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Force Enterprise Architecture Blog
2y ago
The term “Large Data Volume” is lacking exactness and vague. If your Org has tens of thousands of users, millions of records contributing to hundreds of gigabytes of data storage, then you have a large data volume.
LDV Implications
LDV Mitigation Strategy
Integration with external systems
Heroku:
Sync up data from Heroku or Expose Heroku data using Heroku External Objects
Use Salesforce Connect to view archived data from Salesforce
Salesforce Connect
Connect to the external data source using OData 2.0/Odata 4.0
API/Webservice Integration
Suited for small amounts of data and short i ..read more
Force Enterprise Architecture Blog
2y ago
Exam Outline – System Architecture
Given a scenario, determine the appropriate mix of systems, including both on and off-platform components, taking into consideration the Salesforce platform capabilities, constraints, and limits.
Given a scenario, describe the design and platform considerations, trade-offs, and risks for reporting and analytics.
Given a scenario, describe the architectural considerations when planning, defining, or working within a single or multi-org environment.
Given a scenario, describe the design considerations, trade-offs, and risks for mobile solutions and recommend ..read more
Force Enterprise Architecture Blog
2y ago
Whenever I think about IT architecture to any business challenge, I revisit Enterprise Architecture Principles to validate if the architecture fits into the boundary of Enterprise Architecture Principles.
Enterprise Architect Principles defines the rules across the business, information, technology, application, security, governance, etc., to enforce strict discipline and provide guidance on how IT resources can be deployed to achieve the business vision. Enterprise Architecture principles guide the direction of IT architecture and also enable the standardization of diverse business processes ..read more
Force Enterprise Architecture Blog
2y ago
Data Archiving – Definition
Data archiving is the process of retaining data for long-term storage. The data might not be in use; however, it can be brought into use and can be stored for future purposes. An archive is a collection of historical records that are kept for long-term retention and used for future reference. Typically, archives contain data that is not actively used.
Backup Definition:
A backup is a copy of data that can be used to restore the original in the event that your data is lost or damaged.
If a company exper ..read more
Force Enterprise Architecture Blog
2y ago
Salesforce AppExchange is home to more than 5,000 solutions that allow you to extend the power of Salesforce. It is one of the largest business applications marketplace and apps available to solve customers’ specific problems.
To give a context of how big is the Salesforce Appexchange,
It has more than 9 million installs
90% of Salesforce customers have 1+ app installed
100% of the Fortune 100 have 1+ app installed
Some of the Apps are free, but the cost for few apps can go in millions. Some of the apps are Salesforce native, and some of them are nicely integrated with Salesforce; some are ..read more
Force Enterprise Architecture Blog
2y ago
Data Governance
Establishes rules and policies to ensure reliable and effective governance of the organization’s data. These rules define processes and protocols to ensure the data asset’s usability, quality, and policy compliance.
Data Stewardship: Definition
Puts tactical roles and activities into effect to ensure adherence and support of the data governance plan. It includes assigning people to uphold the plan and developing a strategy for monitoring and maintenance of organization’s data.
Data Governance
Step :1
Assess the state of your data
Before developing a governance and stewar ..read more
Force Enterprise Architecture Blog
2y ago
Getting insights on the vital enterprise key metrics to help businesses to understand changing business conditions visually. It allows businesses to make decisions based on the information that they have gathered from various reports. Using these dashboard help business users to discover customer trends and channels in which customers engage etc.
With a pre-designed Dashboard configured for the Sales team, unlock the power to dive deep into data, slide, and dice data to get essential insights that enable to make smarter decisions.
So, where do we start?
We have the enterprise architect ..read more
Force Enterprise Architecture Blog
2y ago
Master data management (MDM) is a technology-enabled discipline in which business and IT work together to ensure uniformity, accuracy, stewardship, semantic consistency, and accountability of the enterprise’s official shared master data assets.
Master data is the consistent and uniform set of identifiers and extended attributes that describe the enterprise’s core entities, including customers, prospects, citizens, suppliers, sites, hierarchies, and a chart of accounts.
System of Records
A system of record is the authoritative data source for a given data element or piece of i ..read more
Force Enterprise Architecture Blog
2y ago
Org Strategy – Balancing Act
Factors Influencing Org Strategy
Business Operating Models
Single Org
Multi-Org
Org Strategies
Ripple Effect on Changing Org Strategy
Cross-Org Connectivity Tools
Strategy Approach
The contents expressed in this blog post are based on personal experiences.
Org Strategy – Balancing Act
Factors Influencing Salesforce Org Strategy
Business Operating Models
Single Org
Single Org –  ..read more