{"id":49205,"date":"2021-07-21T05:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=49205"},"modified":"2021-11-16T15:56:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T23:56:41","slug":"faq-salesforce-completes-slack-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/faq-salesforce-completes-slack-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ: Salesforce Completes Slack Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Quick take: <\/strong>Salesforce today announced<\/a> it has completed its acquisition of Slack Technologies, Inc. The announcement brings together the #1 CRM and the trailblazing digital platform for the work anywhere world \u2014 connecting employees, customers, and partners with each other and the apps they use every day, all within their existing workflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why it matters: <\/strong>Together, Salesforce and Slack are creating the new digital HQ \u2014 one where companies, employees, governments, and every stakeholder can create success from anywhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Q. What is Slack?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Slack brings all of a company\u2019s people, data and tools together so entire organizations can collaborate and get work done, from anywhere. Slack Connect extends the benefits of Slack to enable communication and collaboration between a company’s employees and all its external partners, from vendors to customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 750,000 businesses use Slack every day to collaborate and to take action and automate work via more than 3,000 integrated apps. With Slack Connect, companies can extend the collaboration outside their organizations, transforming the way they work alongside your partners and customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. How many employees does Slack have?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Slack has nearly 3,000 employees in 17 offices globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. When did Salesforce announce its intent to acquire Slack? <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

On December 1, 2020, the companies jointly announced a definitive agreement under which Salesforce would acquire Slack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the announcement, please refer to this press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. Why did Salesforce buy Slack?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The events of this year have greatly accelerated the move by companies and governments to an all-digital world, where work happens wherever people are \u2014 whether they\u2019re in the office, at home or somewhere in between. More than ever, people need to stay connected no matter where they are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Slack platform connects everyone in a business \u2014 employees, customers, and partners \u2014 and integrates deeply with apps to get work done, all within a flexible digital workspace that\u2019s easy to use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Together, Salesforce and Slack are creating the digital HQ for success from anywhere.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Together, Salesforce and Slack are creating the digital HQ for success from anywhere. The combined companies will connect people, apps, and data in ways that drive frictionless workflows across Salesforce, all within a single interface centered around people working together from anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Q. How will Salesforce support Slack\u2019s strategy and product roadmap?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Salesforce is committed to Slack\u2019s roadmap and vision. As part of Salesforce Customer 360, Slack will be positioned to accelerate and extend its mission to make work life simpler, more pleasant, and more productive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slack will continue to operate under the Slack brand, driving forward a continued focus on its mission, customers and community. Slack will continue to be led by CEO and Co-Founder Stewart Butterfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. How will this transaction impact Salesforce\u2019s strategy moving forward?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Together, Salesforce and Slack will deliver the Slack-first Customer 360 that gives companies a single source of truth for their business and a single platform for connecting employees, customers, and partners with each other and the apps they use every day, all within their existing workflows. Every Salesforce Cloud and Industry Solution will be deeply integrated with Slack. As the new interface for the Salesforce Customer 360, Slack will transform how people communicate, collaborate and take action on customer information across Salesforce as well as information from all of their other business apps and systems. As a result, they\u2019ll be more productive, make smarter, faster decisions, and create connected customer experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n