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Microsoft and Salesforce get in on Informatica deal

07 August 2015 •

US big data firm taken private by consortium of investors which includes Microsoft and Salesforce

Microsoft and Salesforce have jumped in on the deal to take big data firm Informatica private, which closed yesterday. The plans to go private were first announced in April and have now been com...

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