Cloud Computing: Salesforce Kicks Off Dreamforce with $1 Million Hackathon
October 30, 2014
Grazed from CIO-Today. Author: Shirley Siluk.
Before Salesforce kicks off its Dreamforce event in San Francisco on October 13, it’s inviting developers to compete for $1 million in cash prizes by building innovative new mobile apps for sales, service and other uses. The $1 Million Hackathon is set to start at 6 p.m. Pacific Time on Friday, and will continue through noon Sunday.
Hackers will compete for prizes in three categories: Force.com mobile apps, Heroku mobile apps, and Force.com with Heroku mobile apps. The first-place hacker or hacker team in each category will win $100,000, with the three first-place winners then competing for an additional grand prize of $150,000…
More than 25,000 developers are expected to be among the 135,000 attendees at Dreamforce, which kicks off Monday at the Moscone Convention Center, and runs through Thursday, October 16. Three million people are also expected to participate in the event online. Now in its 12th year, Dreamforce 2014 is being billed as "the world’s largest software event ever."…
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