GridBuddy: an award-winning cloud application for the Force.com platform

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, January 08, 2011

Salesforce.com announced that AppBuddy's new application GridBuddy was recognized as one of the top 4 installed applications in the 'Hack into Dreamforce' contest. Awards were given to applications with the highest number of customer AppExchange software installs between 9/20/10 and 11/30/10 leading up to the annual Dreamforce conference.

GridBuddy is a 100% native Force.com application that allows users to edit multiple related Salesforce objects using an Excel-like view. GridBuddy has a clean, simple-to-use interface for users to view one parent object with multiple children, create editable list views, and edit child and parent data on one screen. These features increase data integrity, save users time, and greatly reduce the number of clicks required to edit records. With the addition of GridBuddy, Salesforce users have a comprehensive solution that includes best practices for data management.

Comments on the news:

"GridBuddy solves a major problem that SFDC customers using CRM and Force.com have -- data explosion across multiple objects" - AppExchange review by J. Yoshimura

"I am able to save hours of time by editing my data directly inline in Salesforce (as opposed to exporting and then re-importing)" - AppExchange review by K. Wong

Additional Resources:

AppBuddy Website
http://www.salesforceappbuddy.com

GridBuddy on the AppExchange
http://sites.force.com/appexchange/listingDetail?listingId=a0N30000003IkInEAK (GridBuddy on AppExchange)

Hack into Dreamforce Contest Winners
http://blog.sforce.com/sforce/2010/12/congratulations-to-the-hack-into-dreamforce-winners.html (Hack into Dreamforce

About the Force.com Platform and AppExchange 2:

Force.com is the only proven enterprise platform for building and running business applications in the cloud. The Force.com platform powers the Salesforce CRM applications, more than 1000 ISV partner applications like those from CA Technologies, FinancialForce.com and Fujitsu, and 185,000 custom applications used by Salesforce.com's 87,200 customers such as Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE and Sprint Nextel. Force.com also enables developers to make any enterprise app social by leveraging the social collaboration components including profiles, status updates, and real-time feeds available with Chatter.

Applications built on the Force.com platform can be easily distributed to the entire cloud computing community through the Salesforce.com AppExchange 2 marketplace http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/, now featuring the ChatterExchange.

AppBuddy is a Salesforce ISV partner committed to increasing user success in Salesforce.com. Founded in 2009, AppBuddy leverages years of Salesforce development experience in creating software to address common user issues and contribute to the overall usability of Salesforce. AppBuddy is dedicated to giving back to the community by offering discounted pricing to non-profit and educational institutions. For further details, visit our website:
http://www.salesforceappbuddy.com