Salesforce sharks ClickSoftware
It has spent $16.35 billion in the last two weeks on acquisitions
Salesforce has written a cheque to buy acquire Israeli software developer ClickSoftware for $1.35 billion in cash, shares and possibly a box of chocolates.
Salesforce buys Tableau
All the big data you can eat
Salesforce has written a $15.3 billion cheque to buy big data firm Tableau Software.
US IT headed towards Canada
IT industry lured over the border
The US is facing a concerted drive from Canada to poach its IT industry, and there are signs that it is paying off, thanks mostly to the current stance on immigration.
Social media is injurious to your health
Tax Twitter and Facebook?
The CEO of Salesforce thinks that social media should be treated as severely as some countries treat smoking tobacco, he said today at the World Economic Forum in exclusive Swiss resort Davos.
Microsoft tries to please EU
But will it be enough?
The European Commission was approached by Microsoft in an attempt to appease antitrsut regulators investigating its proposed takeover of Linkedin.
Twitter will have sorted out who will own it by October 27
Lightning negotiations
Social notworking site Twitter has told potential acquirers it wants to have finished sales negotiations by the time it reports third-quarter earnings on 27 October.
Google and Salesforce place interest in bids to acquire Twitter
Acquisition possible before end of year
In a recent turn of events on Friday, Google and Salesforce have made offers to acquire San Francisco-based social media giant Twitter to an estimated sum of $30 billion.