Marc Benioff calls mass layoffs “exciting” as job cuts accelerate

The CEO of Salesforce has been telling everyone+dog how artificial intelligence has helped him give 4,000 workers the boot and he’s rather chuffed with himself.

Accenture and Oracle binned so Salesforce, Palantir and Workday can have a go

The US Department of Defence is chucking out two human resources software projects worth more than $800 million even though they were nearly finished because someone wanted to give their favourite contractors a turn.

Benioff wants more AI agents

Salesforce has finally pulled the trigger on its long-rumoured acquisition of Informatica, snapping up the cloud data management outfit in a deal worth $8 billion (€7.4 billion).

Virtual workers 

Software King of the World, Microsoft is going to allow its punters to build autonomous AI agents and create virtual workers.

More than 1000 sacrificed  

Salesforce is one of the latest tech companies to let go of employees.

It’s the trend lad

Salesforce told employees at a sales kickoff on Wednesday that the company plans to release an NFT Cloud.

It is for your own good

Customer management platform Salesforce said that customers must have multi-factor authentication (MFA) turned on starting next month, or they won’t be able to access their accounts.

Big bet on collaboration platforms 

Salesforce closed its $27.7 billion purchase of Slack Technologies which is its huge bet on the office collaboration trend. 

Cloud and AI in one company 

Biggish Blue has announced it has written a cheque for Waeg, a consulting partner for Salesforce in a deal that will extend its range of services and support its hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence strategy.

SalesForce kills Dolly Parton

Cloud computing company Salesforce is joining other Silicon Valley tech giants in announcing a substantial shift in how it allows its employees to work.