Small DevOps Teams Don’t Have to Hold Back Regional Banks—Here’s Why

With intentional processes and Salesforce testing tools, community and regional banks can see huge returns, even with small DevOps teams. Why It Matters: Customers have the same expectations of regional banks compared to larger institutions. The challenge becomes how to provide an intuitive and functional IT environment with limited resources. Here are six ways regional banks […]
How Effective Are Your Salesforce Security Best Practices?

Ensuring your Salesforce security best practices are up-to-date gives your organization the best chance at remaining safe and compliant in the face of evolving cybersecurity threats. Why It Matters: Cybersecurity breaches are incredibly costly, but they aren’t the only vulnerabilities you need to guard against. Even a simple accidental deletion can lead to data loss and […]
How to Optimize Your Salesforce Release Schedule

Salesforce is the leading cloud-based customer relationship management software with services delivered to over 150,000 businesses around the world. The application provides updates every winter, spring, and summer. With this Salesforce release schedule of three updates per year, programmers and developers must strategize how to keep up with the learning curve and facilitate smooth transitions. Follow these […]
7 Tips for Increasing Quality in Every Salesforce Release Cycle

Salesforce release cycles can be optimized and refreshed as Salesforce DevOps teams complete and plan new projects. Why It Matters: A small problem isn’t so small when it gets repeated over time. A snowball effect occurs that drains productivity, ROI, and the overall quality of your Salesforce instance. Here are 7 ways to continuously improve your […]
Top 10 Benefits of Automated Release Management

There are a wide variety of approaches to Salesforce DevOps. These differences will have a lot to do with the size of your team, your expectations, and the industry in which you operate. However, the largest impact on your Salesforce DevOps approach will come from the tools you use throughout the development pipeline. Automated release […]
Salesforce Process Builder vs. Flow vs. Workflow Rules

Salesforce has announced that they are phasing out two popular tools—Process Builder and Workflow Rules—and focusing on another tool known as Flow. The reasoning for paring down their available tools is an attempt to streamline services. There is a lot of overlap between the Process Builder, Workflow Rules, and Flow. So, in order to simplify […]
How a Salesforce CI/CD Suite Positions You as a Leader

A streamlined Salesforce DevOps pipeline is a great way to introduce new applications and updates to help team members and customers alike. Solidifying your internal processes with continued updates enables team members to provide professional service while new public-facing applications support customers with tangible benefits. A Salesforce CI/CD suite is an important aspect of a […]
Optimizing Salesforce DX with Automated Release Management

Salesforce DX is a great way for DevOps teams to take their development efforts to the next level. Salesforce’s clicks-not-code interface is great for many scenarios, but sometimes you need to dig a little deeper into the world of software development. Salesforce DX offers development tools to enable DevOps teams to deliver software updates and applications […]
What You Need to Know About the Heroku Data Breach

Heroku—a cloud platform as a service (PaaS)—has disclosed a recent security incident in the form of a cyberattack that took place April 9th, 2022. This attack involving token compromise was more severe than initially thought so they began forcing user password resets in an attempt to minimize impact. The Heroku breach involved the exposure of […]
10 Tips for DevOps Implementation for Salesforce

DevOps is the combination of efforts from your development and operations teams. Addressing these considerations throughout the entire development process creates stronger products at a faster rate. Many teams have implemented this strategy. Those that have not need to get onboard or face being left behind. DevOps teams are responsible for managing the product lifecycle […]