{"id":83052,"date":"2024-11-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=83052"},"modified":"2024-11-08T06:37:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T14:37:25","slug":"idc-marketscape-team-collaboration-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/idc-marketscape-team-collaboration-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Slack Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Team Collaboration Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Slack is also ranked a leader in more than 150 G2 Marketing Reports, including #1 in Unified Workspaces on G2<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salesforce today announced that Slack<\/a> has been named a Leader in the latest IDC MarketScape report: Worldwide Team Collaboration Applications 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc #US51405624, November 2024). <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Slack enables an ease of channel-centric collaboration across different modalities in a way that few products can,” said Wayne Kurtzman, IDC Research Vice President of Collaboration and Communities. “Slack customers cited the wide adoption of Slack’s no-code workflows that can use a wide array of integrations to make their work easier and faster to accomplish.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slack customers cited the wide adoption of Slack’s no-code workflows that can use a wide array of integrations to make their work easier and faster to accomplish.<\/p>\nWayne Kurtzman, IDC Research Vice President of Collaboration and Communities<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Why it\u2019s important: <\/strong>The IDC MarketScape<\/a> is a highly anticipated and authoritative guide for technology buyers who are looking to move to a more comprehensive work platform that not only connects their teams but also their data, applications, AI<\/a>, and agents<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The customer perspective: <\/strong>Slack\u2019s commitment to simplifying work with the help of AI and agents is resonating with leaders facing an increasingly complex enterprise technology landscape. As Ben Ryrie from Canva said, \u201cEverything I need is integrated into Slack. It\u2019s meeting me where I am, so I don\u2019t need to log in to different systems or jump between screens.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IDC MarketScape advises technology buyers to consider a variety of factors when choosing a work platform, including its feature velocity, the passion of its customer community, and the simplicity of its user experience. The report noted, \u201cSlack has fans, some of whom had their careers accelerated by using Slack. Often referred to as \u2018how we pull all our work together,\u2019 Slack has become mission-critical for global and regional companies to streamline processes for cross-functional teams and accelerate work with external partners and customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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