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Co-founder Marc Benioff refreshes software giant’s board after coming under fire from investors
Plus, Elliott revs up activism in Japan and Lazard beefs up its US private capital strategy
Marc Benioff helped build software group into a Silicon Valley giant but shareholders are agitating for change
Activists seem to think so
Pressure mounts on Marc Benioff’s software group after Starboard Value fund calls to boost profit margins
Software group becomes latest tech company to scale back workforce in face of slowing demand
Software provider was not prepared for customers taking more measured approach to spending
Any suggestion of new deals should prove unpopular
Moves by Alphabet, Meta and Salesforce come as companies respond to downturn in sector’s stocks by cutting costs
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Investor attributes software group’s underperformance to ‘subpar mix of growth and profitability’
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Salesforce will have to do more deals after buying Slack to match Microsoft’s suite of services
Industry that serves as world’s back office faces a skills shortage, warns Arundhati Bhattacharya
Combined group is out to challenge Microsoft’s integrated suite of tools
Cash-and-stock deal caps banner year for cloud computing
The cloud software company and workplace collaboration app are in talks for what could be one of the sector’s largest deals
The roll-up strategy still makes sense for cloud software company
Possible takeover of workplace chat app comes as rival’s Teams service surges in popularity
Acquisition would strengthen chief executive Marc Benioff’s hand in battle with Microsoft
Palantir’s Valley rant, Napster sold, Asus ZenFone 7
Results soothed fears it was missing out on pandemic-era spending on cloud software
After leaving the telecoms group, Gavin Patterson joined Silicon Valley’s Salesforce — and is ready to learn
Machine learning applied to economic modelling aims to generate novel insights for policymakers
Former Virgin Money banker to focus on financial services start-up Snoop
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