Practical Salesforce Architecture

Once renowned as a customer relationship management (CRM) tool,  Salesforce has evolved into a cloud-first application and capability  ecosystem. With dedicated components for tasks such as middleware, big  data, reporting, ETL, data loading, and API orchestration, Salesforce  has become more prevalent in modern architectures. 

  This concise, yet comprehensive guide provides an overview of Salesforce  architecture for enterprise architects and Salesforce ecosystem  architects. Author Paul McCollum, Salesforce technical architect at  Accenture, provides a roadmap for integrating major elements of the  Salesforce ecosystem with planned or existing enterprise architecture.  You'll learn how to use these components to address the diverse needs of  different organizations. 

 Many companies today are  adding or building multicloud capabilities and incorporating various  elements from the Salesforce ecosystem. With this book, you'll learn: 

• Strengths, weaknesses, and growth areas of Salesforce's EA domain features 
• How Salesforce compares to other cloud providers 
• Methods for using the Salesforce ecosystem effectively to address your organization's needs 
• How to integrate Salesforce with planned or existing enterprise architectures 
• Ways to manage and forecast performance, complexity, and ease of operation across the Salesforce platform