"Our results, amidst this global crisis, demonstrated our ability to execute at speed, innovate at scale and the strength of our business model."
The $1.33 billion deal "signals the importance of making industry capabilities even more a part of the [Salesforce] platform offerings."
The $1.35 billion acquisition of Israel's ClickSoftware adds to Salesforce's offerings for mobile workforces.
The acquisition combines Tableau's tools for understanding data with Salesforce's solutions for understanding customers.
Trafficking survivors allege Salesforce's CRM tools helped the Backpage website to facilitate prostitution and sexual exploitation.
The ERP market is in great flux as 2018 winds down, positioning some ERPs in unaccustomed positions as market leaders.
With the acquisition, "Adobe is sending out a $5 billion signal that it is not just an also-ran" in the marketing technology space.
With the purchase, the Benioffs join fellow tech billionaires Jeff Bezos and Laurene Powell Jobs in acquiring iconic media properties.
CEO Marc Benioff said the cloud platform company would reach its annual sales goal of $20 billion “faster than imagined.”
“We grew faster than every ‘best-of-breed’ cloud [competitor] out there,” CEO Bill McDermott says.
Companies are adopting new standards aimed at improving comparability by implementing a single revenue recognition model.
The $6.5 billion acquisition of MuleSoft gives Salesforce a platform for integrating business apps, databases, and corporate IT infrastructure.
