Salesforce unveils a Web3 platform for digital collectibles
The company is opening it for a limited release, allowing brands to adopt decentralized technology more efficiently and build loyalty programs. This new platform is bringing the potential of blockchain technology to businesses by allowing them to manage and deploy nonfungible tokens that are trustw... Read more
Tableau unveils Tableau 2023.1 with major enhancements
The company promises the new Tableau Desktop will "increase productivity and save time and money".
This week Salesforce's Tableau announced the release of Tableau Desktop 2023.1. The new productivity suite offers "Accelerator Data Mapping, Tableau for Slack enhancements, Identity Pools, and more... Read more
Salesforce introduces Einstein GPT for sales, service, marketing and developers
The introduction of ChatGPT has not escaped Salesforce's notice either. Salesforce has also struck a deal with OpenAI to combine the technology with its own AI models. It has named the resulting combination Einstein GPT. It offers employees who work with Salesforce as the organization's customers a... Read more
Salesforce reports another blockbuster quarter
The company saw its shares surge during after-hours trading following the news. Salesforce's latest earnings report showed earnings before costs of $1.68 per share, up from 84 cents during the same quarter last year, surpassing analysts' estimated adjusted earnings per share of $1.36 on revenue of ... Read more
‘Salesforce bows to pressure from activist investors’
The CRM giant is implementing strict new policies for employees across the board.
Salesforce is reacting to pressure from activist investors by cutting costs, according to an article on TechCrunch. For starters, the company is implementing much stricter performance measurements for engineering.... Read more
Do you build your Digital HQ with Slack, Zoom, Teams or Webex?
Over the past 12 months, we have been working on a Techzine digital headquarters. We tested several tools for this purpose. In the end, you need an application that can easily and properly integrate with all your other applications. That proved to be quite a challenge, but now that we have a year o... Read more
Former Salesforce co-CEO and outgoing VP of Google launch AI startup
The yet-to-be-named company aims to use AI to tackle "significant business problems," as stated by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor in a LinkedIn post. Clay Bavor, who previously worked with Taylor at Google's parent company Alphabet, confirmed in a separate post that the venture will launch in... Read more
Activist investor Third Point takes stake in Salesforce
This latest move follows the lead of other activist investors, including Starboard Value, ValueAct Capital Partners, Elliott Investment Management, and Inclusive Capital, which have all taken shares in the San Francisco-based company.
Third Point, a New York-based firm led by CEO Dan Loeb, has a... Read more
‘Elliott Management wants to appoint board members at Salesforce’
Activist investor Elliott Management wants to appoint board members at Salesforce, according to a Wall Street Journal report based on insider sources. The investor is said to be keen on more influence over the ins and outs of the CRM giant.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Elliott Manageme... Read more
Activist investor Elliott Management acquires stake in Salesforce
Elliott Management acquired a significant stake in Salesforce, the Wall Street Journal reports. The activist investor may influence the company considerably.
Elliott Management reportedly took a 3.3 percent stake, representing a multi-billion dollar investment. The exact figure was not disclosed... Read more