Salesforce's new $37b weapon in its battle with Microsoft
Business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $US27.7 billion ($37.6 billion) in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against long-time industry powerhouse Microsoft.
The acquisition announced on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT) is by far the largest in the 21-year history of Salesforce. The San Francisco company was one of the first to begin selling software as a subscription service that could be used on any internet-connected device instead of the more cumbersome process of installing the programs on individual computers.
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