Making the Complex Simple
The Magic Behind Backend Integrations
Ritesh Arora and Mudit Agarwal, VMware
Bhuvan Thakur and Sohail Sikora, Salesforce.com
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This presentation may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. If any such uncertainties
materialize or if any of the assumptions proves incorrect, the results of salesforce.com, inc. could differ materially from the results
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be
deemed forward-looking, including any projections of product or service availability, subscriber growth, earnings, revenues, or other
financial items and any statements regarding strategies or plans of management for future operations, statements of belief, any
statements concerning new, planned, or upgraded services or technology developments and customer contracts or use of our services.
The risks and uncertainties referred to above include – but are not limited to – risks associated with developing and delivering new
functionality for our service, new products and services, our new business model, our past operating losses, possible fluctuations in our
operating results and rate of growth, interruptions or delays in our Web hosting, breach of our security measures, the outcome of
intellectual property and other litigation, risks associated with possible mergers and acquisitions, the immature market in which we
operate, our relatively limited operating history, our ability to expand, retain, and motivate our employees and manage our growth, new
releases of our service and successful customer deployment, our limited history reselling non-salesforce.com products, and utilization
and selling to larger enterprise customers. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of
salesforce.com, inc. is included in our annual report on Form 10-Q for the most recent fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2012. This
documents and others containing important disclosures are available on the SEC Filings section of the Investor Information section of
our Web site.
Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other presentations, press releases or public statements are not currently
available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase our services should make the purchase decisions based
upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com, inc. assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-
looking statements.
Ritesh Arora
Sr. Manager, Salesforce Technical
Services
Mudit Agarwal
Salesforce Solutions Architect
@2mudit
Bhuvan Thakur
Director, Solution Engagement
Sohail Sikora
Director, Strategic Services
@abbrevtalk
Agenda
 Integration – Why we integrate?
 About VMware
 Salesforce.com Journey
 Why did VMware integrate?
 VMware Integrations
 Sales Cloud
 Service Cloud
 In Retrospect
 Future of Integration at VMware
Force.com – Why Do We Integrate?
All about VMWare
 VMware is the Proven Market Leader
 $3.77 billion in 2011 revenues
 >$4.5 billion in cash and equivalents
 30%+ operating margins
 ~11,000 employees worldwide
 5th largest infrastructure software
company in the world
 Proven in the Trenches
 300,000+ VMware customers
 100% of Fortune 100
 100% of Fortune Global 100
 99% of Fortune 1000
 97% of Fortune Global 500
As of mid-2011,
about 81%
of installed VMs are
VMware-based
Gartner, June 2011
VMware Salesforce.com Journey
Phase 1 PRM
(2009)
Phase 2 – Lead Mgmt
(2009)
Phase 3 – Sales
Cloud (2010)
Phase 4 – Service
Cloud (2011)
Roadmap
Releases
Single ORG
• Internal users: 8K
• Partners & Users: 58K / 366K
• Customers: 348K
Why did VMware integrate?
• Partner, Sales & Service cloud implemented in a single ORG
• Leverage common objects across business processes
• Supporting over 360k partners on Partner cloud
• Next generation of CRM functionality
• Reduced our dependency on internal Operations teams to support
infrastructure for Sales/ Service/ Partner cloud
Salesforce and VMware are the leaders in visualizing/ implementing
the Cloud in the market place. This shared vision is a Huge Win
Integrations Breakdown
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Partner Sales Service
8
4
8
5
3
66
1
3
Real-Time
Batch
External
All about Sales Cloud Integration
 Enterprise Territory Management
 Eloqua
 Universal Customer Master
 Digital River
Sales Cloud - Enterprise Territory Management
Rules
Repository
Hierarchy
Repository
Territory
Engine
Integration
- WorkFlow, mapping, scheduler
- Data Standardization & Enrichment
0
10
Account Lead OpReg
1.1
8.4
0.5
Av. Vol. /day(1,000)
Benefits:
• Transaction Accuracy
• Increase productivity
• Enable go-to-market strategies
• Reduce administrative and support time
Sales Cloud – Eloqua
Eloqua
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Lead Contact
2.1
5.4
Av. Vol. /day(1,000)
Benefits:
• Real time lead update into Eloqua
• Real time Lead & Privacy Data update
into SFDC
Lead &
Privacy
Data
Contact
Sales Cloud – Universal Customer Master
UCM
Fusion Middleware
Benefits:
• Account Standardization/ Enrichment
• DUNS provide better Territory
Assignment
• Account Master
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
Account
0.5
Av. Vol. /day (1,000)
Sales Cloud – Digital River
Fusion
Middleware
Benefits:
• Streamline experience with SSO
• Initiate buying from SFDC itself
• Automated content visibility
0
0.5
1
1.5
Orders
1.5
Av. Vol. / day (1,000)
Digital
River
Orders Confirmation
Order
Processing
All about Service Cloud Integrations
 Portal
 CTI
 Bugzilla – Knowledge
 eForm
Service Cloud Integrations – Custom Portal to SFDC
Oracle EBS/
Entitlements
File
Attachments
Fusion Middleware
Custom
Portals
Benefits
• Scalable/Robust
• Same look & feel as all VMW portals
• Enables Entitlement checks in Oracle
• Uses Enterprise Middleware @VMW
• Enables integration with Nirvanix
Service Cloud Integrations – CTI Integration
Oracle EBS/
Entitlements
CTI
Benefits
• Give VMW customers flexibility
• Every Customer has a CN/ Accnt #
• Check Entitlements in Oracle
• VMW users report improved
performance
Service Cloud Integrations – Bugzilla-Knowledge-SFDC
Bugzilla (Bug
tracking)
Knowledge
Mang.
