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Salesforce buys BI and analytics firm Tableau for $15.7 billion(July 2019)

Salesforce.com, Inc. (usually abbreviated as SF or SFDC) is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San FranciscoCalifornia. Though the bulk of its revenue comes from its customer-relationship management (CRM) service, Salesforce training also sells a complementary suite of enterprise applications focused on customer service, marketing automation, analytics and application development.Salesforce was ranked first in Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2018.

Tableau Software  is an interactive data visualization software company founded on January 2003 by Christian Chabot, Pat Hanrahan and Chris Stolte, in Mountain View, California. The company is currently headquartered in Seattle, WashingtonUnited States [5] focused on business intelligence. On June 10, 2019, Salesforce.com announced it would be acquiring Tableau. The deal is worth $15.7 billion.