Salesforce CEO says the company will cut its workforce by 10 percent
Salesforce's slash in personnel comes after having greatly expanded its staff during the pandemic.
This week Salesforce announced that it will be reducing its staffing levels by ten percent, or around 7,000 employees. The announcement came in the form of a letter from Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff... Read more
Salesforce CEO Benioff complains about productivity of new hires
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff reportedly questioned the productivity of new employees in an internal Slack message leaked to CNBC.
According to CNBC, the CRM giant's chief sent an internal Slack message concerning the productivity of new employees to all staffers last Friday. Benioff suggested th... Read more
Tableau 2022.4 lets users take immediate action from insights
Tableau 2022.4 is now available. The update introduces External Actions, a feature that helps users take immediate action from insights to increase productivity and improve results.
Prior to the update, users had to switch to other applications to take action on insights. Tableau External Actio... Read more
Salesforce integrates Tableau and Genie Customer Data Cloud
Salesforce launched an integration of Tableau and Genie Customer Data Cloud. Joint customers can directly import and analyze data from Genie Customer Data Cloud in Tableau.
Salesforce Genie Customer Data Cloud was introduced in September 2022. Companies use the solution to process customer data ... Read more
CEO Stewart Butterfield will leave Slack in January
Slack co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield will leave the organization next month.
Business Insider broke the story on Monday. Salesforce, the parent company of Slack, confirmed the development in a statement to TechCrunch. CEO Stewart Butterfield will be replaced by Lidiane Jones, executive... Read more
Co-CEO Taylor leaves Salesforce, Benioff stands alone
Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor is stepping down at the end of January 2023. Marc Benioff will become the sole CEO.
The precise reason for Taylor's departure was not disclosed. Salesforce did emphasize that the executive is leaving on his own initiative. Taylor, who has been responsible for Sales... Read more
Activist investor Starboard takes ‘significant’ stake in Salesforce
Activist investor Starboard Value has taken a stake in Salesforce. The investment is said to be significant, although the exact value was not disclosed.
Starboard indicated that Salesforce is underperforming in terms of growth and profitability, despite its solutions being embraced by more and ... Read more
Tableau’s latest updates make onboarding users easier
The latest enhancements to Salesforce's data visualization platform also help users build better dashboards.
Salesforce's Tableau Software is introducing a major update that aims to help customers unlock more data insights, the company announced. The updates will also help users build better das... Read more
Salesforce CEO wants to double revenue by 2026
Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff told Bloomberg that the organization intends to acquire more companies in the near future. In addition, Salesforce disclosed an ambitious revenue strategy and plans to further integrate previously acquired companies into its portfolio.
At a Q&A with Bloomberg ... Read more
Salesforce announces third-party management of encryption keys
Salesforce introduced External Encryption Key Management. The upcoming solution allows Salesforce's products to be encrypted by third-party partners. As a result, Salesforce has less access to user data, making it easier for customers to comply with European privacy laws.
Salesforce develops a ... Read more