TECHNOLOGY: Bloomberg Brings Cloud-Based Information Archiving to Salesforce1 Users

The information cloud just got bigger.

Bloomberg announced it has joined the salesforce.com partner program to bring cloud-based enterprise information archiving to Salesforce1 for Financial Services. Bloomberg’s Vault will provide specialized enterprise information archiving and compliance ‘as-a-service’ to financial services and other regulated entities that use Salesforce1 for enterprise-wide collaboration.

Bloomberg Vault for Salesforce1 Financial Services helps users seamlessly capture, transform and archive Salesforce Chatter activities, such as posts, comments, content sharing, private messages, surveys or changes to access controls and user permissions. Using Bloomberg Vault, firms can oversee employee communication and collaboration activities that fit into pre-defined compliance policies. It also helps companies identify communications that may require further review.

“Bloomberg Vault now enables Salesforce1 for Financial Services users to access Bloomberg’s industry expertise and proven track-record of providing information compliance and e-discovery tools to financial services firms,” said Harald Collet, global head of Bloomberg Vault. “Salesforce1 for Financial Services is subject to the same regulatory compliance requirements as any other form of business communication. Bloomberg Vault can help firms capture, manage, archive and retrieve communications sent using Salesforce1and other business communications services.”

Users can utilize the service either in the office or from their mobile devices with Salesforce1 Mobile app. Bloomberg Vault for Salesforce1 for Financial Services is currently available on the AppExchange at www.appexchange.com.