Fusion Middleware
Benefits
• Makes TSE’s life easier
• Provides bug info to Customer
• Helps in giving ETA of a bug fix is TSE
has it
• Gives KB info to Customer
Service Cloud Integrations – eForm & eForm Loader
eForm App
eForm Loader
(Informatica)
eForm My
SQL DB
Benefits
• Continuity in Services apps for users
• Ability to handle Customer Calls
In Retrospect
24
Functional
Non-
Functional
Piecemeal
Standards
Test, Test
and Test
New
Technology
Future of Integration - Scenarios
Integration Layer
SFDC Cloud X
Scenario -1
Scenario - 2
Scenario -3
Cloud-2-Cloud Integration
Integration Layer
SFDC Cloud X
Int. Service
Cloud-2-Cloud Master Data
Integration Layer
SFDC Cloud X
Int. Service
Master
Data
Master
Data
SFDC
Key Takeaways
• Why integrate with Salesforce.com?
• Understand Business Value Add
• Types of Integrations
• Proposed Future Integration roadmap
Ritesh Arora
Sr. Manager, Salesforce
Technical Services, VMware,
@arora_rits
Mudit Agarwal
Salesforce Solutions
Architect, VMware
@2mudit
Bhuvan Thakur Sohail Sikora
Director, Solution
Engagement
Director, Strategic Services,
@abbrevtalk
Dreamforce'12 - Making the Complex Simple - Magic Behind Back-end Integrations

Dreamforce'12 - Making the Complex Simple - Magic Behind Back-end Integrations

  • 1.
    Making the ComplexSimple The Magic Behind Backend Integrations Ritesh Arora and Mudit Agarwal, VMware Bhuvan Thakur and Sohail Sikora, Salesforce.com
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    Safe harbor Safe harborstatement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This presentation may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. If any such uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions proves incorrect, the results of salesforce.com, inc. could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed forward-looking, including any projections of product or service availability, subscriber growth, earnings, revenues, or other financial items and any statements regarding strategies or plans of management for future operations, statements of belief, any statements concerning new, planned, or upgraded services or technology developments and customer contracts or use of our services. The risks and uncertainties referred to above include – but are not limited to – risks associated with developing and delivering new functionality for our service, new products and services, our new business model, our past operating losses, possible fluctuations in our operating results and rate of growth, interruptions or delays in our Web hosting, breach of our security measures, the outcome of intellectual property and other litigation, risks associated with possible mergers and acquisitions, the immature market in which we operate, our relatively limited operating history, our ability to expand, retain, and motivate our employees and manage our growth, new releases of our service and successful customer deployment, our limited history reselling non-salesforce.com products, and utilization and selling to larger enterprise customers. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of salesforce.com, inc. is included in our annual report on Form 10-Q for the most recent fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2012. This documents and others containing important disclosures are available on the SEC Filings section of the Investor Information section of our Web site. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other presentations, press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase our services should make the purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com, inc. assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward- looking statements.
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    Ritesh Arora Sr. Manager,Salesforce Technical Services
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    Agenda  Integration –Why we integrate?  About VMware  Salesforce.com Journey  Why did VMware integrate?  VMware Integrations  Sales Cloud  Service Cloud  In Retrospect  Future of Integration at VMware
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    Force.com – WhyDo We Integrate?
