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For organizations operating in regulated industries or managing complex data environments, understanding how Salesforce data changes over time is critical. While Salesforce’s native Field History Tracking offers basic change logging, its constraints, limited field coverage, short retention, and minimal traceability, often leave gaps that create risk.
Backing up Salesforce data isn’t just about storing copies somewhere safe – it’s about making sure your business can recover quickly, keep analytics accurate, and stay compliant with industry regulations. Traditional backup strategies, which rely on periodic snapshots, can leave gaps where critical data is lost between backups. That’s where near real-time data replication comes in.
As your business grows, so does your Salesforce data. But what happens when an overloaded Salesforce environment starts slowing down operations, driving up storage costs, or creating compliance headaches?
Enterprise organizations face several challenges when managing Salesforce data. Two of the biggest ones involve ensuring storage limits inside the Force.com platform don’t require costly level-ups and ensuring data meets compliance requirements for long-term retention.
Ensuring consistent, near-real-time data synchronization is critical for organizations that leverage Salesforce and Snowflake. However, achieving this can be complex and resource-intensive. CapStorm’s Salesforce Connector, a Snowflake-native application, provides an efficient solution by enabling secure, automated, and incremental replication of Salesforce data into Snowflake.
In a world where data is a competitive advantage, businesses need full access and ownership over their Salesforce data. While Salesforce’s Data Cloud offers a zero-copy approach to data sharing, and the Snowflake zero-copy clone feature allows for instant replication of Snowflake data without duplicating storage, organizations also need flexible solutions to seamlessly bring external data – like Salesforce – into their Snowflake environment.
It’s important to note that while regulatory scrutiny, cyber threats, and operational risks have made data protection a non-negotiable priority for highly regulated industries like healthcare, finance, and government, they also extend into industries outside these sectors as well.
As a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA), you’re tasked with designing secure, scalable, and efficient data architectures that meet the demands of modern enterprises. Yet, integrating Salesforce data into Snowflake – while maintaining speed, accuracy, and security – can be challenging.
One major concern for businesses operating in multiple regions is data residency – where data is stored and how it complies with local regulations. For companies using Salesforce on Alibaba Cloud, the challenge of maintaining control over data residency is a pressing issue, especially in highly regulated industries like finance, healthcare, and the public sector.
Efficient Salesforce data integration is a key part of business operations. As organizations rely more heavily on data for decision-making, tools that streamline data workflows are essential. CapStorm’s Salesforce Connector, a Snowflake Native App, aims to address the challenges of integrating Salesforce data with Snowflake databases, providing businesses with a secure, automated, and near real-time replication solution.
CapStorm is a core piece of enterprise data strategy for hundreds of global customers. Salesforce data replication powered by CapStorm feeds data warehouses for the world’s largest financial institutions, many pharmaceutical groups, and even government agencies. Salesforce business continuity is a core function that many organizations achieve with CapStorm, but this Salesforce data assurance is just the beginning. True Salesforce data autonomy provides enterprise-grade data protection, control, utilization, and governance. CapStorm empowers Salesforce users to get the most out of their data.