Cloud-based CRM giant Salesforce moved into big data in a big way yesterday with a more than $15 billion definitive agreement to acquire its “good friends @tableau,” as co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff ...

Salesforce announced today that it has signed an agreement to buy data analytics and business intelligence firm Tableau, in a deal worth $15.7 billion. That makes the deal worth more than twice the ...

For businesses already leveraging Salesforce, data is the lifeblood. It fuels customer relationships, drives sales techniques and informs critical decision making. However, as businesses evolve, merge ...