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Salesforce completes $27.7bn Slack acquisition

The move will see a 'Slack-first Customer 360' created

22 July 2021 • 1 min read

Salesforce has closed its $27.7bn acquisition of communications platform Slack in a move it says will "define the future of enterprise software". It will see a "Slack-first Customer 360" created...

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