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Microsoft just completed its $26B LinkedIn acquisition: Here’s what they’re going to do first

Microsoft’s deal to buy professional social network LinkedIn for $26.2 billion has officially closed. Microsoft announced completion of the deal,… Read More

Amazon Web Services and Salesforce deepen relationship through new IoT and Alexa links

Cloud leader Amazon Web Services and CRM giant Salesforce will expand their strategic alliance — delivering five new service integrations and making… Read More

Salesforce reports a 25% increase in revenue, expects its first $10B year

Software-as-a-service pioneer Salesforce reported revenue of $2.14 billion, up 25 percent year over year, and a deepening net loss of… Read More

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on Trump, Twitter and what soured his relationship with Microsoft

Despite his wishful predictions that Donald Trump would never become president, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff suggested on Monday evening that people forget their anxiety… Read More

Twitter laying off 9% of its workforce, beats Wall Street expectations

Twitter confirmed it will cut approximately 9 percent of its workforce, or about 350 people, primarily as a reorganization of… Read More

With stock price slumping and suitors fleeing, Twitter reportedly planning to cut hundreds of jobs

Social media giant Twitter may be on the verge of cutting approximately 300 jobs, or about 8 percent of its… Read More

Steve Ballmer

Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: Google acquisition of Twitter could start a ‘beautiful friendship’

Steve Ballmer likes Twitter. But he thinks it could be even better with a new owner: Google. The former Microsoft… Read More

Microsoft not slowing down LinkedIn acquisition despite Salesforce opposition

Microsoft is still buying LinkedIn, in case anyone is wondering. Last month, rival LinkedIn bidder Salesforce indicated it planned to ask… Read More

Leaked Colin Powell email shows Salesforce’s interest in buying Tableau Software, 13 other tech companies

What companies are on the wish list of Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff? Leaked emails from former Secretary of State Colin… Read More

Salesforce declines to bid for Twitter, leaving it bereft of suitors

Salesforce will take a pass on buying Twitter, according to a Financial Times report on Friday quoting Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.… Read More

Microsoft unveils features of Dynamics 365, its new bid to bring AI to the business world

Microsoft in an extensive demo today unveiled the capabilities of its Azure-based Dynamics 365 service announced in July — describing it as a significant undertaking combining its… Read More

Salesforce agrees to buy Krux for $700m, to build up marketing-data segment

Salesforce.com Inc. has agreed to acquire San Francisco startup Krux, in a bid by the cloud-software giant to bolster its marketing-data and analytics… Read More

Salesforce will ask regulators to investigate Microsoft-LinkedIn deal over antitrust concerns

Salesforce wanted to acquire LinkedIn earlier this year, but ultimately it was Microsoft that agreed to pay $26.2 billion for the business… Read More

Twitter shares spike on rumors of acquisition by Google, Microsoft, Salesforce or Verizon

Twitter has begun talks with several tech firms, including Google and Salesforce, to explore selling itself, CNBC reported this morning. Microsoft and… Read More

It’s all ‘Einstein’ all the time as Salesforce adds AI to its entire product line

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… Read More

Salesforce hires Microsoft vet Tony Prophet as its first chief equality officer

CRM giant Salesforce has hired Tony Prophet, a veteran of Microsoft and HP, to become its chief equality officer, reporting to CEO… Read More

Salesforce to name a ‘chief equality officer,’ reporting to CEO Marc Benioff

Salesforce next week will announce its first chief equality officer, reporting directly to chairman and CEO Marc Benioff, he said this… Read More

Salesforce agrees to buy commercial-texting firm HeyWire, its ninth purchase of 2016

Customer-relationship management giant Salesforce has agreed to buy HeyWire, a privately held, Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of cloud-based commercial texting services for… Read More

Microsoft surpasses pioneer Salesforce in enterprise software as a service revenue, new study says

Microsoft has become the world’s largest provider of enterprise software as a service (SaaS), according to a new study, surpassing… Read More

Charts: The cloud computing industry is getting huge, decimating sales of on-premises servers

Public-cloud services will grow at a compounded annual rate of 22 percent between 2015 and 2020, reaching $236 billion, research… Read More

Salesforce reports 25% revenue growth and a healthy profit for Q2, but stock dips 8%

CRM giant Salesforce this afternoon posted revenue of $2 billion, up 25 percent year over year, and net income of… Read More

GeekWire launches new Cloud Tech channel, with underwriting support from Salesforce

Cloud technology is one of the most dynamic, rapidly growing and important areas of the tech industry, and GeekWire has… Read More

Salesforce is developing a major AI product called Einstein, reports Forbes

Salesforce is at work on an artificial intelligence-related product called Einstein, according to a lengthy profile of CEO Marc Benioff… Read More

Salesforce buys analytics firm BeyondCore, adding new artificial intelligence capabilities

Pursuing its stated goal to make software smarter, Salesforce has made yet another acquisition, this time agreeing to buy BeyondCore, a… Read More

Valve leases nine floors in planned skyscraper, more than doubling its headquarters size

Gaming company Valve has leased approximately 225,000 square feet in the Lincoln Square expansion office tower that is under construction… Read More

Salesforce buying Quip, a cloud-based chat and commenting application for shared documents

Customer relations-management giant Salesforce is buying Quip, the San Francisco-based maker of a cloud-based tools for document management and collaborative writing,… Read More

Salesforce offers beta of Bring Your Own Key security, a risky but ultra-secure cloud protection

Salesforce today made available the beta version of its Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) security, characterized by end-users’ holding onto encryption… Read More

Microsoft challenges partner Salesforce with its Dynamics 365, combining CRM, ERP and Office

In a move that could give Microsoft new ammunition against its CRM rival and cloud partner Salesforce, the Redmond company today announced Dynamics… Read More

New filing details Microsoft’s secret LinkedIn talks: Salesforce bidding escalated offer by $5 billion

A new regulatory filing by LinkedIn gives a detailed account of its previously secret acquisition negotiations with Microsoft, revealing that competition from… Read More

Stung by compliance failures, Zenefits crafts cloud app to track insurance licensing

Attempting to recover from months of scandal over insurance agents’ credentials, HR service Zenefits today announced a cloud-based application it… Read More

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