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Dreamforce 2026 Guide: What Enterprise Leaders Need to Know Before Salesforce’s Biggest Event
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Dreamforce 2026 Guide: What Enterprise Leaders Need to Know Before Salesforce’s Biggest Event

Your Dreamforce 2026 guide: dates, location, confirmed speakers, themes, registration, agenda planning, and questions for Salesforce experts.

Sean Nolan · 4 Aug 2026
Salesforce CEO Co-Chairs Global AI Commission: "Trust Is the Foundation"
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Salesforce CEO Co-Chairs Global AI Commission: "Trust Is the Foundation"

Marc Benioff co-chairs the new AI for Good Global Commission – but with the US, China and EU absent, can it deliver anything real?

Christopher Carey · 6 Jul 2026
Is Slack Replacing Your Project Management Tool?
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Is Slack Replacing Your Project Management Tool?

Is your team already managing projects inside Slack? Agentic AI is reshaping enterprise software and workplace collaboration

Thomas Walker · 11 Jun 2026
Salesforce Q1 Earnings: Revenues Surge but Stocks Slide
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Salesforce Q1 Earnings: Revenues Surge but Stocks Slide

Salesforce topped Wall Street expectations and continued pushing its AI growth story, but weaker forward guidance and mounting SaaS-sector concerns still sent shares lower after earnings

Kristian McCann · 28 May 2026
Salesforce Expands Agent Fabric as AI Agents Multiply
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Salesforce Expands Agent Fabric as AI Agents Multiply

Salesforce expands Agent Fabric with a central control plane for AI agent discovery, orchestration, governance, and LLM cost control.

Sophie Wilson · 22 Apr 2026
Benioff Says Slack Was Always Built for the Agentic Era, and the Numbers Are Starting to Prove It
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Benioff Says Slack Was Always Built for the Agentic Era, and the Numbers Are Starting to Prove It

Salesforce has unveiled 30+ new Slackbot capabilities. Here is what it means for enterprise AI agent orchestration.

Marcus Law · 2 Apr 2026
Salesforce Q4 Earnings: Record Quarter Puts Slack at the Heart of the Agentic Enterprise
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Salesforce Q4 Earnings: Record Quarter Puts Slack at the Heart of the Agentic Enterprise

Salesforce posted record Q4 FY26 results with Agentforce ARR up 169%. Here's what the numbers mean for enterprise communications.

Marcus Law · 26 Feb 2026
Vonage Contact Center Aligns itself to Salesforces Agent Ambitions with Deeper Agentforce Voice Integrations
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Vonage Contact Center Aligns itself to Salesforces Agent Ambitions with Deeper Agentforce Voice Integrations

Vonage expands its Salesforce-native contact center with Agentforce Voice, aligning with Salesforce’s growing AI agent strategy.

Kristian McCann · 17 Dec 2025
Salesforce CEO Starts the AI Pricing Conversation Enterprises Can’t Ignore
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Salesforce CEO Starts the AI Pricing Conversation Enterprises Can’t Ignore

Enterprise buyers are pushing back on usage-based AI pricing. Salesforce’s shift reveals why predictability ow matter most.

Kieran Devlin · 15 Dec 2025
Examining the Timing of Salesforce’s AI-Fueled Job Cuts Announcement
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Examining the Timing of Salesforce’s AI-Fueled Job Cuts Announcement

Why Salesforce CEO's contradictory messaging on AI job impacts may have been prepping the ground ahead of weak guidance.

Kristian McCann · 4 Sept 2025
AI Agents Slash 4,000 Salesforce Jobs, Months After CEO Downplays AI's Risks on Jobs
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AI Agents Slash 4,000 Salesforce Jobs, Months After CEO Downplays AI's Risks on Jobs

Discover how Salesforce AI transformed customer support by replacing 4,000 roles despite CEO claims AI will not create mass layoffs.

Kristian McCann · 1 Sept 2025
Microsoft Unveils First In-House AI Models: Could Copilot Move Away from OpenAI?
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Microsoft Unveils First In-House AI Models: Could Copilot Move Away from OpenAI?

Explore the latest developments in Microsoft AI with the launch of MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview models for future innovation.

Kristian McCann · 29 Aug 2025
Threaded Conversations: Microsoft Teams Takes Another Feature From Slack
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Threaded Conversations: Microsoft Teams Takes Another Feature From Slack

Explore the new Teams threaded conversation feature. Learn how it changes collaboration in Microsoft Teams and improves chat organization.

