Introducing a New Architect Mini-series Podcast
As you know, Salesforce provides many different tools for building secure, performant business applications. As an architect, your job is to make sure that you are using the right tool for the job, but it’s not always obvious which tool is best for the task at hand. So, we decided to sit down with some of Salesforce’s distinguished Product Managers and ask them to share their deep expertise on existing features and functionality as well as provide some guidance on where Salesforce is headed in the future.
In the six-episode limited miniseries “Behind The Cloud: A Salesforce Architect’s Podcast,” host Karishma Lalwani, Certified Technical Architect and Senior Director of Product within Salesforce’s Platform Scale Team, asks the experts about the design and implementation guidelines every architect should know regardless of where they are in their architect journey.
Read on to learn a bit more about each episode.
Episode #1 — Behind The Cloud: Package-Based ALM
When you think about making changes to your organization, you think about sandboxes, right? Of course, there’s much more to it! In this episode, Karishma sits down with Rohit Mehta and Dileep Burki to discuss the different approaches to change management within Salesforce.
Listen to this episode to learn more about the different techniques, tools, and environments available to you as you design and implement changes in your Salesforce organization.
Episode #2 — Behind the Cloud: Hyperforce
You may have heard about Hyperforce, but what is it all about? In this episode, Dave Hacker joins Karishma to discuss everything you need to know about Hyperforce.
Episode #3 — Behind The Cloud: Security Architecture Strategy
At Salesforce, trust is our number one value. In this episode, Karishma sits down with Amanda Grady and Shesh Kondi to talk about the impact of the pandemic on trust and the future of security. They discuss the various tools available to you as you start to build out security architecture strategies for your Salesforce implementations.
Listen to deepen your understanding of the Salesforce functionality available for adhering to governance and regulatory compliance standards, or just making sure the right users have the right access to your data.
Episode #4 — Behind The Cloud: Platform Events and Event-Driven Architecture
If you ask 10 people what event-driven architecture is, you’ll get 10 different answers. That’s why Karishma sits down with Jay Hurst and Raj Advani to discuss the evolution of integration at Salesforce, including what is currently available from an event-driven architecture perspective, and where Salesforce is going in the future.
Listen to learn more about platform events, the Salesforce event-driven messaging architecture, and specific use cases for them.
Episode #5 — Behind The Cloud: Apex and Salesforce Functions
By now, you’ve probably heard the announcement about Salesforce Functions. In this episode, Karishma sits down with Chris Peterson and Chris Marino to talk about Apex’s origins, its evolution over the past twenty years, and now, where Salesforce Functions comes into play.
Tune in to hear how Apex got started, the difference between Apex and Functions, when to use both, and answers to questions we’ve received from you!
Episode #6 — Behind The Cloud: Modern Web and Mobile Design
Modern web and mobile design can be complicated and confusing. However, architects need a solid grasp of the issues involved in order to deliver the best experiences to the widest audience, regardless of browser or device. In this episode, Karishma sits down with Sue Berry and Kevin Hill to cover everything you need to know about modern web and mobile design.
You can listen to Behind The Cloud on YouTube.
Listen as you get ready for Dreamforce
All six episodes will be released on Thursday, September 16.
And don’t forget, Dreamforce is right around the corner! Tune in to the Architect Main Show, “Build the Future of Business with Salesforce Architects”, on Wednesday, September 22 at 12:30 p.m. PT. You can check out more of what’s ahead for architects in our Dreamforce ’21 for Architects guide. And be sure to sign up for Dreamforce (for free) here!
Happy listening!
About the Authors
Karishma Lalwani is a Product Leader in the Salesforce Scalability Cloud team and works with our largest customers to build products that address platform and implementation scale needs. She has over 17+ years of global experience and is also a Certified Technical Architect, Dreamforce Speaker and a coach to aspiring architects and product managers. Find her on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Kelly Vida is a Senior Solution Engineer at Salesforce. She has been in the Salesforce ecosystem for over 8 years. During that time, she has worked closely with customers to unlock the power of the platform to drive growth and increased efficiency.
