Newsletter - Q3 2008

Welcome to the DreamFactory Quarterly Newsletter where we'll bring you up to speed on DreamFactory news, products, events, blogs, and much more.

We're excited to announce that we launched the DreamFactory Suite on the Intuit Partner Platform. While currently in beta and free until the GA launch, we encourage you to have a look. Users can shop, buy and use all in one place, while the real value-add is the QuickBooks sync. QuickBooks data can now be accessed in the cloud and integrated with 3rd party apps, such as the DreamFactory Suite.

Last, we rolled out a major feature enhancement for SnapShot, available through the Force.com Appexchange. SnapShot now supports the promotion of all metadata (profiles, objects page layouts, Apex triggers, S-controls and more).

And now, with DreamFactory Utilities, we bring to market the ultimate admin toolkit for Salesforce Administrators. Included in the bundle is SnapShot, along with tools that now allow you to manage data in addition to metadata. Read on to learn more or visit the Appexchange to install.

Always feel free to give us a call at 1-888-399-3732 for your personal demo of the DreamFactory Suite or DreamFactory Utilities. We'll also be at DreamForce in November, so stop by booth #646 and say hello.

Intuit opens the Intuit Partner Platform

Intuit opened their doors to the Intuit Partner Platform (IPP) on 9/15. Announced on the eve of Web 2.0, and still in beta, their aim is to create THE online destination for business software. We where there at the event as an Intuit Developer and it's now safe to say that the 4M+ SMBs using QuickBooks are excited about the new marketplace.

While us developers are building and deploying our SaaS applications on the IPP, the end users are signing into the new Intuit Workplace to access the apps. In the WorkPlace you can now find the DreamFactory Suite available to trial.

Users can sync their QuickBooks data in the cloud and integrate 3rd party applications such as the DreamFactory Suite. And, because we're native users can also see their QuickBase applications data with the DreamFactory Suite.

Expanding the DreamFactory Suite

Running a project and need to collaborate more effectively with the outside world? You can now create workspaces on the fly and collaborate with co-workers, customers and partners with best-in-class project management, document management and data collaboration solutions.

The DreamFactory Suite is now available and native to the following platforms: Amazon Web Services, Intuit WorkPlace and coming soon Cisco WebEx Connect. Now included in the Suite are 8 powerful applications: Projects, Calendar, Database, Project Reports, Documents, Timesheets, Import/Export, and Workspaces.

Introducing DreamFactory Utilities

Three must-have applications for Saleforce Adminstrators bundled in one package. Utilities helps Salesforce System Adminstrators and System Integrators with configuration management, data management and auditing of Salesforce ORGs. The popular application, SnapShot, is part of the Utilities package.

In addition to SnapShot, Utilities also offers a unique data management solution for archiving and back-up of data or moving data between development, sandbox and production ORGs. Additionally, you're able to move and synchronize data between different cloud platforms (e.g. Salesforce.com, Intuit, Cisco, Amazon) and selectively move and share this information with others to collaborate on projects, documents, sales leads, marketing campaigns, etc.

To install visit the Appexchange. Or for a personal demonstration give us a call at 1-888-399-3732 to learn more.