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Salesforce in Acquistion Talks with Slack - Good News or not?

11.26.20 4:30 PM - By Thomas Wieberneit - Comment(s)

The News

Today various media outlets broke the news that Salesforce is in advanced talks with Slack Technologies about a possible acquisition. The news had two effects: Slack stock went up nearly 40 per cent during trading hours while Salesforce stock loses out by 5 percent, which basically says that...

Fastcall drives cooperation of Salesforce users with Intercall and solves Covid challenge

11.23.20 2:18 PM - By Thomas Wieberneit - Comment(s)

The News

Fastcall, a renowned developer of CTI solutions that are exclusively dedicated to Salesforce, recently announced the release of its Intercall solution. Intercall helps teams to communicate and interact internally from within Salesforce. The app allows phone and video communication. Using Int...

Freshworks officially cool now in the club of platform vendors

11.10.20 10:12 AM - By Thomas Wieberneit - Comment(s)

A few days ago, together with a group of fellow analysts, I was invited to attend the 2020 Freshworks analyst days that covered a lot of ground from corporate vision through strategy and of course, some announcements for the Freshworks Refresh 2020 Global Virtual Conference. These announcements came...

SAP throws the CX Glove

10.25.20 7:43 AM - By Thomas Wieberneit - Comment(s)

It has been an intense 2 weeks. The CX or CRM or however you want to call it market got a serious makeover. After a long time without a tangible strategy, SAP announced a lot of things, starting with the intended acquisition of Emarsys, followed by an announcement about the release of a customer dat...

SAP to acquire Emarsys in an aggressive move

10.06.20 4:32 AM - By Thomas Wieberneit - Comment(s)

The News

On October 1st, 2020 SAP announced its intent to acquire Emarsys, a leader in the personalization area and omnichannel customer engagement management specialist. The transaction is expected to be completed in Q2/2020 and still subject to regulatory approval. The purchasing price is not discl...

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