Appirio Cloud Storage 1.19: Featuring Local Backup, Data Loader, Storage Cleanup, and Easy Administration

We're pleased to announce the availability of the Appirio Cloud Storage release 1.19. This upgrade focuses on ease of setup and ongoing administration.

All customers are required to upgrade their existing Appirio Cloud Storage from AppExchange. The upgrade is seamless-- you can update the package without having to redo any security settings, page layouts, custom object configurations, and without affecting any of your existing attachments.

Here's some more information about the new package... more details can be found in our updated administrative guide:

• Data Loader: Appirio has launched a Cloud Storage data loader similar what Salesforce offers-- a client application that takes a .csv file as input, and will load local files into Appirio Cloud Storage as attachments.
  
• Storage Cleanup: The Storage Cleanup utility allows you to search the Cloud Storage repository for files that are no longer referenced by objects in your Salesforce org. Files can become unreferenced when a parent object is deleted which will in turn delete the attachment objects (but not the files) automatically. Unreferenced files will not cause any problems or impact performance but do count against your storage space. Therefore, you can run the utility periodically or as you reach your storage limit.
• Easy Administration: Redesigned the "About Appirio Cloud Storage" tab to include access to all ACS utilities-- migrate new attachments, create a local backup for existing attachments, or cleanup existing attachments all in one location.
  
• Contract Attachments: Added support for Contract attachments without the need to create a custom object.

Launching Appirio Personal Sync

For individuals who use Salesforce and Google to get their jobs done, Appirio is pleased to announce the personal edition of our sync products. For the first time, individuals can combine the on-demand tools they use personally with the tools they're given to conduct business, without any application for IT to install or configure.

This free service extends Appirio's enterprise synchronization products, unveiled earlier this year and being used by more than 1,500 organizations of all sizes worldwide. The new personal edition removes barriers to adoption, offers an enhanced user experience, and an easy upgrade path.

See our press release here, our product page here, and a 4 minute flash demo of the application here. You can also view the full user guide here. Best of all, just click here to login and get started... there's no application to install or administrative permission required.

Features of Personal Edition:

• No barriers for individuals to use Salesforce and Google together-- get started today without altering your organization's Salesforce application
• Enhanced user experience that makes keeping Salesforce and Google in sync easier than ever
• Easy upgrade path: Always enjoy basic calendar and contact sync for free, or upgrade to Unlimited edition for the individual or Premium Sync for the entire organization to enjoy unlimited sync from within Salesforce, centralized user administration, and enterprise-level support

Launching Appirio Premium Sync

For companies that use Salesforce together with Google Apps (Google's business-focused communication and collaboration applications), Appirio also unveiled Premium Contact and Calendar Sync. This subscription-based service extends Appirio's free synchronization products, unveiled earlier this year and being used by more than 1,500 organizations of all sizes worldwide. The new Premium edition delivers unlimited sync for both contacts and calendars, centralized user administration, and enterprise-level support in one convenient package.

See our press release here, our product page here, our Appexchange package here, and a 4 minute flash demo of the application here. You can also view the full administration guide and user guide here.

The product features:

• Calendar Sync and Contact Sync between Google Apps and Salesforce, together in 1 application
• Unlimited Sync: Sync as many contacts and as many years worth of calendar entries as you'd like, every half an hour.
• Easy Administration: Configure and monitor multiple user accounts from any admin login
• Enterprise-level Support: Calendar and contacts are mission critical information-- you'll get our highest priority phone support from trained local support engineers.

Premium Sync is a paid product-- the price chart below reflects an over 50% discount for an annual contract. Click here to place your order now.