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Significantly, the use of metadata also creates an implicit boundary between an application and the platform, which is essential for the multi-tenant model. As applications are customized and extended, new versions of the Force.com platform can be rolled out without affecting the end user— all applications and integrations continue to run without modification and the deployment process never delays the release of new functionality. This success of this model has been proven with salesforce.com’s own applications, which are enhanced several times each year with major updates.

The Force.com Stack and Services
To understand the capabilities of the Force.com platform, let’s look at the “Force.com stack”—the layers of technologies and services that make up the platform as a service—in more detail.

Service Delivery: Global, Trusted, Secure Infrastructure

The Force.com service delivery infrastructure provides the foundation for the most challenging on-demand requirements. This infrastructure, which consists of advanced and highly managed data center and security technologies, currently powers more than two billion transactions a month and supports close to one million subscribers.

It is this same infrastructure that will deliver all on-demand applications developed and deployed by customers, as well as salesforce.com’s CRM applications. To see the availability, volume, and performance achieved by the Force.com infrastructure in near real-time, go to trust.salesforce.com

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