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Salesforce confirms Slack takeover for USD 27.7 billion
2020-12-02 13:21:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Salesforce has confirmed a deal to acquire Slack for USD 27.7 billion, extending its portfolio of business software into the growing collaboration and messaging space. Slack shareholders will receive USD 26.79 in cash and 0.0776 shares of Salesforce for each Slack share.
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Slack sold to business software giant for $27.7bn
2020-12-02 01:31:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The workplace messaging app's sale comes as the pandemic has increased the focus on remote work.
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Salesforce set to acquire Slack Technologies - report
2020-11-26 09:17:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Salesforce, based in San Francisco in the US, was started 21 years ago and is still run by co-founder Marc Benioff. It provides software via the cloud through a subscription and has a market value of about USD 230 billion. Benioff has gradually moved to expand the company's services, now providing everything from data analysis using AI to managing staff. That has put Salesforce in more direct competition with other business-software vendors such as Microsoft, among others.
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Slack makes EU antitrust claim against Microsoft over Teams
2020-07-22 16:41:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Work messaging platform Slack says bundling Teams in Office 365 gives Microsoft an unfair advantage.
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Slack files competition complaint against Microsoft for Teams, Office bundling
2020-07-22 15:32:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Slack has gone public with a complaint against Microsoft to the European Commission. The company alleges that Microsoft has abused its dominant position by tying its Teams conferencing software with the Office suite. It will be up to the European Commission whether to investigate.
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