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Salesforce Teams with NVIDIA to Bring AI Agents into the Flow of Work
Salesforce and NVIDIA are partnering to bring artificial intelligence agents into the flow of work. Powered by Salesforce's Agentforce and Slack and NVIDIA's Nemotron models, organizations can now deploy governed agents across regulated and on-premises environments while enabling employees to use them directly in the flow of their work. At the core is Agentforce, Salesforce's platform for building and orchestrating enterprise AI agents. Agentforce grounds agents in trusted da
Joseph K
Mar 17
Salesforce is financing its share buyback with long-term debt
Salesforce is taking a major step by repurchasing $50 billion worth of its own shares. This decision simultaneously commits the company to decades of additional debt. The financing for this program extends through 2066, underscoring the long-term impact of the strategy. https://www.techzine.eu/news/applications/139667/salesforce-is-financing-its-share-buyback-with-long-term-debt/
Joseph K
Mar 17
Salesforce reckons software and debt do mix after all
As software stocks languish, is the answer for some companies to take on more leverage rather than less? Marc Benioff, the co-founder and chair of Salesforce, thinks so. Notwithstanding the tribulations of the sector, and the widespread anxiety around private credit funds that loaded up on software-related debt, the market is conducive to Benioff’s idea. https://www.ft.com/content/b0e16c8a-c626-4895-afb5-e392175ee4aa?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Joseph K
Mar 17
Salesforce Agentforce Sales Brings ‘Agentic Selling’ Into The CX Spotlight
Salesforce has introduced a suite of AI agents to Salesforce Agentforce Sales, built to take on high-volume sales work like prospecting, lead nurturing, meeting prep, pipeline updates, and quoting. Salesforce says sellers can work alongside a digital workforce that executes repetitive tasks while humans focus on relationships and closing. https://www.cxtoday.com/ai-automation-in-cx/salesforce-agentforce-sales-brings-agentic-selling-into-the-cx-spotlight/
Joseph K
Mar 17
Salesforce’s Dismissal of Cloud Systems Suit Affirmed on Appeal
The Federal Circuit rejected a consultant’s argument that its suit against Salesforce Inc. should be revived because it has standing to file patent infringement allegations over cloud-management systems. Applications In Internet Time LLC doesn’t hold intellectual property rights to US Patent Nos. 7,356,482 and 8,484,111 because a 2006 agreement gave them all to one of the consulting agency’s founder, the opinion issued Monday by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circ
Joseph K
Mar 16
Salesforce Launches $25 Billion Accelerated Share Buyback
Salesforce said it has begun buying back about 103 million shares of its common stock, executing part of the $50 billion share-repurchase program its board had authorized earlier this year. The software company said Monday that the transaction represents a $25 billion accelerated share repurchase and accounts for roughly 80% of the total shares expected to be bought under the agreement. https://www.morningstar.com/news/dow-jones/202603164704/salesforce-launches-25-billion-acc
Joseph K
Mar 16
Salesforce Updates Partner Program Consulting Track to Emphasize Verifiable AI Outcomes
As agentic AI reshapes how organizations deploy automation and software agents, Salesforce is updating the consulting track of its partner program to help partners deliver measurable outcomes for customers. For Salesforce, that means updating its partner program consulting track to help partners and their customers efficiently deploy AI agents while enabling verified and tangible outcomes and business results, according to a recent post on the company's website by Andrew Kiss
Joseph K
Mar 16
Salesforce warns hackers targeting websites running misconfigured Experience Cloud platforms
Salesforce has warned customers that hackers are targeting websites running misconfigured Experience Cloud platforms that may allow guest users to access more data than intended. Meanwhile, the ShinyHunters extortion group claims it is actively exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability to steal data from affected instances. https://www.varindia.com/news/salesforce-warns-hackers-targeting-websites-running-misconfigured-experience-cloud-platforms
Joseph K
Mar 14
Salesforce completes $25B senior notes offering to fund share repurchase
Salesforce , Inc. (NYSE:CRM) announced Friday the completion of a registered public offering totaling $25 billion in senior notes, with maturities ranging from 2028 to 2066. According to a statement based on its SEC filing, the company used the net proceeds to repurchase shares of its common stock through accelerated share repurchase agreements.The move aligns with what InvestingPro identifies as management’s aggressive share buyback strategy. With the stock currently tradin
Joseph K
Mar 14
Salesforce introduces agentic contact center with unified AI, CRM and channels
Salesforce has announced Agentforce Contact Center , a new solution designed to bring voice, digital channels, CRM data, and AI agents together on a single platform, enabling organizations to modernize customer service while reducing operational complexity and costs. Contact centers today often struggle with fragmented systems where customer data, communication channels, and AI tools operate in silos, making automation difficult and expensive to implement. Legacy tools typica
Joseph K
Mar 13
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