In our previous coverage, we've talked about Gist as the perfect utility for professionals looking to add context to their extensive address books, email communication, and online social networking activity.
Today's public launch also coincides with new features so users can tap people and company profiles from Gist within Salesforce, as well as use the Gist service inside email clients like Outlook.
A Quick Refresher
Gist combines your Outlook or Gmail email communication, online address book, LinkedIn contacts, and Twitter and Facebook networks to create an intelligent dashboard view of your connections.
The interface is designed to present you with all relevant information associated with a contact or company. Think calendar events, email attachments, email history, links, and web news mentioning the individual or their company, all prioritized for fast processing.
What's New
The new Gist comes with three key updates. The dashboard UI has been tweaked to better optimize the new user experience, people and company profiles are now integrated with your Salesforce data, and you can also now use Gist inside an email client like Outlook.