Walking into the “Data1” building in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, it’s not easy to tell it’s the home of Tableau, with the big Salesforce sign behind the reception desk, and a… Read More
Tableau plans to add generative artificial intelligence to its data visualization platform, using AI to automatically identify and describe key trends in interactive charts and graphs, and answer free-form questions… Read More
A 10% workforce reduction by Salesforce is rippling through the ranks of Tableau Software, the Seattle-based data visualization company acquired by the San Francisco-based enterprise tech giant for $15.7 billion… Read More
Salesforce revenue rose 24% to $7.4 billion in quarterly results that investors were watching closely for clues about the direction of corporate technology spending amid concerns about the direction of… Read More
The news: Cloud Paper, the Seattle startup that makes toilet paper and paper towels from bamboo in an effort to slow deforestation, has raised $5 million in new funding. Big-name… Read More
Bellevue, Wash.-based microbiome and RNA analysis company Viome, now called Viome Life Sciences, has split into two divisions: one focused on its consumer products and another on developing new diagnostics… Read More
Seattle-based Tableau Software is no longer an independent publicly traded company, but it’s back under the watchful eyes of Wall Street for a different reason. Salesforce bought the data visualization… Read More
Seattle-based Tableau Software generated $394 million in revenue for Salesforce in its first fiscal quarter, up 38% from a year ago. That’s up significantly from Tableau revenue growth of 15%… Read More
The news: Viome, the Seattle-area wellness startup that analyzes microbiomes, told GeekWire that it has more than 200,000 customers and expects to hit $100 million in revenue next year. The company… Read More
Slack could gain new inroads to enterprise customers, and access to additional sales and marketing horsepower, if reports of its impending acquisition by Salesforce come to fruition. The combination promises… Read More
Salesforce is cutting jobs after reporting record earnings, creating “shocked disbelief” inside the company, one newly laid-off Seattle employee tells GeekWire. The cuts, announced internally on Tuesday and Wednesday, involve… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Marc Benioff was heading home from dinner one evening in 2015 when he learned the surprising news: Indiana’s governor signed a controversial bill that could allow businesses… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky introduced “one of the newest members of the Tableau community” to the crowd at the Seattle company’s annual conference here Wednesday morning,… Read More
Regulators in the UK have given Salesforce and Tableau Software the go-ahead to start integrating their business operations, more than three months after the San Francisco cloud giant completed the… Read More
Hold on, didn’t Salesforce complete its $15.7 billion acquisition of Tableau Software? Not just announce it, but complete it? It’s understandable to react that way if you’ve been following the… Read More
Marc Benioff’s new book, “Trailblazer,” is the story of the Salesforce co-founder and co-CEO’s emergence as an accidental activist on LGBTQ rights, the environment, immigration, gender pay equity and other… Read More
Salesforce’s $15.7 billion acquisition of Tableau Software came together after nearly six months of back-and-forth negotiations, and the companies didn’t agree on major details — including how much Tableau was… Read More
Salesforce surprised the tech world this week with its agreement to acquire Tableau Software for $15.7 billion — although maybe it shouldn’t have been a surprise, after the Seattle-based data… Read More
There are no Salesforce signs in the lobby. The top floor hasn’t been converted into an Ohana room. And believe it or not, some of the products made in these… Read More
Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff seemed determined to focus on the role that business leaders can play in addressing social challenges Tuesday morning at Fortune’s CEO Initiative in New York, in… Read More
Since taking over as Tableau Software CEO nearly three years ago, former Amazon Web Services executive Adam Selipsky has shifted the data visualization and business intelligence company to a new… Read More
With its $15.7 billion acquisition of Tableau Software, announced Monday morning, Salesforce isn’t just making a bet on a single company, or on the business intelligence and data visualization market.… Read More
Salesforce will buy Tableau Software for $15.7 billion in an all-stock deal announced Monday morning, doubling down on data visualization and business intelligence with a deal for one of Seattle’s… Read More
Imagine if rather than threatening to slow down operations in Seattle when faced with a tax on big business, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos championed the legislation. Would the controversial “head… Read More
Today’s featured stories Amazon reportedly investigating alleged incidents of third-party sellers paying employees to delete reviews and share secret sales data Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne Benioff… Read More
The venerable newsmagazine Time, a nearly 100-year-old media institution, is about to have new owners — Marc Benioff, Salesforce chairman and co-CEO, and Lynne Benioff, his wife. If the proposed… Read More
Salesforce continues to post strong revenue growth on its quest to put its marketing technology in the hands of every business on earth, beating financial analyst expectations for revenue and… Read More
Salesforce is teaming up with Google on several fronts, integrating Salesforce data into Google’s G Suite business productivity software and using Google Cloud as it expands internationally, Salesforce announced Monday.… Read More
This was my litmus test for Satya Nadella’s new book: Does he write about his Grace Hopper debacle? The answer is yes. “Hit Refresh” addresses head-on the biggest public stumble… Read More
Salesforce enjoyed a nice first quarter of 2017, beating analyst expectations for both revenue and profit while raising guidance for the full year. The salesforce-management cloud software company took in… Read More