Salesforce to Buy Tableau for $15.7 Billion
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| Salesforce to Buy Tableau for $15.7 Billion | |
| Number | 860 |
| Broadcast Date | JUNE 10, 2019 |
| Episode Length | 5:16 |
| Hosts | Rich Stroffolino |
Salesforce agrees to buy Tableau for $15.7 billion in stock, details about the next-gen Xbox console emerge, and Walmart will test delivering groceries to your fridge.
Headlines
- Salesforce announced it plans to acquire the data analytics and visualization company Tableau for $15.7 billion in stock. Tableau will continue to operate independently as its own brand after the acquisition, with CEO Adam Selipsky and other leadership staying onboard. Both company boards have approved the deal, which represents a significant increase on Tableau's market cap at the close of trading on June 7th of $10.8 billion. The acquisition is part of Salesforce's plan to expand beyond its CRM business, bring advanced analytics to the data already stored on its platform.
- Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that, according to sources, Apple is preparing to buy the autonomous vehicle startup Drive.Ai. The deal would be an acqui-hire, with Apple not planning to use any intellectual property from the startup. Drive.ai has reportedly been up for sale for some time, and some analysts estimate Apple will pay below the company's 2017 $200 million valuation.
- On June 7th, a BGP route leak from the Swiss company Safe Host caused large amounts of European mobile traffic to be routed through the infrastructure of China Telecom for at least two hours. BGP is used for ISP level routing, and and generally leaks last a few minutes before detection. In this case, China Telecom re-announced the leaked Safe Host routes as its own, causing traffic to move across its network. This resulted in slow loads and time out for several European ISPs. Doug Madory of Oracle's Internet Analysis group said the length of time of the BGP Hijack shows that China telecom either hasn't implemented basic BGP safety standards, or that it doesn't have adequate procedures in place to detect when one occurs. A research paper from October 2018 by the US Naval War College and Tel Aviv University claimed that China Telecom had used BGP Hijacks to reroute and log western traffic for years.
- Microsoft released details about its next-gen Xbox console, code named Project Scarlett. Microsoft claims the new console is 4 times faster than the Xbox One X, using a custom CPU based on AMD Zen 2 and Radeon RDNA architectures, GDDR6 memory, and a SSD to use as virtual RAM. The device will be capable of 8k gaming, achieve frame rates up to 120 fps, with support for variable refresh rate and ray tracing. Halo Infinite was also announced as a launch title for the console.
- Microsoft released Xbox Game Pass Ultimate out of beta, offering Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass for Xbox and PC for $14.99 a month. The game passes include access to 100 games for each platform, which can also be subscribed to separately for $9.99 per month.
- Sources tell Kotaku that Blizzard cancelled work on a StarCraft First-person shooter code-named Ares. The prototype had been built on the Overwatch engine. The source said Blizzard moved the developers to the Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 teams.
- Google is rolling out a Search update that won't surface more than two top results from the same website. Google might still surface more than two listings from the same website if they're deemed highly relevant, but will now treat subdomains and their root domains as part of a single website.
- Wal-Mart will ask some shoppers to let their delivery people in the house. Starting in autumn, Customers in Kansas City, Missouri; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Vero Beach, Florida, who shop with Wal-Mart's InHome service can have their groceries delivered right to the fridge when they're not at home. An unspecified "smart entry technology" will let the delivery personnel in and let customers view the delivery in real time. Photos accompanying the announcement showed Wal-Mart delivery people wearing cameras.
- NASA announced it will open more of its part of the International Space Station to commercial opportunities. The new interim directive will let private companies buy time and space on the ISS for producing, marketing, or testing their products, using resources on the ISS for commercial purposes, and even rent astronauts’ time and expertise (though not their likeness). Companies can send their own astronauts starting as early as 2020. NASA also called for private space companies to propose ideas for new habitats or modules that can be attached to the ISS. NASA will allocate 5% of its resources to commercial activities. Up to 175 kg of commercial cargo can be sent per year and NASA crew will be allowed to dedicate up to 90 hours to commercial activities. Bigelow Aerospace says it has already booked four private flights on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
- Google Assistant support in Waze began rolling out to US Android users. The feature will let drivers report incidents, switch routes, and adjust navigation preferences by voice, rather than touching the screen. The feature is limited to English right now.
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| Preceded by: "Week in Review for the Week of 6/3/19" |
Salesforce to Buy Tableau for $15.7 Billion |
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