SEATTLE (dpa-AFX) - Amazon Web Services Inc. or AWS, an Amazon.com company (AMZN), and Salesforce ( CRM) expanded their global strategic alliance. The companies announced they will deliver five service integrations designed to simplify and expand how customers capture, analyze and take action on their data.
Additionally, the companies announced that Canada will be the first new AWS Region supported in Salesforce's planned international infrastructure expansion on AWS. Salesforce customers will be able to use the company's core service-including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Community Cloud, Analytics Cloud and more-delivered on AWS cloud infrastructure in Canada, with general availability expected in mid-2017.
The Companies Extend Global Strategic Alliance to Deliver Service Integrations for Customers.
As part of the global strategic alliance, the companies will deliver integrations that will connect the Salesforce Platform with Amazon AppStream 2.0, AWS IoT, Amazon Redshift, Alexa and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud or Amazon VPC.
Salesforce will leverage AWS cloud infrastructure as an option to support its growing customer base in Canada. Generally available in mid-2017, this will be Salesforce's first international infrastructure expansion supported with AWS cloud services, with others expected to follow.
Amazon AppStream 2.0 is expected to be generally available in the Salesforce AppExchange as a Lightning Component in the first half of 2017. Pricing will be announced at the time of general availability.
The new IoT integration is currently available in preview, with a full release scheduled for 2017. Pricing will be announced at the time of general availability.
The new Amazon Redshift connector is expected to be generally available in the first half of 2017. Pricing will be announced at the time of general availability.
The Alexa for Salesforce Toolkit and Trailhead for Alexa Skills are expected to be generally available to customers in the first half of 2017 at no additional cost.
VPC Peering for Heroku Private Spaces is currently in beta, and is expected to be generally available in the first half of 2017 to Heroku Private Spaces customers at no additional cost.
Salesforce's core services are expected to be available on AWS public cloud infrastructure in Canada in mid-2017.
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