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    All about VMWare VMware is the Proven Market Leader  $3.77 billion in 2011 revenues  >$4.5 billion in cash and equivalents  30%+ operating margins  ~11,000 employees worldwide  5th largest infrastructure software company in the world  Proven in the Trenches  300,000+ VMware customers  100% of Fortune 100  100% of Fortune Global 100  99% of Fortune 1000  97% of Fortune Global 500 As of mid-2011, about 81% of installed VMs are VMware-based Gartner, June 2011
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    VMware Salesforce.com Journey Phase1 PRM (2009) Phase 2 – Lead Mgmt (2009) Phase 3 – Sales Cloud (2010) Phase 4 – Service Cloud (2011) Roadmap Releases Single ORG • Internal users: 8K • Partners & Users: 58K / 366K • Customers: 348K
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    Why did VMwareintegrate? • Partner, Sales & Service cloud implemented in a single ORG • Leverage common objects across business processes • Supporting over 360k partners on Partner cloud • Next generation of CRM functionality • Reduced our dependency on internal Operations teams to support infrastructure for Sales/ Service/ Partner cloud Salesforce and VMware are the leaders in visualizing/ implementing the Cloud in the market place. This shared vision is a Huge Win
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    Integrations Breakdown 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Partner SalesService 8 4 8 5 3 66 1 3 Real-Time Batch External
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    All about SalesCloud Integration  Enterprise Territory Management  Eloqua  Universal Customer Master  Digital River
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    Sales Cloud -Enterprise Territory Management Rules Repository Hierarchy Repository Territory Engine Integration - WorkFlow, mapping, scheduler - Data Standardization & Enrichment 0 10 Account Lead OpReg 1.1 8.4 0.5 Av. Vol. /day(1,000) Benefits: • Transaction Accuracy • Increase productivity • Enable go-to-market strategies • Reduce administrative and support time
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    Sales Cloud –Eloqua Eloqua 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lead Contact 2.1 5.4 Av. Vol. /day(1,000) Benefits: • Real time lead update into Eloqua • Real time Lead & Privacy Data update into SFDC Lead & Privacy Data Contact
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    Sales Cloud –Universal Customer Master UCM Fusion Middleware Benefits: • Account Standardization/ Enrichment • DUNS provide better Territory Assignment • Account Master 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 Account 0.5 Av. Vol. /day (1,000)
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    Sales Cloud –Digital River Fusion Middleware Benefits: • Streamline experience with SSO • Initiate buying from SFDC itself • Automated content visibility 0 0.5 1 1.5 Orders 1.5 Av. Vol. / day (1,000) Digital River Orders Confirmation Order Processing
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    All about ServiceCloud Integrations  Portal  CTI  Bugzilla – Knowledge  eForm
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    Service Cloud Integrations– Custom Portal to SFDC Oracle EBS/ Entitlements File Attachments Fusion Middleware Custom Portals Benefits • Scalable/Robust • Same look & feel as all VMW portals • Enables Entitlement checks in Oracle • Uses Enterprise Middleware @VMW • Enables integration with Nirvanix
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    Service Cloud Integrations– CTI Integration Oracle EBS/ Entitlements CTI Benefits • Give VMW customers flexibility • Every Customer has a CN/ Accnt # • Check Entitlements in Oracle • VMW users report improved performance
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    Service Cloud Integrations– Bugzilla-Knowledge-SFDC Bugzilla (Bug tracking) Knowledge Mang. Fusion Middleware Benefits • Makes TSE’s life easier • Provides bug info to Customer • Helps in giving ETA of a bug fix is TSE has it • Gives KB info to Customer
  • 23.
    Service Cloud Integrations– eForm & eForm Loader eForm App eForm Loader (Informatica) eForm My SQL DB Benefits • Continuity in Services apps for users • Ability to handle Customer Calls
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    Future of Integration- Scenarios Integration Layer SFDC Cloud X Scenario -1 Scenario - 2 Scenario -3
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    Cloud-2-Cloud Master Data IntegrationLayer SFDC Cloud X Int. Service Master Data Master Data SFDC
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    Key Takeaways • Whyintegrate with Salesforce.com? • Understand Business Value Add • Types of Integrations • Proposed Future Integration roadmap
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    Ritesh Arora Sr. Manager,Salesforce Technical Services, VMware, @arora_rits Mudit Agarwal Salesforce Solutions Architect, VMware @2mudit Bhuvan Thakur Sohail Sikora Director, Solution Engagement Director, Strategic Services, @abbrevtalk