Slack takes first step towards IPO in the U.S.
Slack, creator of business communication and collaboration tools, has submitted documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an IPO later this year. The company has been in existence for five years now.
In August, Slack raised another $427 million in funding during an investment rou... Read more
Slack has more than 10 million active users
Slack announces that it has reached the milestone of 10 million active users, just under half a year after the milestone of 8 million users was reached in August last year.
Slack continues to grow at the same pace, despite increased competition from Microsoft Teams, which has been offering a free ve... Read more
Zoom, Slack and Twilio are becoming increasingly popular within companies.
These are good times for apps that focus on business communication and collaboration. According to Expensify data, companies are spending more and more on these kinds of applications.
That's what Expensify's January Spend Trends report says. That analyzed more than 200 million transactions that too... Read more
Siemens adds Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations to Digital Innovation Platform
Siemens PLM Software, hereinafter referred to as Siemens, has added support for Slack and Microsoft Teams to its Digital Innovation Platform, reports CloudPro. The company did this through its Teamcenter Cloud Collaboration Hub.
With the update, users of Slack and Microsoft Teams can now post messa... Read more
Slack is considering unusual IPOs similar to Spotify.
Slack wouldn't intend to take the beaten track to the stock market. The company would like to be listed directly on the stock exchange and if it really does, it will be the second major tech company to follow this route.
That's what the Wall Street Journal says based on sources within the company. T... Read more
Facebook Workplace recruits with Nestlé much-needed large new customer
Facebook is diligently looking for big customers for its business platform, Workplace. Until now, the search was not as good as that of competitors such as Microsoft Teams and Slack, but today the social network of CEO Mark Zuckerberg has recruited a large new customer: Nestlé.
Nestlé is the w... Read more
Slack blocks accounts of people who have been to Iran
Slack has started blocking accounts with connections to Iran and other countries. Some of the users would hardly have any ties to Iran and live in countries like Canada, Finland and the United States, but noticed that their Slack account was suddenly deactivated.
That's what the BBC is reporting tod... Read more
Microsoft Teams for the first time more popular than collaboration app Slack.
The days when Slack was dominant in the workplace collaboration apps market seem to be over. A new study shows that Microsoft Teams is now the most popular collaboration app among companies. It also seems that this will continue to be the case in the future.
At least that is what Spiceworks states o... Read more
“Slack goes public in 2019 and assumes a valuation of 10 billion dollars.
Slack is going to take a step that analysts have long believed it was getting ready for: it will go public next year. It is reported that Slack has now hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to lead the IPO.
This is reported by Reuters press agency based on sources within the business messaging platfor... Read more
8×8 takes over Jitsi from Atlassian to compete with Slack
After selling HipChat and Stride to Slack Technologies, Atlassian is today taking a step back from the video communications market. Indeed, the company has sold its Jitsi platform, which can be used for videoconferencing, to 8×8 Inc., a major provider of online business meeting services.
The acq... Read more