Artificial intelligence is going to transform and impact many jobs, and it is up to the companies building the technology and government agencies regulating it to make sure it is… Read More
“This year, my heart has been with so many migrants and refugees, 65 million refugees across the world, and thinking about how they’re going to get back to stability and… Read More
Salesforce will take a pass on buying Twitter, according to a Financial Times report on Friday quoting Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. “In this case, we’ve walked away. It wasn’t the right… Read More
Salesforce wanted to acquire LinkedIn earlier this year, but ultimately it was Microsoft that agreed to pay $26.2 billion for the business social network in July. But now, with the deal still… Read More
Salesforce next week will announce its first chief equality officer, reporting directly to chairman and CEO Marc Benioff, he said this morning during a Q&A at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco.… Read More
Marc Benioff doesn’t give up easily. The Salesforce CEO read LinkedIn’s account of its acquisition negotiations with Microsoft and Salesforce — filed with the SEC after Microsoft reached an agreement to acquire… Read More
Airbnb co-founders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and wife Lynne are among 17 billionaires joining The Giving Pledge. The initiative, founded by Bill and… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft deepened its relationship with longtime cloud rival Salesforce on Wednesday, building on a previous partnership by adding new ways for customers to use the two companies’ key products… Read More
The Pacific Ocean has long been home to that huge plastic garbage patch, but one organization — with the help of some funding from the tech world — is preparing to… Read More
Microsoft was willing to pay as much as $55 billion to acquire Salesforce, but the talks between the companies fell apart after CEO Marc Benioff sought upwards of $70 billion, according to… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO–Marc Benioff, the co-founder and outspoken CEO of cloud software giant Salesforce, thinks that cloud-based software adoption has hit a “sweet spot” where the vast majority of enterprises are… Read More
More tech leaders are joining the fight against new “religious freedoms” laws, which make it legal for business owners to refuse service to the LGBT community. Nearly 40 tech leaders have now… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – Steve Jobs left behind some big shoes to fill, but Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said Apple is doing a good job, though it shouldn’t forget its roots.… Read More
How’s this for patching things up? Microsoft and Salesforce, longtime tech industry rivals, just confirmed that they have reached a wide-ranging partnership to connect their flagship products. Under the deal,… Read More
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has never been shy about sharing his true feelings on rival Microsoft, just recently calling the company a “disaster” and suggesting that Bill Gates should return… Read More
The Street announced the results of its Top Tech CEO competition today, and two of the top three are from the Seattle region. Marc Benioff, the iconoclastic head of Salesforce.com,… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – If there’s one truism about Silicon Valley, it’s that work-life balance is hard to come by. At least at two Valley-based startups, that’s by design. Salesforce.com Chairman… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — When Michael Arrington asked Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff who the next CEO of Microsoft should be on stage this morning at TechCrunch Disrupt, Benioff had a one-word… Read More
Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, gave his take on the company’s Motorola acquisition — and the state of the U.S. patent system — as part of his appearance on stage… Read More
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff is in classic form this morning during the keynote at the company’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, roaming the Moscone Center floor and sounding at times… Read More