Headquarters are no longer on Madison Avenue or Main Street-they are in the cloud.

“Salesforce and Slack coming together will help us become more connected, more productive, and more innovative so we can better serve our clients.”Īcquisition to create the digital HQ for success from anywhereĬompanies around the world have learned one thing over the past year-if you don’t have a digital way to connect with your employees, customers, and partners, you don’t have much of a chance of surviving. “We are obsessed with continually delighting our clients and offering them the best experience and value across every interaction,” said Arvind Krishna, Chairman and CEO of IBM. “Salesforce and Slack coming together will help us become more connected, more productive, and more innovative so we can better serve our clients.” ARVIND KRISHNA, CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF IBM I could not be more excited for what’s to come.” “Salesforce and Slack are uniquely positioned to lead this historic shift to a digital-first world. “We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink and reshape how and where we work,” said Stewart Butterfield, Slack CEO and Co-Founder. “Together, Slack and Salesforce Customer 360 will give every company in the world a single source of truth for their business and a single platform for connecting employees, customers, and partners with each other and the apps they use every day.” “We’ve learned over the past year that the workplace isn’t snapping back to the way it was,” said Bret Taylor, President and Chief Operating Officer of Salesforce. “Together we’ll define the future of enterprise software, creating the digital HQ that enables every organization to deliver customer and employee success from anywhere.”

“We couldn’t be more excited to have Slack as part of the Salesforce family, combining the #1 CRM and the trailblazing digital platform for the work anywhere world,” said Marc Benioff, Chair and CEO of Salesforce. Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Slack Technologies, Inc.

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