Feb 13, 2017
Weekly Update: Highlights & Headlines from the Salesforce Partner CommunityReview these important updates below! The Partner Community Weekly Update provides a summary of training, blog posts, events, and other key assets to keep Salesforce Partners fully informed.
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By Giorgina Tucker (Partner Community) and Caylah Novak (Partner PR)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Salesforce Einstein for Partners: Join us for this valuable Einstein Webinar to learn all you need to know about Salesforce’s new A.I. offering. This webinar is on Monday, February 13, at 12:30 PM EST. Register here! (Partner Community login required)
- Technical Enablement for ISVs: Don’t miss this great opportunity to hear some of the new platform features and core product enhancements for Spring ’17. Join this webinar on Thursday, February 16th at 9 am. Register here! (Partner Community login required)
- Salesforce1 New Release: This just in! Salesforce plans to release version 12.0 of Salesforce1 for Android app to Google Play in late February (Date TBD). Full details will be available here at the time the new app is released. Stay tuned!
- Burning Glass Report: Partner, the latest report from Burning Glass states that “Chances are your next job will require Salesforce Skills”. Read more here to see the value of having Salesforce skills.
- New ISV Security Trailhead: A new Trailhead Module has been created – the ISV Security Trailhead Module. Check out this blog post by Amanda Nelson (Salesforce) sharing the importance of security and sharing tips for passing Security Review with Trailhead.
- Tech Updates 2017: Tech Updates for January 2017 are now available! This month’s edition includes new info on the Spring ’17 Release, upcoming instance refreshes, feature retirements. Check them out here! (Salesforce Success Community login required)
- Security Review: Check out this new blog post sharing highlights from this past year (FY17) regarding Security Review. This includes enhancements made to our security review processes, security Trailhead modules, the new App Cloud Security Center.
- Dreamforce 17 Sponsorships: Partner are you curious to see what sponsorship opportunities are available for 2017? The Dreamforce’17 Sponsorship Prospectus is now live at http://p.force.com/sposorships (see list of events). Contacts will be accepted as of 9 am PT, Monday February 6th.
- Marketing Power Hour: Join this week’s Power Hour on Wednesday February 15th at 9 am PT. Register here! (Partner Community login required)
- New Alerts! Sign-up to be Notified (Updated), Lightning Experience Readiness Report Enhancements, Consulting Partners – PVS “Prior Period” does not include data - http://p.force.com/alerts
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UPCOMING EVENTS
- February 13: Salesforce Einstein for Partners
- February 14: Dreamforce Office Hours
- February 16: Technical Enablement for ISVS
- February 17: APAC Partner Community Office Hours
- February 17: Partner Community Office Hours
HEADLINES
- Enterprise Apps Today, 8 CRM Trends and Predictions
- Forbes, Quip Shows Off New Look, Closer Ties To Acquirer Salesforce In Redesign
- Forbes, Decoding Salesforce's Strategy For Productized Analytics
- Fortune, The 50 Best Workplaces for Giving Back
- IndustryWeek, An Old Company Stitches Together a New Perspective
- SearchHealthIT, Benefits of cloud computing in healthcare: Pop health, value-based care
General Partner Mentions:
- ARN, Accenture builds cloud-based codification system for Department of Defence
- Economic Times, Persistent Systems and MuleSoft announce partnership
- Entrepreneur, Calling Fintech Entrepreneurs: DIFC And Accenture Launch FinTech Hive In The UAE
- DestinationCRM, CallVU Launches Mobile Digital Engagement Platform on the Salesforce AppExchange
- DestinationCRM, Bigtincan Releases Hub Platform on Salesforce's AppExchange
- Coastal Cloud: Coastal Cloud launches in Louisville, providing custom cloud-based business-services consulting
- Leventum: Levementum Secures High-Profile Customers and Expands Indianapolis Office
- Cayan: Innovative Payments Technology Drives Impressive 2016 Growth for Cayan
- Legendary Supply Chain: Legendary Supply Chain, Inc Announces The Legendary Supply Chain App on the Salesforce AppExchange, the World's Leading Enterprise Apps Marketplace
- The Momentum Group: The Momentum Group Announces WeChatify on the Salesforce AppExchange, the World's Leading Enterprise Apps Marketplace
HYPERLINKS
- Partner Tip Sheet (has ALL of the links) - http://p.force.com/tipsheet
- Partner Community - Topics (A-Z) - http://p.force.com/topics
- Partner Community Signup - https://partners.salesforce.com
- Partner Community Signup Help - http://p.force.com/signup
- Partner Community Training - http://p.force.com/pcuser
- Partner Community Admin Training - http://p.force.com/admintraining
- DF16 Partner Online Guide - http://p.force.com/df16
- ISV Partner Onboarding (Trailhead) - http://p.force.com/newisv
- Consulting Partner Onboarding (Jumpstart) - http://p.force.com/jumpstart
- Partner Education Dashboard - http://p.force.com/education
- Partner Training Options - http://p.force.com/training
- Role-based Training (Pick Your Role!) - http://p.force.com/roles
- Environment Hub (How To Provision Orgs) – http://p.force.com/hub
- Partner Alerts! - http://p.force.com/alerts
- Partner Branding Guidelines - http://p.force.com/branding
- Partner Community Office Hours - http://p.force.com/officehours
- Partner Community News - http://p.force.com/news
- Partner Community Calendar (Events) – http://p.force.com/calendar
- Partner New Release Info - http://p.force.com/releases
- Partner PR Guidelines - http://p.force.com/pr
- Partner Roadmap Info - http://p.force.com/roadmap
- Partner Training Options - http://p.force.com/training
- Support (Submit a Case) - http://p.force.com/case
- Official: Partner Community (follow this group for all updates) – http://p.force.com/official
- Questions & Answers Group (ask any partner question) - http://p.force.com/question
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