Taylor said the pandemic had fundamentally shifted consumer behavior and the way people work. Benioff said, and he marveled at the possibilities of combining the two companies’ data and tools. Slack’s trajectory reminded him of Salesforce’s, Mr. Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, was effusive about the combination, calling it “a match made in heaven.” In a conference call, he said that Stewart Butterfield, Slack’s chief executive, and Bret Taylor, Salesforce’s president, had presented him with the deal. recalled rising desperation as Trump administration officials squelched research into the coronavirus in the early days of the pandemic. Looking Back at 2020: Current and former employees of the C.D.C.China’s First mRNA Vaccine: China has for the first time approved a Covid vaccine based on mRNA technology, which is considered among the most effective at keeping infections at bay.But the idea is now gaining traction, even as evidence builds that the virus emerged from a Wuhan market. Covid’s Origins: A lab leak was once dismissed by many as a conspiracy theory for the origin of Covid-19.Boosters: Should you get another Covid booster? Britain and Canada have recommended another round of shots for older and immunocompromised citizens.Other firms focused on workplace collaboration products, including Airtable, Asana, Box, DocuSign, Dropbox and Smartsheet, may also be potential targets as highly valued software companies look to roll up the fragmented market for collaboration tools. In July, Atlassian, which sells tools for developers and project management, said it would buy the enterprise services business Mindville for an undisclosed amount. Adobe said last month that it planned to acquire the work force management software company Workfront for $1.5 billion. The deal is the biggest bet among a recent spate of acquisitions made by tech companies to capitalize on the shift to remote work. If completed, the acquisition will end Slack’s brief run as an independent publicly traded company - it went public in mid-2019 - and cap an acquisitive streak by Salesforce with its largest deal since it was founded 21 years ago.

SAN FRANCISCO - Salesforce said on Tuesday that it would buy the workplace software company Slack for $27.7 billion in cash and stock, the latest in a wave of deals as the coronavirus pandemic boosts demand for tools that enable people to work remotely.

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