management, and business process that can and have been driven by the SaaS delivery model.

This paper summarizes the key ingredients for a successful on-demand implementation. Find out how you can benefit from the knowledge gained by the salesforce.com Global Services organization, as outlined in the six building blocks described in this paper.

Business agility is the crème "de la crème of cultural norms for the most successful corporations today. And business results and innovation are typically cornerstones of a truly agile business model. Join us to learn how you can use the SaaS model to help define and refine your company"s agility, enabling you to deliver extraordinary results.

The role of business has changed. Companies are increasingly scrutinized by shareholders and stakeholders, not only on products and services, but also on social impact and values. Learn how salesforce.com and other visionary businesses have risen above the competition by incorporating intelligent corporate social responsibility programs into long-term business strategies that drive community and bottom-line performance. Discover how effective CSR strategies can help you build a powerful brand, community partnerships, and a stellar corporate culture that attracts and motivates the highest-caliber employees.

Cloud services are here. But how will your organization leverage them and which cloud should you "ride"? Where are established companies leveraging cloud computing, or is it "in the clouds?" Sit in on an open debate between leading enterprises about where cloud computing fits into their corporate strategy and where it needs to go to drive deep business value. Join this innovative panel and leave with a clear picture of where and when to use cloud computing for your enterprise.

On-demand computing offers tons of cost and productivity benefits, but can it really change your business? Appirio offers real-world examples of companies that have successfully made the move to on demand and the hard and soft benefits they realized. Hear directly from one company that’s made the journey, then join an interactive discussion on how your organization can clear a path to the cloud.

Discover the organizational and process changes necessary to take advantage of the cloud. Join us to hear what the earliest adopters learned about people, processes, and structure to make the most of their transformations. How have they developed and enabled people to succeed in an environment based on iterative and rapid change? Learn what roles, skills, and characteristics are most important -- and how to find and recruit those you don't already have. What can you learn from SaaS adoption that will improve your ability to drive change elsewhere in your organization -- and beyond?

Is it possible to run an entire business in the cloud? Salesforce.com, Google, and other leading companies are living proof that it is! Join us to discover how to use cloud computing to efficiently and scalably deliver true business value and constantly improve IT efficiency. Learn how salesforce.com leveraged cloud computing to rapidly automate and deploy key business processes ranging from portfolio and project management, recruiting, commissions, and quote-to-cash, to service and support.

Learn how enterprises are adapting Web 2.0 innovations such as social media, social networking, enterprise mashups, and collaboration to address the growing amounts of data and complexity in their organizations. Our panel of experts will discuss how Enterprise 2.0 technologies are revolutionizing employee collaboration and institutional knowledge plus how IT executives can select and deploy the right tools and technologies to take their organizations to the next level of success.

It's a new world out there. The business demands innovation NOW. IT has jumped on the 'Cloud' but how do you manage and sustain the benefits of SaaS? How does IT keep up with the business demand? Join leading IT innovators and Bluewolf to hear true-stories about how IT executives have changed their approach to managing and supporting SaaS through Agile principles, based on a model of sustainability and continual evolution. Leave with a "How-To Guide" on how you can address the chasm between the demands of the business and the ability of IT to respond and deliver success rapidly.

The promise of cloud computing provides huge opportunities for business, but there are many IT realities, especially for large enterprises. The opportunity to rapidly roll out thousands of users across divisions and regions provides the opportunity for tremendous value, but there are many challenges. How do you roll out in multiple languages? How do you bring multiple Salesforce orgs together? How do you deal with myriad international regulations and privacy concerns? This is the place to ask the experts and hear about best practices on global deployments ranging from San Francisco to Singapore to Switzerland.

Looking for more than mere implementation? Join Liberty Mutual business and technology leaders for a deep-dive look at how Liberty Mutual leveraged Fujitsu’s end-to-end consulting services to transform their business through an innovative Software-as-a-Service deployment. Learn how the US’s 6th largest Property & Casualty insurance provider efficiently deployed business processes on Salesforce CRM to optimize their sales organization.

Seagate is a global leader in advanced digital storage solutions for the on-demand world. To deliver on its brand promise to optimize innovation, the company chose salesforce.com as a key technology partner. Seagate has aggressively adopted Salesforce CRM to manage its global business operations, including everything from SFA to content and service and support applications. In this session, you'll hear both the business and IT perspective on the challenges and opportunities of managing thousands of users across a diverse business using almost everything in the Salesforce CRM portfolio and the Force Platform.