Salesforce.com Unveils the Government Cloud

Posted by Joachim Bartels | Apr 26, 2012 | Public Sector Information, Salesforce, United States | 0 |

Salesforce.com CRM +3.58% , the enterprise cloud computing company, unveiled the Government Cloud to accelerate government’s transformation for the social era. The Government Cloud will include a dedicated, multi-tenant instance of salesforce.com’s cloud infrastructure that will allow U.S. federal, state, and local agencies to rapidly deploy the latest social and mobile technologies in compliance with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requirements.

The Government Cloud also includes AppExchange for Government, a new app marketplace for the public sector where government agencies can find, try and deploy cloud apps that meet their needs. Additionally, the Government Cloud includes the Salesforce Government Partner Accelerator Program, which will train an army of 1,000 integrators by the end of 2012 to rapidly transform government IT with Salesforce.

Source: Marketwatch.com

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