Salesforce to acquire Own for $1.9bn

Cloud-based software company Salesforce has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Own Company, a provider of data protection and data management solutions, for approximately $1.9bn in cash.

Own Company, a Salesforce AppExchange partner since 2012 and a Salesforce Ventures portfolio company, caters to nearly 7,000 customers to protect mission-critical data.

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