Why Salesforce Is Making Its Biggest Bet on APIs and Data Integration


Posted on March 22nd, by thinkstrategies in Uncategorized. Comments Off on Why Salesforce Is Making Its Biggest Bet on APIs and Data Integration

Why Salesforce Is Making Its Biggest Bet on APIs and Data Integration

Salesforce.com’s definitive agreement to acquire MuleSoft for approximately $6.5 billion represents the company’s biggest acquisition yet and a calculated move to consolidate it’s position as the leading enterprise software company in the Cloud.

The move also illustrates that the real power in the market is quickly shifting to those vendors that can facilitate the most cost-effective flow of data across applications in an increasingly connected and complex world.

Click here to read THINKstrategies’ analysis in Datamation of the key market drivers that have led Salesforce to make this strategic move and what it means for the rest of the enterprise software industry.







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