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by Rossie Lockman Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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What is the relationship between Salesforce and AWS?

The world's leading cloud provider and the #1 CRM platform are making it easier for developers using both technologies to build and launch customer applications, natively leverage AWS services in Salesforce, and securely connect data and workflows across both Salesforce and AWS.

How do I connect my AWS kms to Salesforce?

Choose Connect or Connect with PrivateLink to open the Connect to Salesforce dialog box. Under Salesforce environment, choose Production to log into your developer account. Under Data encryption, enter your AWS KMS key. Under Connection name, specify a name for your connection.

How does Salesforce service cloud integrate with Amazon Connect?

Salesforce Service Cloud seamlessly integrates with Amazon Connect, providing contact center agents with a complete set of tools in their agent workspace to deliver enhanced customer service.

How much did Salesforce pay Amazon Web Services in fiscal 2020?

In 2016, Salesforce made Amazon Web Services its preferred infrastructure vendor and disclosed that it had an agreement with "a third-party provider for certain infrastructure services for a period of four years." Under that agreement, Salesforce was expected to pay this third-party provider (read AWS) $126 million in fiscal 2020.

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Is Salesforce running on AWS?

Many Salesforce products run on AWS. In addition, Salesforce customers can build on AWS to extend their Salesforce capabilities.

Does Salesforce use Azure or AWS?

Salesforce Platform Salesforce has its own data centres across the world that service some customers running on the core platform (Sales, Service, Experience Cloud, etc). Salesforce uses AWS in regions where they don't have their own data centres (eg.

Is AWS a Salesforce competitor?

These two companies, Amazon Web Services and Salesforce.com, are two of the leading cloud providers in their respective markets of infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for AWS and software as a service (SaaS) for Salesforce.com.

Is there any future in AWS?

In the first quarter of 2020, AWS revenues grew by 33% compared to Q4 2019. This shows the continued growth that AWS tends to enjoy in the market. With the Coronavirus pandemic crisis, the need to move to the cloud has increased, and reports have shown that spending on cloud computing across enterprises has increased.

Which cloud Salesforce is using?

Salesforce already relies on AWS as its primary public cloud provider and AWS also uses Salesforce as its CRM platform.

Does Salesforce run on Google cloud?

As part of the agreement, Salesforce has named Google Cloud as a preferred public cloud provider to support our rapidly growing global customer base. We plan to use Google Cloud Platform for our core services as part our international infrastructure expansion.

Which cloud is best in Salesforce?

When it comes to the customer service application, Salesforce Service Cloud is the best option to choose from. It enables businesses to provide the required support to customers anytime and anywhere.

Who are Salesforce competitors?

Competitors and Alternatives to SalesforceMicrosoft.Oracle.SAP.SugarCRM.Zoho.Sage.Zendesk.CRMNEXT.

Is Salesforce a good career?

There is no doubt that the Salesforce economy is booming. From 2019 to 2024, IDC predicts that 4.2 million new jobs will be created in the Salesforce ecosystem. This means there is a huge opportunity to start a brand new career in one of the most exciting industries out there.

How long will AWS last?

AWS Certifications are valid for three years. To maintain your AWS Certified status, we require you to periodically demonstrate your continued expertise though a process called recertification.

Will AWS continue to grow?

We can expect Amazon's online retail and e-commerce business to continue growing, but it is quite safe to say that AWS will soon surpass it. In ten years we believe that AWS will leave Amazon's e-commerce business far behind and will be much, much larger. Competitors will also thrive.

Which AWS job is best?

AWS Cloud Architect: AWS Job Roles. SysOps Administrator: AWS Cloud Jobs. Cloud Developer: AWS Cloud Jobs. Cloud Sales & Purchase Manager: AWS Cloud Jobs. Cloud DevOps Engineer: AWS Job Roles. Key Account Manager, Cloud: AWS Job Roles. Cloud Software Engineer: AWS Cloud Jobs.More items...•

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1. Salesforce Platform

Salesforce has its own data centres across the world that service some customers running on the core platform (Sales, Service, Experience Cloud, etc). Salesforce uses AWS in regions where they don’t have their own data centres (eg. in Canada, India, Australia).

2. Salesforce Einstein

Most of the Einstein product ‘family’ uses AWS to host your data, including Einstein Predictions, Engagement Scoring, Einstein Bots, Object Detection, Language, Einstein Vision, Pardot Einstein, Account Insights, Opportunity Scoring, Lead Scoring, Article Recommendations…and the list goes on.

3. Einstein Activity Capture

Salesforce claims EAC is the future of email integration “our long-term solution for syncing contacts and events”.

4. Heroku

Heroku, Salesforce’s PaaS (Platform as a Service), runs on top of AWS which simplifies infrastructure management for you.

5. Service Cloud Voice

Service Cloud Voice uses Amazon Connect as its telephony infrastructure, including advanced routing capabilities, language processing, voice or call recording transcription and storage in the AWS S3 bucket.

6. Salesforce Private Connect

Salesforce Private Connect is a paid add-on that allows you to connect to your own AWS instance in a secure, point-to-point way. This doesn’t go over the internet, but instead, directly between Salesforce and AWS servers.

7. Government Cloud Plus

Government Cloud complies with the strict FedRAMP regulations. The ‘standard’ version of Government Cloud runs on Salesforce infrastructure and maintains FedRAMP ‘Moderate Authority to Operate’ (along with other requirements).

Is Salesforce a competitor to Microsoft?

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Does Salesforce have a relationship with Microsoft?

Salesforce and Microsoft have had a complicated relationship over the years, but with Azure winning the Pentagon’s $10 Billion contract, it will help improve trust in Azure’s future. Salesforce could still one day acquire Twitter, as Marc is a very political CEO, writing books and speaking a lot about corporate social responsibility.

What is Salesforce doing?

What Salesforce is doing has to be in the multi-cloud playbook somewhere. Salesforce said in its 2019 annual report: The company has entered into various contractual commitments with infrastructure service providers for a total commitment of $2.0 billion.

How much is Salesforce's remaining commitment?

As of January 31, 2019 the total remaining commitment is approximately $1.8 billion and $264 million is due in the next fiscal year. Salesforce added that it runs its own data centers too, but IaaS providers are a help with flexibility and meeting in-country data privacy requirements.

Why is Salesforce more leveraged than Google?

Salesforce has more leverage with Microsoft and Google because it can offer more product integration points. If all of this multi-cloud set-up sounds a bit familiar it's because Salesforce and Oracle did a similar dance before. Salesforce started introducing other databases ahead of an Oracle negotiation.

How much did Salesforce pay in 2019?

The company paid $156 million in connection with these agreements during fiscal 2019.

Is Salesforce a multi-cloud environment?

Salesforce is simply executing what every enterprise needs to leverage: A multi-cloud environment if only to prevent being hosed by incumbent vendors. Salesforce can have partnerships with Google Cloud and Microsoft that are win-win enough to keep costs down somewhat.

Is Salesforce a third party?

In 2016, Salesforce made Amazon Web Services its preferred infrastructure vendor and disclosed that it had an agreement with "a third-party provider for certain infrastructure services for a period of four years.".

Does Salesforce use Alibaba?

In July, Salesforce cut a deal with Alibaba Cloud to extend services into China. In November 2017 at Dreamforce, Salesforce announced a partnership with Google Cloud. Under that partnership, Salesforce said it would use G Suite and jointly market it to customers.

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