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Making Integration Simpler with an ESB
Sep 25, 2015
Making Integration Simpler with an ESB

For those who are new to the term ESB, here’s a crash course: Enterprise service bus (ESB) software works to help design and implement a line of communication across various programs that are a part of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) application solution. ESB applications are used most frequently as a part of enterprise application integration (EAI), which allows […]

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Trailhead Salesforce
Sep 23, 2015
Trailhead: Trekking through the Inner Workings of Salesforce®

So, you’ve decided that Salesforce® is the most efficient cloud-computing system for your business, and it’s time to start putting that technology into action. Incorporating any new software or technology into an already functioning workplace will always have its problems, and prolonged training can cause decreased productivity among many other headaches. You need efficiency. You […]

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Sep 11, 2015
3 Reasons Why Netflix, Condé Nast, and Comcast All Employ AWS to Meet Their Cloud Computing Needs

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a wide array of solutions for business cloud computing needs. Comcast, Condé Nast and Netflix (among many others) all leverage AWS for many of their business needs. “Our success with the AWS infrastructure can be attributed to the elasticity, scalability, global availability of the service, as well as the key […]

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4 Big Data Strategies that Can Improve Your Company
Aug 25, 2015
4 Big Data Strategies that Can Improve Your Company

Data is an essential part of most companies; however, in the last five years, data collection has evolved. Previously, companies would be required to collect their data daily and load it into a database. Today, click-steam data collection is more common. This method of data collection has led to an explosion of data sources and […]

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Cloud Computing Salesforce
Aug 21, 2015
How Salesforce® is Winning the Race to Cloud Superiority

Salesforce.com is kind of a big deal. In fact, the cloud-based enterprise software has been ranked in Bloomberg Businessweek’s number 2 spot on their list of 50 top performing companies in recent years. Salesforce® reached this top spot by outperforming their nearest competitors: Oracle, SAP and Microsoft. Between 2010 and 2013, Salesforce’s stock prices increased by 170 percent. […]

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Non-Profit Salesforce Project
Aug 17, 2015
Salesforce, Visual Flow and Black Bears: A Non-Profit Volunteering Trip I’ll Never Forget

I just got back from spending a week volunteering for 100 Fold Studio.  They are “a non-profit architecture firm providing affordable and innovative design services to charitable organizations around the world. We are committed to demonstrating the love of Jesus by designing safe, efficient, and inspiring structures for all, regardless of religion, ethnicity or tradition.” […]

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5 Steps to Creating a Killer Customer Survey
Aug 04, 2015
5 Steps to Creating a Killer Customer Survey

As a business manager in charge of making key decisions for your company, sending out customer surveys is one great sales strategy for gathering information about what your patrons want and need from your business, as well as find out how they liked the services or products they’ve already received from you. Surveys can also […]

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business intelligence & cloud computing
Jul 27, 2015
A Glimpse into the Growth Pattern of Cloud Analytics

Developments in cloud systems, services and SaaS apps have come a long way in the last decade. Cloud-based analytics and intelligence are quickly becoming an integral part of many businesses around the world. The last ten years or so companies like Salesforce, Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, Google and Amazon have all taken their businesses and their […]

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4 Strategies for Developing a Strong Cloud Infrastructure
Jul 20, 2015
4 Strategies for Developing a Strong Cloud Infrastructure

More companies today are turning to cloud computing, not just to help their businesses reach their customers easier but also to be competitive. Chances are, businesses who fail to embrace the cloud will be left behind. Companies need to develop a strong cloud infrastructure. A recent IBM Institute survey discovered that 71% of businesses feel their IT […]

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Jul 10, 2015
Midwest Salesforce Dreamin’ Conference

David Litton, the Solutions Architect here at Ad Victoriam, recently spoke at the 2015 Midwest Dreamin’ Salesforce user conference in Chicago on the Navy Pier. This year’s conference, which took place July 9th and 10th, included 31 breakout sessions, technology solution exhibit hall, an experts table, special guests and keynote speakers Peter Coffee (VP of […]

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