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olivermarks on June 10, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Salesforce is buying Tableau for $15.7B

They are arguably essentially buying revenue to help their bottom line. Salesforce hopes to add $350-400M to their FY20 revenue

ineedasername on June 10, 2019 | [–]

That's a pretty steep price to pay for a single-digit % increase in revenue. I view this more as filling a strategic hole. BI & Analytics from Salesforce are awful.

test1235 on June 11, 2019 | [–]

I don't know much about company account structures and finance dynamics, but that doesn't sound like much compared to the $15.7bn price?

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