NEW DELHI, INDIA: Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company has announced an expansion of its global strategic alliance with Google with the availability of Force.com for Google App Engine.

Force.com for Google App Engine is a new set of tools and services to enable developer success with application development in the cloud.

"We have an open vision for cloud computing," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, salesforce.com. "Developers now can take advantage of the easy to use and rapidly scalable cloud computing infrastructures from Google and salesforce.com to build and deliver powerful business applications."

"At Google, as at salesforce.com, we are committed to enabling developer success with cloud computing," said Tom Stocky, director of product management at Google. "Bringing together Google App Engine and Force.com will foster the creation of new Web applications and further demonstrate the power of the Web as a platform."

Force.com for Google App Engine - Connecting the Clouds

Force.com for Google App Engine provides a new set of tools and services that will foster the creation of new kinds of Web and business applications built and delivered entirely in the cloud. Instead of managing and maintaining their own client/server infrastructure, developers can use cloud computing infrastructure from Google and salesforce.com to build, run and deliver new applications on the Web.

Web applications developed on App Engine are easy to build, easy to maintain, and easy to scale as traffic and data storage needs grow. App Engine offers a rich developer community and libraries to power consumer-oriented interactive web applications.

Similarly, Force.com provides developers a complete environment to quickly build business applications that run on salesforce.com.

For end users of these applications, the integration of Force.com and Google App Engine means that applications can be powered by both systems while providing a seamless user experience and the trust and reliability of two of the world's leading cloud computing platforms.

Using Force.com for Google App Engine, developers can build applications that span both salesforce.com and Google's cloud computing platforms, and take advantage of the sum of their features as desired.

Force.com for Google App Engine provides:

A means to leverage Python in a scalable cloud environment and interact directly with database, workflow and logic capabilities in Force.com.
 
Force.com for Google App Engine enables the creation of Python libraries that when placed on Google App Engine, allow App Engine apps to read and write to Force.com using the Force.com API.

App Engine developers get access to Force.com services and capabilities including mobile, analytics, security and sharing models, user authentication, multi-language and currency support and more.