DataRobot, enterprise AI platform has announced investment from and expanded partnership with Snowflake. Salesforce Ventures and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) also made strategic investments in the company. These investments come as DataRobot expands the Series F round of financing led by Altimeter to $320 million at a $2.8 billion valuation. In addition to the Snowflake Ventures investment,…
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Salesforce introduces upskilling program in India
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•Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, announced the launch of the #Journey2Salesforce program, a free online learning journey for non-Salesforce professionals in India to learn the skills to help them start their careers in the Salesforce ecosystem. This program leverages Trailhead, Salesforce’s free online learning platform, to empower individuals to learn in-demand skills and earn…
CRM giant Salesforce to add 12,000 new jobs by 2021
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•Salesforce, a global cloud computing company that develops CRM solutions and provides business software on a subscription basis said that it would be creating 12,000 new jobs over the next year, including 4,000 positions in the coming six months. The announcement was made by the CEO of Salesforce, Marc Benioff on his twitter account on…
Vaillant Group partners with TCS to drive its growth and transformation program
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•Tata Consultancy Services, a global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced that it has expanded its partnership with Vaillant Group, a global leader in heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology, to streamline the latter’s business processes and implement those on a single, digital enterprise process platform to support its business model transformation and future…
Salesforce Co-CEO Keith Block to step down from the role
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•Salesforce Co-CEO Keith Block recently announced that he would step down from his role and leave the CRM giant. Post his departure, Block will still remain an advisor to founder Marc Benioff, who would now be the sole CEO of the company. In a statement, Block said, “It’s been my greatest honor to lead the…
National Skill Development Corp and Salesforce partner to further skill development in India
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•National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has announced its partnership with Salesforce, the global provider in customer relationship management (CRM), to enhance NSDC’s skill development and capacity building initiatives through Trailhead, Salesforce’s free online learning platform that empowers anyone to skill up and increase one’s job prospects in the digital economy. By 2022, more than 120…
Salesforce to train 250,000 Indian students
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•Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, announced that it will train 250,000 Indian students for the technology jobs of tomorrow by 2022. In separate partnerships, Salesforce has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with the ICT Academy, the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) and ICT Academy of Kerala (ICTAK). Through these partnerships, Salesforce will…
Salesforce names Bret Taylor President & COO
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•Salesforce, the global leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM), has announced that it’s President and Chief Product Officer Bret Taylor has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Taylor will lead Salesforce’s global product vision, engineering, security, marketing and communications. Taylor will continue to report to Chairman and co-CEO Marc Benioff.…
Salesforce brings TrailheaDX to India for the first time
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•Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, has announced bringing of its flagship developer conference TrailheaDX to Bengaluru on December 19 – 20, 2019. For the first time, the event is being held outside of the US and is a must-attend conference for anyone who develops on the Salesforce platform or wants to learn more about…
Salesforce to enable over $67 Billion business; over 1.3 million indirect jobs in India.
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•Salesforce and its ecosystem of partners will create 548,400 new direct jobs and USD $67 Billion in new business revenues in India from 2019 through 2024. These findings are based on a research by International Data Corporation(IDC). IDC estimates that between 2019 and 2024, Salesforce will drive the creation of 1,362,400 indirect jobs in India,…