Rumor mills are working overtime to unveil Salesforce’s knight in shining armor. Does the CRM biggie really need one? Who could it be? And what’s going to come of it? Read more: http://suyati.com/the-salesforce-buy-out-all-you-need-to-know/

1. The BIG Salesforce buy out –
All you wanted to know

2. Sources with insider knowledge revealed
to Bloomsberg News that Microsoft has
recently made a bid for taking-over
Salesforce.com after Salesforce was first
approached by another would-be buyer,
in all probability Oracle.
Salesforce is now engaged in
consultations with two investment banks
to determine whether to turn away the
bidders or to work out a SALE!

3. Is there a truth in the RUMORS ?
Salesforce is the market leader in CRM; it’s naturally a tempting target for anyone with
enough cash on their hands.
$47.01 billion is a huge and if this actually comes through, only a handful of Fortune 100
companies such as Oracle, Microsoft, IBM or SAP can afford it.
We are just saying !!!

4. What’s adding fuel to fire ?
• Microsoft and Salesforce, once bitter rivals, are of late starting to cozy up with one
another
• With its own CRM lagging behind, Microsoft’s acquisition of Salesforce would allow the
software biggie to expand itself in the CRM space
• Salesforce itself may be amenable to a take-over, as the company was involved in
strategic-alliance discussions with SAP SE last year.

5. Impact of take over
• The deal is not likely to change much in the day-to-day workings of the cloud
• End users, especially existing Salesforce and Microsoft customers stand to gain.
• As for other players, the clear-cut winners would most likely be large system
integrators such as Perficient and other solution providers

6. What the future holds ?
Salesforce’s take-over by Microsoft is by no means a done deal or even confirmed !
Sources disclose that Microsoft finds the market
cap of approximately $49 billion too high, but
the fact remains that with more than $92 billion
in cash, Microsoft could very well afford it and
may just be setting the stage for negotiations.

7. This isin’t over !!