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Leave it to Salesforce to buy the clunky incumbent, not Periscope
by te_chris 7y ago
Leave it to Salesforce to buy the clunky incumbent, not Periscope
- laurentb 7y agoPeriscope has merged with Sisense: https://www.periscopedata.com/blog/periscope-data-sisense-better-together https://www.periscopedata.com/blog/periscope-data-sisense-be...
- olivermarks 7y agoThey are arguably essentially buying revenue to help their bottom line. Salesforce hopes to add $350-400M to their FY20 revenue
- ineedasername 7y agoThat's a pretty steep price to pay for a single-digit % increase in revenue. I view this more as filling a strategic hole. BI & Analytics from Salesforce are awful.
- test1235 7y agoI don't know much about company account structures and finance dynamics, but that doesn't sound like much compared to the $15.7bn price?
- malux85 7y agoThats because market penetration and revenue matters more than a few CSS animations
- debacle 7y agoAnd enterprise sales.
- ineedasername 7y agoCan you elaborate on the advantages of Periscope? I've used Tableau, but not Periscope. Browsing their site & marketing materials, it's not really clear to me how they're much different from Tableau.