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Salesforce CIO Playbook

The Salesforce Platform CIO Playbook

How CIOs govern the Salesforce Platform across clouds, custom apps, and integrations. Architecture discipline, license efficiency, and the operating model that prevents license inflation.

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Read Time 20 Minutes
Last Updated May 2026
What you will take away
  • Why Salesforce Platform spend grows faster than user count
  • Custom apps, integrations, and the silent license drivers
  • API call limits and the consumption math
  • Permission set licenses and the audit risk
  • How to govern the Platform across clouds and developers
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Written byFredrik FilipssonCo Founder & Group CEO · ex Oracle, IBM, SAP
PublishedNovember 29, 2024
Last updatedFebruary 14, 2025
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