Appirio Simplifies Contact Synchronization Between Salesforce & Google Apps

Fifth Appirio Offering for Salesforce and Google Apps Provides a Smarter Way to Manage Business Contacts Across Applications

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--May 30, 2008 - Google I/O Conference -- Appirio (www.appirio.com) today announced Appirio Contact Sync for Salesforce and Google Apps, a simple tool to select and sync contacts between Google Apps and Salesforce address books.

Author Solutions Taps Force.com and Platform-as-a-Service to Produce High-quality Books in Less Time, for Less Money

New On-demand Solution Enables Author Solutions to Automate and Speed its Own Publishing and Production Processes; Company Plans to Offer Other Publishers a Similar Solution Later this Year

LOS ANGELES, CA--May 28, 2008 – Book Expo America -- Author Solutions (ASI), the world leader in the fastest-growing segment of publishing, today announced it is developing and implementing an innovative new solution for the publishing industry that is transforming its own business and could offer similar benefits to other publishers later this year. The solution, developed by Appirio and Author Solutions on the salesforce.com Force.com Platform, integrates multiple applications in the entire publishing workflow, including everything from editorial to book layout and cover design to marketing and distribution. The result is high-quality books that can be brought to market faster, at a lower cost than what is possible today.