October 29, 2014
My second Dreamforce was a truly inspirational experience, fueled by innovation and the potential for business transformation. We made some big announcements, introducing capabilities that will unlock new opportunities for companies and enable them to connect with their customers in entirely new ways.
What I found particularly notable about this year’s Dreamforce was the integral role our partners played in bringing the promise of Salesforce innovation to life. Not only did partners fill our expo halls as sponsors, but they demonstrated the power of our latest technologies and helped us deliver some of our most exciting Dreamforce news, including the launch of Wave Analytics Cloud and Salesforce Lightning. Our partners also provided many of the real-life stories of customer success that were shared across the Dreamforce campus, delivered in our keynotes, breakout sessions, and theater presentations.
Each year at Dreamforce, we celebrate the most impressive examples of these stories with the Salesforce Partner Innovation Awards. This year’s nine awards recognize outstanding work performed by our consulting partners and illustrate the critical role they play to drive innovation and customer success:
- Acumen Solutions helped Aesynt harness the power of the Salesforce Customer Success Platform to improve the effectiveness of its sales, service, marketing and customer engagement processes
- Accenture rolled out a global deployment at a multinational telecommunications company with one global sales framework that addresses data privacy and residency requirements across cloud and on-premise solutions
- Bluewolf collaborated with Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection (BHTP) to launch its AirCare coverage, a new service solution that reinvents travel insurance for today’s mobile customer