Twitter has begun talks with several tech firms, including Google and Salesforce, to explore selling itself, CNBC reported this morning. Microsoft and Verizon may also be suitors, according to TechCrunch. However, Verizon spokesperson… Read More
Salesforce is really laying on the jargon when it comes to Einstein, an artificial-intelligence addition to the CRM giant’s entire product line set to be announced Monday. “Einstein’s models will be powered by advanced… Read More
CRM giant Salesforce has hired Tony Prophet, a veteran of Microsoft and HP, to become its chief equality officer, reporting to CEO and chairman Marc Benioff and set to start Sept. 26. Benioff… 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
Customer-relationship management giant Salesforce has agreed to buy HeyWire, a privately held, Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of cloud-based commercial texting services for toll-free and office customer-support and sales phone numbers. Terms weren’t… Read More
Microsoft has become the world’s largest provider of enterprise software as a service (SaaS), according to a new study, surpassing the company that virtually created that model of computing: Salesforce.… Read More
Public-cloud services will grow at a compounded annual rate of 22 percent between 2015 and 2020, reaching $236 billion, research firm Forrester said in a note this week. That total… Read More
CRM giant Salesforce this afternoon posted revenue of $2 billion, up 25 percent year over year, and net income of $229.6 million for its FY2017 second quarter ended July 31.… Read More
Cloud technology is one of the most dynamic, rapidly growing and important areas of the tech industry, and GeekWire has a front-row seat for the revolution. Our hometown of Seattle… Read More
Salesforce is at work on an artificial intelligence-related product called Einstein, according to a lengthy profile of CEO Marc Benioff that’s online today and is set to appear in the Sept.… Read More
Pursuing its stated goal to make software smarter, Salesforce has made yet another acquisition, this time agreeing to buy BeyondCore, a San Mateo, Calif.-based data-analytics company. BeyondCore disclosed the sale in… Read More
Gaming company Valve has leased approximately 225,000 square feet in the Lincoln Square expansion office tower that is under construction in downtown Bellevue, Wash., more than doubling the size of… Read More
Customer relations-management giant Salesforce is buying Quip, the San Francisco-based maker of a cloud-based tools for document management and collaborative writing, Salesforce confirmed today. It will pay about $582 million in… Read More
Salesforce today made available the beta version of its Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) security, characterized by end-users’ holding onto encryption keys to their in-cloud data rather than turning them over to… Read More
In a move that could give Microsoft new ammunition against its CRM rival and cloud partner Salesforce, the Redmond company today announced Dynamics 365, pledging to integrate its customer-relationship management and enterprise resource-management… Read More
A new regulatory filing by LinkedIn gives a detailed account of its previously secret acquisition negotiations with Microsoft, revealing that competition from another potential acquirer increased Microsoft’s offer by approximately 22 percent, or about… Read More
Attempting to recover from months of scandal over insurance agents’ credentials, HR service Zenefits today announced a cloud-based application it said will ensure that only licensed agents can sell insurance.… Read More
Customer-relationship management giant Salesforce today announced Lightning Customer Community, describing it as an extension of its Community Cloud service that lets companies better connect with their customers. The offering includes new… Read More
Salesforce today released App Cloud Mobile, a no-cost addition to its software arsenal that the company says integrates previously separate elements for the first time so that both coders and non-techies can… Read More
Part of the $3 billion that Amazon earlier this week pledged to invest in India will go toward building an AWS data center for the region, according to a published report. Amazon… Read More
Protection against unwanted data sharing, in-browser inspection and a command line code-review plug-in are among the features Salesforce plans to debut today at its first-ever developers’ conference, TrailheaDX. Salesforce said it… Read More
Gary Flake, who joined Salesforce in Seattle as CTO for search and data science after the CRM giant bought his local startup three years ago, is leaving the company effective… Read More
Cloud-based customer-relations giant Salesforce agreed today to buy Demandware, a cloud commerce firm based in Burlington, Mass., for roughly $2.8 billion. Through what it calls Commerce Cloud, Demandware enables retailers to… Read More
Salesforce is expanding its Service Cloud platform to let companies offer web-based customer service and support comparable to what they provide inside smartphone apps — reflecting a broader movement in the industry to create consistent experiences… Read More
Most of the heavyweights in tech pulled back from mergers and acquisitions in 2015, with one striking exception: Microsoft. Five of 8 tech giants decreased their M&A activity from 2014 to 2015 — measured by number… Read More
Act-On Software has a new CEO, but the old CEO is still sticking around. The Beaverton, Ore.-based marketing automation company named Andy MacMillan as CEO, while founder Raghu Raghavan moves into the chief technical… Read More
Salesforce has been growing its workforce around the Seattle region for years with a new hire here, and an acquisition there. But now, the company says it’s about to get intentional… Read More
Salesforce.com, the $50 billion cloud giant led by Marc Benioff, appears to be putting down a bigger stake in the Pacific Northwest. The company reportedly has a pending lease for… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella delivered a keynote address at Saleforce’s annual Dreamforce conference here this evening, the latest sign of the new era for Microsoft’s relationship with Bay Area… 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