Marc Benioff has made clear he wants to re-recruit top executives that have departed Salesforce in recent weeks.
Stewart Butterfield, Slack Founder and CEO, Leaving Salesforce
Slack founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield has announced his departure from Salesforce, effective January 2023.
Slack All-In on Remote Work, Tells Execs to Limit In-Office Time
Slack is going all-in on remote work, wanting its executives to lead by example by limiting the amount of time they spend in the office.
The Deal Is Done: Slack Is Officially Part of Salesforce
Salesforce has completed its $27.7 billion acquisition of Slack, combining the leading CRM platform with one of the leading messaging platforms.
Slack Rolls Out Direct Messages to Anyone
Starting today, Slack is enabling Connect DM, allowing users to send direct messages to anyone, not just those in their channels.
Slack CEO: No Intention To Make Slack Free
Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack, says that both Slack and Salesforce have no intention of making Slack free for enterprises.
Salesforce Plus Slack Equals a Battle Over the Cloud
Salesforce announced its much-anticipated acquisition of Slack earlier today, sparking nothing short of a battle over the cloud.
Salesforce Buys Slack for $27.7 Billion
Salesforce announced that it is buying Slack for $27.7 billion in cash and stock. The company says that combining Slack with Salesforce Customer 360 will be transformative for customers and the industry.
Box CEO: Pandemic Opened Up New Way Of Working
Box CEO Aaron Levie discusses how remote working that was forced upon companies has actually opened them up to a completely new way of working.
AWS Deploys Slack Across Workforce
Slack has scored another major win, as Amazon Web Services (AWS) has adopted the messaging platform for all its employees.
Slack CEO: We’ve Seen an Enormous Surge
In the first 60th percent of this quarter added 9,000 new paid customers, says Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield. That’s a net number. This is compared to 5,000 for the previous quarter and 5,000 for the quarter before that.
Slack Helping Companies With Historic (Coronavirus) Shift To Remote Work
There are a lot of people who are moving to a remote work or work-from-home situation for the first time. A lot of executives who are struggling to figure out how to manage and maintain operational performance in this kind of environment.
IBM Goes All-In On Slack, Deploys App To All 350,000 Employees
“Going wall to wall in IBM — it’s basically the maximum scale that there is, so we now know that Slack will work for literally the largest organizations in the world,” Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield said.
It Doesn’t Really Matter What Microsoft Does, Says Slack CEO
“Whatever Microsoft does we’re still going to do the same thing that we would do for customers,” says Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield. “If the performance of our applications is an important thing for customers, we will do that. If shared channels are an important feature we will develop shared channels.”