Adobe and Salesforce to push Enterprise cloud computing products

According to foreign media reports, Adobe and Salesforce.com recently announced that it will launch development tools to encourage developers to develop flash based enterprise cloud computing products.

Adobe will launch "Adobe Flash Builder", where developers and enterprise IT departments can develop browser-based rich media applications that will be deployed to Salesforce's Force.com website for corporate members to choose from.

Developers can also use Flash to enhance Salesforce CRM (Customer relationship Management) applications or develop complete flash applications from scratch.

Salesforce is currently providing CRM-focused enterprise network applications, but mainly based on Web forms. Through collaboration with Adobe, these applications will have a more interactive interface, such as mouse drag objects and other functions. In addition to the browser that installs the Flash plug-in, desktop clients based on Adobe Air can access the application.

Media analysis pointed out that Flash has been in the web game, animation advertising, network video and other consumer areas occupy an advantage in the enterprise business application is not much, at the same time facing the rising star of Microsoft Silverlight Technology competition, this and saleforce cooperation, will let flash icing on the cake.

The new service is designed to allow developers and corporate IT departments to build cloud-based media applications. The tool is used for force.com platforms that developers can use to extend and strengthen existing Salesforce customer management and custom force.com applications, or to build new applications to meet a variety of business needs.

Users can use this new feature to build cloud-based online applications that end users can use through the browser, or that users can use on their computers via Adobe AIR.

This tool provides developers with easy user interaction, such as drag-and-drop technology. To better manage activities and monitor applications, developers can add visual data, such as charts and dashboards. The new tools also include Adobe LiveCycle Data Services, where customers can synchronize the force.com database with data locally stored on a desktop based Adobe Air, and developers can easily connect to the browser and desktop computers.

Salesforce recently upgraded the Force.com platform and launched the Force.com Sites, which enables companies to build and use their applications on the Salesforce.com cloud computing platform, not only internally but externally. Adobe Flash platform is facing competition from Microsoft Sliverligh products, which is very successful for Adobe Flash platform.

Salesforce.com provides "software as a Service" service function, has been working with other advanced technology, such as Twitter, boe.net, to provide customers with a more diverse and customer satisfaction choices.