Kristian McCann · 9 Jul 2025
What Salesforce’s Acquisition of Informatica Could Mean for UC
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What Salesforce’s Acquisition of Informatica Could Mean for UC

Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to buy data management platform Informatica for $8 billion – the latest in a series of acquisitions by the…

Christopher Carey · 28 May 2025
AI Web Agents for Slack? What Salesforce's Acquisition of Convergence.ai Could Bring to UC
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AI Web Agents for Slack? What Salesforce's Acquisition of Convergence.ai Could Bring to UC

Salesforce’s Convergence.ai deal could boost Slack and Agentforce with adaptive AI web agents, while pricing shifts.

Kristian McCann · 19 May 2025
Big UC News From Microsoft, Salesforce, RingCentral and Asana
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Big UC News From Microsoft, Salesforce, RingCentral and Asana

Microsoft Finally Hangs Up on Skype, While Salesforce CEO Cites Slack as a Warning About Microsoft’s OpenAI Partnership Microsoft finally closed down…

Kieran Devlin · 9 May 2025
Is Microsoft's OpenAI Partnership in Peril? Salesforce CEO Cites Slack as a Warning
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Is Microsoft's OpenAI Partnership in Peril? Salesforce CEO Cites Slack as a Warning

Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI could end up in tatters just like it did with Slack, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff claims as he takes fresh aim at the…

Kristian McCann · 8 May 2025
Microsoft's AI Abilities "Doubling" Biannually – Should AI-Conscious Users Flock to Teams?
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Microsoft's AI Abilities "Doubling" Biannually – Should AI-Conscious Users Flock to Teams?

Microsoft says AI performance is doubling every 6 months, but should buyers choose Teams Copilot over Zoom AI Companion or Webex Assistant? Published on UC Toda

Kristian McCann · 6 May 2025
DeepSeek: What The Chinese AI Challenger Could Mean for Microsoft Copilot 365
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DeepSeek: What The Chinese AI Challenger Could Mean for Microsoft Copilot 365

DeepSeek’s low-cost AI could pressure Microsoft 365 Copilot to cut costs, add third-party models and rethink OpenAI. Published on UC Today.

Kristian McCann · 28 Jan 2025
Salesforce CEO Continues AI Feud With Microsoft, Calls Copilot 'Repackaged ChatGPT'
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Salesforce CEO Continues AI Feud With Microsoft, Calls Copilot 'Repackaged ChatGPT'

Salesforce’s Agentforce gains as Benioff attacks Microsoft Copilot and Teams, calling Copilot “repackaged ChatGPT”. Published on UC Today.

Kieran Devlin · 27 Jan 2025
Big UC News from Zoom, HeyGen, Cisco Webex, Salesforce and Microsoft
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Big UC News from Zoom, HeyGen, Cisco Webex, Salesforce and Microsoft

Zoom AI Companion 2.0 goes live, HeyGen adds AI avatars for Zoom, and Webex, Salesforce and Microsoft ramp up workplace AI on UC Today.

Kieran Devlin · 25 Oct 2024
Microsoft Unveils New Copilot AI Agents As Salesforce CEO Takes Another Swipe
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Microsoft Unveils New Copilot AI Agents As Salesforce CEO Takes Another Swipe

Why it matters: Microsoft is adding ten Copilot AI agents to Dynamics 365, aiming to speed sales, service and supply chain work; Salesforce's Benioff hits back.

James Stephen · 23 Oct 2024
Salesforce CEO Drags Microsoft Copilot As 'More Like Clippy 2.0'
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Salesforce CEO Drags Microsoft Copilot As 'More Like Clippy 2.0'

Benioff’s Copilot criticism spotlights AI fatigue for Microsoft buyers. Published on UC Today, it links Salesforce, Slack, Agentforce and Copilot.

Kieran Devlin · 21 Oct 2024
Disney Says Let It Go To Slack, Will Go The Distance With Microsoft Teams
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Disney Says Let It Go To Slack, Will Go The Distance With Microsoft Teams

Disney is moving from Slack to Microsoft Teams after a major leak, a shift workplace buyers should note for security and collaboration. Published on UC Today.

