Tag: Salesforce

August 24, 2020

The cloud computing stocks will get a chance in the spotlight this week. Salesforce, Palo Alto Networks, Box, Splunk and Workday are all set to report earnings in coming days. Palo Alto stands out from the pack, says Craig Johnson, […]

September 24, 2018

Apple and Salesforce have entered into a broad partnership that includes developing technology together and promoting each other’s products. The alliance, announced Monday to coincide with Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce developer conference in San Francisco, pairs a consumer technology giant with […]

March 28, 2018

Salesforce hasn’t wasted any time turning the MuleSoft acquisition into a product of its own, announcing the Salesforce Integration Cloud this morning. While in reality it’s too soon to really take advantage of the MuleSoft product set, the company is […]

November 6, 2017

It’s been just over a year since Salesforce introduced Einstein, a set of artificial intelligence technologies that are designed to underlie and enhance the Salesforce product set. Today, at Dreamforce, the company’s enormous customer conference taking place this week in […]

August 8, 2017

Brands have long been able to search for company mentions on social media, but they’ve lacked the ability to search for pictures of their logos or products in an easy way. That’s where Salesforce’s latest Einstein artificial intelligence feature comes […]

December 14, 2016

The Internet of Things is not only creating more security vulnerabilities for various vertical markets – it’s changing the way the industry needs to approach security, said Salesforce CTO Taher Elgamal. Elgamal, speaking Tuesday at IEEE World Forum of IoT, […]

November 3, 2016

Salesforce released a platform Thursday meant to help vendors foster channel ecosystems by extending internal sales tools to their indirect partners. Lightning Partner Community introduces major design and capability upgrades to its predecessor, Salesforce Partner Community, including the ability for […]

September 30, 2016

Microsoft made a splash earlier this year when it announced the largest acquisition in its history, signing an agreement to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. But now, Salesforce is trying to convince the European Union to block the deal. Salesforce […]

September 19, 2016

If there was any doubt that AI has officially arrived in the world of enterprise software, Salesforce just put it to rest. The CRM giant on Sunday announced Einstein, a set of artificial intelligence capabilities it says will help users […]

September 14, 2016

Cloud-based services are an increasingly popular way of delivering software of all stripes, from business applications to collaboration tools to system infrastructure management solutions. The Software-as-a-Service market grew 33 percent in the second quarter of 2016 and saw more than […]

August 29, 2016

A new player has entered the enterprise productivity race. For decades, Microsoft reigned as the market leader in enterprise productivity — until Google pushed into the space with Google Apps. Now, with the acquisition of Quip, Salesforce is joining Microsoft […]

August 16, 2016

Salesforce.com has acquired business intelligence and analytics startup BeyondCore, as part of its strategy to make its software more intelligent. “I am thrilled [to] announce @Salesforce has acquired @beyondcoreinc to enhance the AI capabilities of Analytics Cloud,” wrote Salesforce CEO […]

July 22, 2016

Salesforce.com has signed a definite agreement to acquire Coolan, the developer of a platform for data center hardware analysis and optimization. The acquisition appears to be designed to help Salesforce boost its own infrastructure for its customer relationship management software. […]

June 27, 2016

You know that story about the guy looking for his keys below a streetlight? He doesn’t actually know where he lost them, but he knows “this is where the light is.” It’s called the streetlight effect, and it’s a form […]

June 17, 2016

Salesforce not only was trying to secure a deal to acquire LinkedIn, but drove up the price in a bidding war that forced Microsoft to pay an almost 50 percent premium on the social network’s market capitalization, Bloomberg reported Thursday. […]

June 1, 2016

Salesforce made its name originally with cloud-based software to help salespeople manage their leads and close deals; and today the company took a big step into the business of sales itself. Today the company announced that it would spend $2.8 […]

July 29, 2015

Mobile apps now figure almost as prominently in enterprises as they do in the consumer world, and on Tuesday Salesforce rolled out some new DIY tools that aim to help business users “roll their own” apps as needs arise. Building […]

March 28, 2015

Investors made a crowd around the cloud this week, investing $175 million in companies focused on everything from storage to the WAN to the supply chain. Sure, “the cloud” is a broad term and in reality, what new tech company […]