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Salesforce the global leader in CRM announced it has completed its acquisition of Slack Technologies Inc.We couldnt be more excited to have Slack as part of the Salesforce family combining the 1 CRM and the trailblazing digital platform for the work anywhere world said Marc Benioff Chair and CEO of Salesforce. Together well define the future of enterprise software creating the digital HQ that enables every organization to deliver customer and employee success from anywhere.Weve learned over the past year that the workplace isnt snapping back to the way it was said Bret Taylor President and Chief Operating Officer of Salesforce. Together Slack and Salesforce Customer 360 will give every company in the world a single source of truth for their business and a single platform for connecting employees customers and partners with each other and the apps they use every day.We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink and reshape how and where we work said Stewart Butterfield Slack CEO and Co-Founder. Salesforce and Slack are uniquely positioned to lead this historic shift to a digital-first world. I could not be more excited for whats to come.Salesforce and Slack coming together will help us become more connected more productive and more innovative so we can better serve our clients.ARVIND KRISHNA CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF IBMWe are obsessed with continually delighting our clients and offering them the best experience and value across every interaction said Arvind Krishna Chairman and CEO of IBM. Salesforce and Slack coming together will help us become more connected more productive and more innovative so we can better serve our clients.Acquisition to create the digital HQ for success from anywhere Companies around the world have learned one thing over the past yearif you dont have a digital way to connect with your employees customers and partners you dont have much of a chance of surviving. Headquarters are no longer on Madison Avenue or Main Streetthey are in the cloud. Every businessin every industryhas to optimize for a digital-first customer employee and partner experience.This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink and reshape everything about how and where we work. Thats exactly what the combination of Salesforce and Slack is all aboutcreating the business operating system for the new world of work.With the worlds 1 CRM companies can sell service market conduct commerce and more from anywhere. Slack has transformed the way we work with its trailblazing digital platform for business communication which is used by millions of people around the world and enables entire organizations to work far more efficiently and effortlessly.Together Salesforce and Slack will deliver the Slack-first Customer 360 that gives companies a single source of truth for their business and a single platform for connecting employees customers and partners with each other and the apps they use every day all within their existing workflows.The combination of Salesforce and Slack also brings together two of the software industrys most dynamic communities creating an open and extensive ecosystem that will deliver the next generation of digital-first apps and workflows for business.Salesforce will create a modern workspace that enables collaboration communities communications CRM functionality customer experience and AI in an ecosystem that will welcome other integrations to extend enterprise functionality said Wayne Kurtzman IDC Research Director for Social Communities and Collaboration.Salesforce and Slack are already making a huge difference. IBMs 380000 employees are working together in Slack with numerous workflows across Salesforce Sales Cloud and Service Cloud powering customer success across locations and time zones.As part of Salesforce Slack will be positioned to accelerate and extend its mission to make work life simpler more pleasant and more productive. Slack will continue to operate under the Slack brand driving forward a continued focus on its mission customers and community. Slack will continue to be led by CEO and Co-Founder Stewart Butterfield.