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| 2015 || December 23 || Acquisition || Salesforce acquires {{w|quote-to-cash}} vendor SteelBrick for US$ $360,000,000. SteelBrick sells software for automating quote-to-cash tasks, including {{w|Configure Price Quote}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Salesforce buys quote-to-cash company SteelBrick for $360 million|url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/12/23/salesforce-buys-quote-to-cash-company-steelbrick-for-360m/|website=venturebeat.com|accessdate=22 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Here's The Reason Behind Salesforce.com's Acquisition of SteelBrick|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2015/12/30/heres-the-reason-behind-salesforce-coms-acquisition-of-steelbrick/#1137a71c5dea|website=forbes.com|accessdate=22 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CRM swallows CPQ as Salesforce buys Steelbrick|url=https://diginomica.com/2015/12/28/crm-swallows-cpq-as-salesforce-buys-steelbrick/|website=diginomica.com|accessdate=22 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Salesforce Grabs Quote To Cash Vendor SteelBrick for $360 Million|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/23/salesforce-grabs-quote-to-cash-vendor-steelbrick-for-360-million/|website=techcrunch.com|accessdate=22 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=“Salesforce Acquisitions”/><ref name="Salesforce.com Coverage"/>
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| 2016 || January 22 || Acquisition || Salesforce acquires German company YOUR SL, which specializes on on cloud-based IT & xRM projects.<ref name=“Salesforce Acquisitions”/><ref name="">{{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=Eugene|title=Salesforce reveals it spent $75 million on the three startups it bought last quarter|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-spent-75-million-on-acquisitions-in-q2-2016-5|website=businessinsider.com|accessdate=3 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Acquisitions|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/search/acquisitions/field/organizations/num_acquisitions/salesforce|website=crunchbase.com|accessdate=3 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Salesforce - YOUR SL|url=https://www.startupranking.com/acquisition/salesforce-acquires-your-sl-995|website=startupranking.com|accessdate=3 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=WHEATLEY|first1=MIKE|title=Salesforce discloses $75m investments on AI startups in Q1|url=https://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/05/24/salesforce-discloses-75m-investments-on-ai-startups-in-q1/|website=siliconangle.com|accessdate=3 January 2018}}</ref>
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| 2016 || February 19 || Acquisition || Salesforce acquires PredictionIO.<ref name=“Salesforce Acquisitions”/>
| 2016 || October 3 || Acquisition || Salesforce acquires Krux for US$ $800,000,000.<ref name=“Salesforce Acquisitions”/><ref name="Salesforce.com Coverage"/>
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| 2016 || December 14 || Acquisition || Salesforce acquires Twin Prime, a five-year old startup that helps {{w|mobile app}}s perform better.<ref name=“Salesforce Acquisitions”/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=Eugene|title=Salesforce just bought a startup called Twin Prime, adding to its $5 billion buying binge|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-acquired-twin-prime-startup-2016-12|website=businessinsider.com|accessdate=1 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Salesforce (CRM) to Acquire Another Start-up Twin Prime|url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/242513/salesforce-crm-to-acquire-another-startup-twin-prime|website=zacks.com|accessdate=1 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Salesforce (CRM) to Acquire Another Start-up Twin Prime|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/article/salesforce-crm-to-acquire-another-start-up-twin-prime-cm722011|website=nasdaq.com|accessdate=1 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Salesforce Acquires Twin Prime|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/salesforce-acquires-twin-prime-1481924658|website=wsj.com|accessdate=1 December 2017}}</ref>
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| 2017 || January 25 || Acquisition || Salesforce acquires digital research and design group Sequence, with the purpose of building out its [[w:User experience design|UX]] design services.<ref name=“Salesforce Acquisitions”/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lunden|first1=Ingrid|title=Salesforce acquires Sequence to build out its UX design services|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/01/salesforce-acquires-sequence-to-build-out-its-ux-design-services/|website=techcrunch.com|accessdate=1 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Donovan|title=Salesforce Acquires Sequence For Digital Design|url=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4043074-salesforce-acquires-sequence-digital-design|website=seekingalpha.com|accessdate=1 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=ROY|first1=JOJO|title=Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Sequence!|url=http://blog.sequence.com/2017/01/24/announcement/|website=sequence.com|accessdate=1 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Salesforce Adds Another Design Studio; Acquires Sequence to Bolster UX Services|url=https://martechseries.com/sales-marketing/customer-experience-management/salesforce-adds-another-design-studio-acquires-sequence-to-bolster-ux-design-services/|website=martechseries.com|accessdate=1 December 2017}}</ref>
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| 2017 || March 6 || Partnership || Salesforce announces partnership with IBM. The deal would give Salesforce customers direct access to structured and unstructured data from Watson's artificial intelligence platform. In another component of the deal, IBM is expected to begin using the Salesforce Service Cloud internally.<ref>{{cite web|title=IBM and Salesforce Announce Landmark Global Strategic Partnership|url=https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2017/03/ibm-salesforce-strategic-partnership.html|website=salesforce.com|accessdate=9 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The IBM, Salesforce AI Mash-Up Could Be a Stroke of Genius|url=http://fortune.com/2017/03/07/data-sheet-ibm-salesforce/|website=fortune.com|accessdate=9 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IBM, Salesforce Strike Global Partnership on Cloud, AI|url=http://fortune.com/2017/03/06/ibm-salesforce-partnership-ai/|website=fortune.com|accessdate=9 November 2017}}</ref>