Kieran Devlin · 23 Sept 2024
Salesforce Reportedly Institutes '4 to 5 Days A Week' RTO Mandate
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Salesforce Reportedly Institutes '4 to 5 Days A Week' RTO Mandate

Salesforce’s new RTO mandate could reshape hybrid working for teams, with Office-Flex, office-based policies and badge-scan tracking. Published on UC Today.

Kieran Devlin · 22 Jul 2024
Sam Altman Reinstated as OpenAI CEO
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Sam Altman Reinstated as OpenAI CEO

Why it matters: OpenAI has reinstated Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, with Microsoft backing and a new board, after the board ousting. Published on UC Today.

Kieran Devlin · 22 Nov 2023
Slack Announces New CEO
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Slack Announces New CEO

Slack names Salesforce veteran Denise Dresser CEO, as Slack GPT, Slack AI and Sales Elevate push AI collaboration across Customer 360.

Kieran Devlin · 14 Nov 2023
Big UC News from RingCentral, Slack, OpenAI and Microsoft
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Big UC News from RingCentral, Slack, OpenAI and Microsoft

Why workplace buyers should care: RingCentral is pushing AI across UCaaS, Slack is set for a new CEO, OpenAI has no-code ChatGPT Builders and Microsoft Teams ad

Kieran Devlin · 10 Nov 2023
Slack to Announce New CEO Next Week
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Slack to Announce New CEO Next Week

Slack is set to announce its new Chief Executive Officer next week, following the news on Monday that outgoing CEO Lidiane Jones has taken the…

Kieran Devlin · 7 Nov 2023
Big UC News from WhatsApp, Salesforce, Sangoma and VOSS
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Big UC News from WhatsApp, Salesforce, Sangoma and VOSS

Why it matters: WhatsApp cross-platform interoperability, Salesforce Einstein Copilot, Sangoma COO and VOSS Cost Analytics could reshape UC and CRM, published o

Kieran Devlin · 15 Sept 2023
Salesforce Launches New AI Assistant “Einstein Copilot”
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Salesforce Launches New AI Assistant “Einstein Copilot”

Salesforce’s Einstein Copilot brings trusted AI to CRM; Published on UC Today, the Copilot Studio, Data Cloud and Trust Layer add custom skills.

James Stephen · 12 Sept 2023
Timely Einstein GPT Relative to Fortunes of Salesforce
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Timely Einstein GPT Relative to Fortunes of Salesforce

Why Salesforce’s Einstein GPT matters: world-first CRM generative AI with OpenAI, Data Cloud, Slack, Tableau, MuleSoft and Slack ChatGPT app. Published on UC To

Jonny Wills · 8 Mar 2023
Salesforce Hire New Board Members as Investors Push for Change
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Salesforce Hire New Board Members as Investors Push for Change

Why it matters: Salesforce has added board members as Elliott Management pressure mounts, with Marc Benioff, CRM, Slack and growth under scrutiny. Published on

Jonny Wills · 6 Feb 2023
Salesforce Completes Slack Acquisition
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Salesforce Completes Slack Acquisition

Salesforce’s Slack acquisition adds digital HQ and Customer 360 CRM features, shaping hybrid work with audio and video tools.

Tom Wright · 22 Jul 2021
Big Announcements from the Big Players
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Big Announcements from the Big Players

Why it matters: Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Slack and Cisco have moved UC forward with Mesh, Operator Connect, Zoom Phone, Salesforce integration and Webex translati

Tom Wright · 5 Mar 2021
Slack Hits $1bn Revenue Run Rate
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Slack Hits $1bn Revenue Run Rate

Slack hits a $1bn revenue run rate, with Salesforce integration and Service Cloud at stake as buyers weigh future of work chat and apps. Published on UC Today.

Tom Wright · 2 Mar 2021
Salesforce Acquires Slack - Will They Take on UCaaS?
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Salesforce Acquires Slack - Will They Take on UCaaS?

Salesforce’s $27.7bn Slack deal could sharpen its challenge to Microsoft Teams and UCaaS. Published on UC Today, here’s why buyers should care.

Ian Taylor · 2 Dec 2020
Salesforce Splashes $5.90 Billion on Software Maker MuleSoft
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Salesforce Splashes $5.90 Billion on Software Maker MuleSoft

Popular CRM provider Salesforce recently announced that they would be expanding their cloud portfolio with MuleSoft Inc.

Rebekah Carter · 3 Apr 2018