Subj : Elon Musk and DOGE are using Slack, Salesforce CEO Benioff says
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Feb 27 2025 10:15:09

Elon Musk and DOGE are using Slack, Salesforce CEO Benioff says

Date:
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:59:35 +0000

Description:
Benioff says "very exciting" move shows potential of Salesforce for US 
government.

FULL STORY
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Musk's DOGE is a Slack customer, Marc Benioff reveals Salesforce CEO says 
partnership shows closeness to US government Salesforce reports another 
successful financial quarter, with $10bn in quarterly revenues 

The major recent cuts to the US government by Elon Musk's DOGE department are 
being co-ordinated using Slack, the CEO of parent company Salesforce has 
declared. 

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff confirmed DOGE is using the company's online 
collaboration platform to communicate and stay in touch. 

We have a lot to offer the government in terms of giving them opportunities 
to operate with more efficiency, Benioff said in an interview held to mark 
the company's latest financial results. The DOGE team is using Slack, which 
is very exciting. DOGE and Slack 

Benioff, who said he is yet to meet Musk or President Trump, added DOGE 
offers a chance to create a more automated and more efficient government over 
time. 

Salesforce has long been a significant software provider for the US 
government, with a recent report from the US Government Accountability Office 
claiming it is responsible for 8.70% of licences. 

This is someway behind Microsoft, with 31.30%, but ahead of the likes of 
Oracle (6.96%), VMware (3.48%) and Cisco (3.48%). 

Stephen Ehikian, currently acting administrator of the US General Services 
Administration, is a former Salesforce executive, and has said he will work 
closely with DOGE, suggesting further tie-ups could launch soon. 

Benioff was speaking as Salesforce announced its results for Q4 2024 and full 
fiscal year ended January 31, 2025. 

The company announced fourth quarter revenues of $10.0 billion, up 8% year on 
year, for a total FY25 revenues of $37.9 billion, up 9% year on year. 

We had an incredible quarter and year, with strong performance across all our 
key metrics, including the highest cash flow in our companys history and more 
than $60 billion in RPO, Benioff said in a press release accompanying the 
results. 

No company is better positioned than Salesforce to lead customers through the 
digital labor revolution. With our deeply unified platform, seamlessly 
integrating our Customer 360 apps, Data Cloud and Agentforce, were already 
delivering unprecedented levels of productivity, efficiency and cost savings 
for thousands of companies. 

Via Bloomberg You might also like Microsoft Teams is taking one of Slack's 
best features We've also rounded up the best video conferencing software 
around Disney is ditching Slack for Microsoft Teams following data breach



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