First there was ‘Software as a Service’(SaaS), now there is 'Platform as a Service' (PaaS)!

The next London User Group Meeting will be held at The Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall

Date: Thursday 13 March from 6pm

Force.com is the world’s first Platform as a Service, enabling developers to create and deliver any kind of business application, entirely on-demand and without software.

Focus On Apex Code
User Group members have expressed an interest in Apex Code, so this will be the focus for the meeting. Apex is the world’s first on-demand programming language, enabling customers to extend their use of salesforce.com to create and run any business logic and application on the Force.com platform. With the ‘Spring ’08 release’, all Salesforce Enterprise & Unlimited Edition customers will have access to Apex code.

I am very pleased to announce this event will once again be hosted by SofiaWorks. As always drinks will be taking place after the event to enable time to network and meet with other SFDC users and partners.

Agenda

• Review of S-controls
  • What they are and what do they do?
  • How do they fit in to the Apex mix?
• Introducing Apex Code
• Why use Apex Code?
• What can you do with Apex?
• Apex Code in action: Customer Business Cases
  • BrightGen – using Apex to ease integration pain
  • Xerox – Using Apex in conjunction with Strategic Account Planning
• How to get started with Apex Code. In-house developer or outsourcing?

Break Out/Discussion Sessions –

Technical QA session

How does Apex work?

Examples and walk-through

Daniel Belwood

Sofia Works Director of Technologies

Business QA session

How can my business benefit from using Apex code?

Requirements and Solutions

Stephen Brown

Sofia Works Director of Consulting

I look forward to seeing you on 13 March

James

The presentation from our last meeting, is here

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