Microsoft and salesforce.com create a global strategic partnership to deliver value and growth

Microsoft and Salesforce continue to deliver on their strategic partnership with the general availability of two new integrations announced in October 2014: Salesforce App for Outlook, which works with Outlook 2013 and Office 365, and Salesforce1 Mobile App for Microsoft Office.

On May 29, 2014, Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft) and Marc Benioff (CEO of Salesforce.com) held a joint conference call announcing a global strategic partnership between the two firms. Details of the announcement can be found at the following links:

Microsoft and salesforce.com announce a global strategic partnership

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We do believe the announcement is truly about serving customers. Both organizations have invested in strategies that have not produced the desired payoff and, in the end, it is their customers who have paid the price. Specifically, we believe this partnership means the following:

Trackback from C5 Insight Blogs - Microsoft SharePoint, Dynamics CRM and Salesforce.comAfter the article we published yesterday, a number of people have asked what the Microsoft/Salesforce global partnership announcement might mean for Salesforce and Microsoft as companies (rather than as CRM products). Financial details of the deal were... ...

Today, as part of our ongoing strategic partnership with Salesforce, the new Salesforce App for Outlook was announced to give users a great new way to work with Salesforce right from within Outlook. This lets users view Salesforce contacts, leads, accounts and opportunities in the context of an email from a customer. Salesforce for Outlook works with Outlook 2013, Office 365, Outlook for Mac and the Outlook Web App (OWA).

At Resco, we are beyond thrilled to start a strategic partnership with Hitachi Solutions, a company that is truly well-established in the Microsoft and Salesforce ecosystems. This collaboration is the beginning of an exciting new chapter for us, as Hitachi Solutions is our first active partner from Asia operating also on a global scale. We are fully committed to provide the company with the best of our innovative mobile technology. Hitachi Solutions has a substantial expertise and know-how in local markets, and we are eager to see what we can achieve together, noted Miro Pomsar, Chief Executive Officer, Resco.

We are very pleased to launch a strategic partnership with Resco, a world leader in innovative mobile applications. As an IT service provider playing a key role in the information and telecommunication system business of Hitachi Group, we have provided various solutions to support social lifestyles and corporate activities globally. Moving forward, we will further advance digital transformation based on collaboration with customers by providing cutting-edge solutions from Resco, and will address the issues confronting contemporary society and businesses, said Seigo Usuki, Executive Officer & General Manager, Social Innovation Systems Administration Division and Industrial Innovation Business Division, Hitachi Solutions.

Not long after the closing bell rang on Wall Street yesterday, Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff and IBM Chairman, President and CEO Ginni Rometty announced a global strategic partnership between their companies to advance the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in the enterprise through an integration of Salesforce Einstein and IBM Watson.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) today announced an expansion of its global strategic partnership with Microsoft to accelerate how people collaborate and come to agreement in the anywhere economy.

This strategic partnership helps joint customers further achieve 'anywhere' collaboration and builds on Microsoft's relationship as a DocuSign customer and partner. It also deepens existing integrations across Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform applications to further automate contract processes.

Dallas, TX. December 6th, 2021: iLink Digital, a strategy-led enterprise delivering next-gen technology services, is pleased to announce a global partnership with the University of Texas, Dallas (UTD). Graduate and Undergraduate students from UTD are working with iLink experts on IoT, 5G and Multi-Edge Computing (MEC) in this major initiative called MIDAS. This opportunity will enhance the student learning experience in doing real life end-to-end projects.

"I would like to express my sincere welcome to the Lumada Alliance Program, which was announced by Hitachi, Ltd," said Taro Hiyama, Managing Executive Officer, One Commercial Partner, Microsoft Japan. "The Strategic Alliance with Microsoft Corporation, announced globally in June this year, is in line with the direction and we are confident that customers in the manufacturing sector will accelerate their DX through the promotion dramatically. Through this alliance, Microsoft Japan will continue to strengthen its collaboration and contribute to the digital transformation of customers using Lumada Solution Hub and Microsoft Azure."

At Dreamforce 2018, one of the key announcements that attracted many eyes was the Apple and Salesforce strategic partnership. The industry expectations escalated with the two tech behemoths coming together.

As a global consultancy, we have strategic partnerships with technology pioneers like Marketo, Salesforce.com, Alteryx, Adobe, Optimizely and Jive. We combine these new platforms with our innovative approaches to provide effective solutions to our clients. Doing this has allowed us to help hundreds of companies to transform their business and save millions.

A year after it talked about its plans to invest $12 billion globally in areas such as AI, cloud, ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) and cybersecurity, PricewaterhouseCoopers on Tuesday announced its first technology acquisition in India.

Tackle.io, a software company dedicated to helping ISVs launch, grow, and scale digital routes to revenue through the clouds, has entered a strategic partnership with Microsoft to simplify how independent software vendors (ISVs) scale revenue through the Microsoft commercial marketplace, which includes the storefronts Azure Marketplace and Microsoft AppSource.

DIGITALL, a technology and consulting company, announced extending its partnership on the Romanian market with Salesforce, а global leader in CRM solutions. At the same time, the company officially introduced its new DIGITALL hub in Bucharest at the event Digital transformation in Romanian companies - Challenges and Opportunities, which took place on October 5th in Bucharest, Romania. 2ff7e9595c