Solution Provider 500 2021: Fast-Forwarding To The Future
It’s been more than a year since the coronavirus pandemic took hold, and solution providers are still innovating to meet the demands for digital transformation. By Rick Whiting June 03, 2021, 09:23 AM EDT
To say that 2020 was a challenge for the IT industry would be an understatement. As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and the economy sputtered, businesses and organizations froze IT spending amid the uncertainty and slammed the brakes on IT projects. At the same time, demand surged for laptop computers, collaboration and videoconferencing applications, and cloud computing systems needed to support millions of employees suddenly forced to work from home.
Salesforce Channel Partners Look For Slack Integrations Ahead of Acquisition Closing
“Recently, a CEO at one of our customers told us that the insights gathered from the dashboard powered by Tableau, with MuleSoft integrations, was providing the single most value of any IT project in the past few years,” Doug Shepard of AllCloud said. By Wade Tyler Millward June 01, 2021, 04:34 PM EDT
The Salesforce acquisition of Slack is nearing its close and some partners of the San Francisco-based cloud software vendor have already fit the collaboration app into their products and services.
And if they haven’t yet, Salesforce’s track record with acquisitions has them eager to find a place for Slack.
Salesforce Is ‘About To Pass SAP’ As Largest Enterprise App Company: CEO Marc Benioff
As Salesforce reported what Benioff called the best first quarter in its history, the CEO predicted that surpassing SAP as the largest enterprise applications company is ‘imminent.’ By Wade Tyler Millward May 27, 2021, 09:04 PM EDT
Salesforce has its sights set on passing SAP as the largest enterprise applications company in the world, with momentum that is underscored by strong growth in the company’s latest quarter, CEO Marc Benioff said Thursday.
Speaking during the company’s quarterly call with analysts, Benioff described Salesforce’s first quarter of its fiscal 2022, ended April 30, as the best first quarter in company history. Revenue climbed 23 percent during the quarter, year over year, to reach $5.96 billion.
Salesforce Assists In $43M Round For Partner OSF Digital
OSF CEO Gerry Szatvanyi tells CRN he is on the hunt for acquisitions and ways to grow his technological capabilities and presence in different geographies and verticals. By Wade Tyler Millward May 12, 2021, 08:00 AM EDT
OSF Digital, a Canadian digital transformation and global commerce products and services provider, has closed on a $43 million round of funding, with participation by the investment arm of strategic partner Salesforce. This brings OSF’s current total raised to date to $66 million.
The funding will help OSF, based in Quebec and formerly known as OSF Global, acquire new businesses. CEO Gerry Szatvanyi (pictured above) told CRN in an interview he hopes to close four acquisitions this month and then up to four acquisitions by the start of 2022. He also hopes to grow his employee count of about 1,200 to 1,500.