CHAPTER Šá INTRODUCTION Thereës never been a better time to partner with the worldës æŠ CRMç Thereës no doubt about itá Itës anćincredibly exciting time to be a Cloud provider in todayës marketçć ŽŽĭ While the concept of Cloud isnët exactly brand newâ recent years OF LARGE have seen Cloud shift significantly towardćthe mainstream ú and move rapidly upûmarketç So much soâ in factâ that Gartner ENTERPRISES WILL predicts that ŽŽĭ of large enterprises will successfully BE ALL-IN-CLOUD implement an allûinûcloud SaaS strategy by ‹‰‹ŽçÝ BY 2025.* Andâ as more and more enterprises move to implement wallûtoû wall SaaS solutionsâ providers face an enormous opportunityç With the concept of Cloud spreading across new departments and into new industriesâ entirely new markets are opening upćú as evident by the thriving ecosystem of SaaS solutions that have sprung up around and integrate with Salesforceç Looking to capitalize on this momentumè Read on to learnćmore aboutćopportunities forćpartnering your solution with Salesforce ú and why thereës never been a better time than nowç ÝCloud Strategy Leadershipá Gartner Insights on How and Why Leaders Must Implementć Cloud Computingâ ‹‰Šâ David Mitchell Smith Gartner does not endorse any vendorâ product or service depicted in its research publicationsâ and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designationç Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartnerës research organization and should not be construed as statements of factç Gartner disclaims all warrantiesâ expressed or impliedâ with respect to this researchâ including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purposeç GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartnerâ Incç andíor its affiliates in the UçSç and internationallyâ and is used herein with permissionç All rights reservedç APPEXCHANGEá Place the title of the eûbook in this space