So, I just noticed that it has been over three months since the last blog posting. Bad Nik…bad bad Nik!
Of course, this week is Dreamforce ’09, and while I cannot be there in person, I plan on following vicariously through tweets and at www.dreamforce.com as much as possible. One of things I loved the most about the last two DF’s were walking around the exhibition floor and just talking with people about how they use Salesforce, and also meeting the vendors at the show (I know they are selling their wares, but make an effort to hit them – if not for any reason but to help them feel like the left arm they gave up to have the booth was semi-worth it) to see their applications to enhance Salesforce.
Which leads to another wandering thought of mine – the new AppExchange has been up for a while now, and one of the areas I loved the most before was the link on the last tab to all the applications a vendor had. This came in VERY handy, especially with Force.com Labs – a collection of applications created by developers at Salesforce (and FREE!). Now, with the next button taking forever to load, it is very hard to see all 175 applications force.com Labs has put out. So, for your viewing pleasure, here is a list – they should also link tho the actual appexchange detail page. Over the next bit, I will be pulling some of my favourite apps out, and detailing them a bit more for you.
- Account News Feed
- Account Research
- Account Super Search
- Account Weather Information
- Account Whitespace Map
- Add Multiple Opportunity Tasks
- Address Advantage
- Adoption Dashboards
- AJAX Tools
- AppExchange Dashboard Pack
- Approvals for iPhone and BlackBerry
- Assign Case to Self
- Attachment Manager
- Attachment Viewer
- Auto Close Child Cases
- Auto-Complete Lookups
- Blood Donation Manager
- Budgeting and Purchasing
- Budgets
- Bug Tracker
- Campaign Call Down Manager
- Campaign Member Mass Task Creator 1.1
- Campaign Membership Manager v1.0
- Campaign Membership Report
- Campaign Timeline Calendar
- CampaignForce: Salesforce for Political Campaigns
- Campaigns Related to Opportunity Report
- Case Age In Business Hours
- Case Detachifier
- Case History Timeline
- Case History with Email
- Case Quick Create New
- Cases Owned by User Report
- Cases: Add Comments and Send Update
- Census Population Custom Link
- Channel Finance
- Channel Plans
- Channel Rebates
- Class Enrollment
- Clone Contract for Review
- CMSForce v0.8
- Competitive Wins
- Compliance Risk Management
- Conference Management
- Conference Manager
- Contact Report from Opportunity
- Contracts Owned by User Report
- Convert with Record Type
- Create Assets from Product Info
- Create Tasks for Entire Team
- Data Quality Analysis Dashboards
- Deal Registration Program Template
- DiscussionForce v1.1
- Doc Notes
- Documents Tab Management Dashboard
- Dupe Eliminator v1.2
- Duplicate Contact Trigger
- Dynamic Approval Routing
- Edit Multiple Opportunity Tasks
- Email Template for iPhone and BlackBerry
- Email2Case Attachment Reassign
- Emergency Management Edition
- Employee Directory
- Employee Manager
- Entertainment Expense Management
- Entitlements
- ERD Force
- Evacuee Management
- Event Management
- Eventforce
- External Attachments
- Find Nearby Accounts
- Flex Pie Chart
- Generic SSO
- Hotkeys
- How’s the Weather?
- HR Policy Tracking
- iCalendar Export 1.2
- Ideas in Action Package (Salesforce Ideas)
- Image Browser & Capture for iPhone and BlackBerry
- Inline Account Hierarchy
- IT Request Management
- Law Enforcement Edition
- Lead and Opportunity Management Dashboards
- Lead Distribution Template
- Lead Rating Stars
- Lightbox
- Maildrop
- Map Nearby Contacts & Cases for iPhone and BlackBerry
- Mark Complete
- Marketing Metrics Dashboard
- Marketing Request App
- Marketing targets dashboard
- Mass Delete
- Mass Record Updater
- Mass Transfer Opportunity Owner
- Mass Transit Edition
- Mass Update And Mass Edit From List View
- Mass Update Anything 1.0.5 (Mac OS X)
- Mass Update Anything 1.0.5 (Windows)
- Mass Update Contact Address
- Mass Update Opportunity Close Dates
- Mass Update Task Due Dates
- Mass Update Wizard
- MDF & Co-Op
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Multistep Marketing
- Notes Manager
- Opportunities Owned by User Report
- Opportunity Pop-Up Calculator
- Opportunity Primary Contact Required
- Partner Account Management
- Partner Communications
- Partner Recruitment & Ramp Up
- Picture Uploader
- PR Manager
- Print Anything
- Procurement
- Product Line Items in Email Templates
- Professional Services Automation
- Project and Issue Management
- Project Portfolio Management 1.0
- ProjectForce v1.2
- Property Management
- Punch Card Timer
- Quick Note
- Re-open Case as New
- Record DeDup
- Recruiting
- Recruiting Manager
- Relationship Map
- Reseller Certifications
- Restaurant Guide (Yelp.com Mashup)
- Return Authorizations
- Round Robin Record Assignment
- Sales Activity Dashboard
- Sales KPI Dashboard 1.0
- Sales Pipeline / Funnel
- Sales Quotes with Line Items
- Salesforce Ideas Dashboard
- Salesforce International Mapping using Google Maps
- Scripting Toolkit
- Search First Before Create
- Search First Before Create (English Only Version)
- Security Health Check
- Send statement to case contact
- Service & Support Dashboards
- Services Project Manager
- Simple Contract Entitlement Tracking
- Simple Quote v1.0
- Simple quote/invoice/order
- SOSL Query Tool
- Special Pricing
- Strategic Account Planning
- SWOT Diagram
- Technology Transfer Edition
- Telco SFA Edition
- Time Tracking
- Time-Off Manager
- Timeline S-Control Mashup
- Trapdoor for OSX
- Treatment Monitor
- Trending Opportunity
- Unsubscribe opt-out
- User Management for iPhone and BlackBerry
- Video Solutions
- View All Open Tasks at Account
- View All Open Tasks on Opportunity
- Volunteer Management
So, there you have it – all 175 apps as of November 17th. Until next time – and for those in San Francisco, say hi for me! Even better, if in Foley’s, maybe even toast a pint to the northeast…I’ll return the favour here!
As an SForce ISV who has given their left arm in the past, I appreciate your sincerity 🙂
Hey Mike, after seeing what the prices were, I had to double check after I picked myself up off the floor.
For those reading the comments, Mike is with Cubic Compass (http://www.cubiccompass.com/salesforceintegration.aspx), which has very cool apps for customer experience management (and integrated with Salesforce.com!).