Slack

Salesforce hiring 3,300 employees after laying off 8,000

Vendor

Salesforce hiring 3,300 employees after laying off 8,000

The San Francisco-based company is hiring employees in various departments including engineering, sales and its data cloud business

clock 19 September 2023 • 3 min read

Finance and M&A

Salesforce completes $27.7bn Slack acquisition

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

clock 22 July 2021 • 1 min read

Software

Uniting against a common enemy - the logic behind Salesforce's rumoured move for Slack

Salesforce is rumoured to be in talks with Slack over a potential acquisition

clock 26 November 2020 • 4 min read

Vendor

Five vendors doing (relatively) well despite coronavirus chaos

Tech stocks are down across the board, but some are viewing the coronavirus' outbreak as an opportunity

clock 13 March 2020 • 5 min read

Vendor

Microsoft bans employees from Slack while discouraging use of AWS and Google

Tech giant bans its Teams rival due to security concerns, according to reports

clock 24 June 2019 • 2 min read

Technology and Trends

Is Microsoft Teams stealing the limelight from Slack?

As recent research indicates that newcomer Microsoft Teams is set to dominate the collaborative app space among businesses by 2020, Marian McHugh investigates its advantage over its rivals and whether it truly poses a challenge to email

clock 04 January 2019 • 6 min read

Credit and Finance

Slack hits $7bn valuation with $427m funding round

The workplace communications app attracted nearly half a billion dollars in latest funding round

clock 22 August 2018 • 1 min read

Finance and M&A

Slack raises $250m to top $5bn valuation

Battle for workplace dominance hots up, following launches from Facebook and Microsoft

clock 18 September 2017 • 1 min read