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GeekWire Awards: Vote for Deal of the Year — the top tech acquisition or IPO in the Pacific NW

Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. Everyone wanted a piece of the… Read More

Tech Moves: Adaptiva names CEO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Pantheon board; and more

— Former Tableau CMO Elissa Fink joined the board of directors of San Francisco-based website operations platform Pantheon. During her… Read More

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff offers leadership playbook on how to run purpose-driven businesses

LAS VEGAS — Marc Benioff was heading home from dinner one evening in 2015 when he learned the surprising news:… Read More

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Seattle tech’s extraordinary year: These are the stories we’ll remember in the business of innovation

From Amazon to Zillow, big successes to surprising failures, it was an extraordinary year for technology and innovation emerging from… Read More

CEOs of Microsoft, Apple, Google and more urge Trump administration to stay in Paris climate deal

An alliance of some of the world’s biggest companies and labor unions want the U.S. to stay in the Paris… Read More

Salesforce and Amazon double down on cloud partnership following surprising Microsoft alliance

Amazon and Salesforce today strengthened their relationship with a new cloud partnership focused on technology for customer service centers. The… Read More

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Inside the Tableau Conference: CEO Adam Selipsky on Salesforce deal, AI, and employee activism

LAS VEGAS — Nearly 20,000 people are here this week to learn about the latest from Seattle-based Tableau Software, whose… Read More

Together again? Microsoft and Salesforce deepen cloud partnership despite years of rivalry and rifts

Microsoft and Salesforce are strengthening their relationship, putting aside a complicated history for a new cloud partnership. Salesforce will move… Read More

Salesforce chief Marc Benioff shows up at Tableau’s conference — here’s what he said

LAS VEGAS — Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky introduced “one of the newest members of the Tableau community” to the… Read More

UK regulators finally clear Salesforce and Tableau to integrate, but continue review of $15.7B deal

Regulators in the UK have given Salesforce and Tableau Software the go-ahead to start integrating their business operations, more than… Read More

Salesforce and Tableau in regulatory purgatory: UK review stymies integration of $15.7B acquisition

Hold on, didn’t Salesforce complete its $15.7 billion acquisition of Tableau Software? Not just announce it, but complete it? It’s… Read More

Benioff: Amazon’s Seattle tax fight stoked tech industry opposition to S.F. homeless initiative

Marc Benioff’s new book, “Trailblazer,” is the story of the Salesforce co-founder and co-CEO’s emergence as an accidental activist on… Read More

Salesforce completes $15.7B acquisition of Tableau Software, creating new enterprise tech force

Salesforce has wrapped up its $15.7 billion acquisition of Seattle’s Tableau Software, creating a powerful force in the lucrative enterprise… Read More

Tableau comes up short in stealthy earnings report, quietly disclosing first results since Salesforce deal

Tableau Software’s revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations for the second quarter, a landmark period that included the announcement… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon, other tech giants forge ahead on healthcare data sharing pledge

This past August, executives from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce banded together to promote data sharing in healthcare.… Read More

Amperity raises $50M to take on Salesforce, Adobe, Oracle and others with its customer data platform

With tech giants such as Adobe, Salesforce, and Oracle entering the ring, Seattle startup Amperity is raising more investment dollars… Read More

Shareholders sue to block Salesforce’s acquisition of Tableau, alleging companies didn’t disclose key information

Salesforce’s $15.7 billion acquisition of Tableau Software is facing legal challenges. A pair of new shareholder lawsuits filed this week… Read More

New filing on Salesforce’s Tableau deal reveals tough six-month negotiations, $552M break-up fee

Salesforce’s $15.7 billion acquisition of Tableau Software came together after nearly six months of back-and-forth negotiations, and the companies didn’t… Read More

Salesforce real estate footprint at ‘HQ2’ in Seattle area reaches 650K square feet with Tableau deal

When Salesforce completes its deal to buy Tableau Software for $15.7 billion, establishing Seattle as its self-proclaimed HQ2 in the… Read More

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Salesforce’s $15.7B Tableau deal is a defining moment for the West Coast tech ‘megalopolis’

Salesforce surprised the tech world this week with its agreement to acquire Tableau Software for $15.7 billion — although maybe… Read More

Inside ‘Salesforce HQ2’: Tableau CEO says rapid growth will continue in Seattle after $15.7B deal

There are no Salesforce signs in the lobby. The top floor hasn’t been converted into an Ohana room. And believe… Read More

Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky on $15.7B acquisition by Salesforce: ‘The growth potential is enormous’

Since taking over as Tableau Software CEO nearly three years ago, former Amazon Web Services executive Adam Selipsky has shifted… Read More

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Seattle will become Salesforce HQ2 via $15.7B Tableau deal, as Benioff gushes about talent pool

With its $15.7 billion acquisition of Tableau Software, announced Monday morning, Salesforce isn’t just making a bet on a single… Read More

Salesforce to buy Tableau for $15.7B, betting on business data in deal for Seattle tech mainstay

Salesforce will buy Tableau Software for $15.7 billion in an all-stock deal announced Monday morning, doubling down on data visualization… Read More

Salesforce introduces a low-code development platform based on the blockchain for sharing sales data among partners

Salesforce Blockchain will allow companies to build blockchain-based distributed ledgers that integrate with their Salesforce data using just a few… Read More

Updated: Database error causes widespread, ongoing Salesforce outage affecting Pardot customers

Updated Saturday 11:06am PT: Salesforce sounded the all-clear Saturday morning, ending an outage that lasted 15 hours and 8 minutes… Read More

New features in Sales Cloud aim to help Salesforce customers eliminate some of the busywork

Almost every office job has some level of annoying administrative work involved, but Salesforce thinks that new features added to… Read More

Salesforce beats Q4 earnings expectations, but investors frown at its Q1 outlook

Salesforce vowed to double its yearly revenue by the end of its 2023 fiscal year and reported fourth-quarter earnings better… Read More

With JavaScript support, Salesforce wants to make it easier for developers to build apps on its platform

Companies that want to customize their Salesforce experience around their own unique needs will now be able to tap into… Read More

Salesforce makes undisclosed “strategic investment” in Docker, companies will cross-sell MuleSoft and Docker Enterprise

Salesforce Ventures has invested an undisclosed amount of money in container pioneer Docker as part of an extension of a… Read More

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