The CRM Signal #15: Salesforce Moves to Calm Investors as Oracle Stock Surges 10

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​Salesforce Moves to Calm Investors as Oracle Stock Surges 10%​

Salesforce is planning to sell up to $25B of debt to fund the share buyback that it announced in its Q4 and FY26 call. This marks the company’s biggest-ever note sale. This comes as Oracle recently announced its own strong earnings results, with shares gaining almost 10% in extended trading, and prompts questions around the […] The post Salesforce Moves to Calm Investors as Oracle Stock Surges 10% appeared first on Salesforce Ben .

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2. Sydney World Tour​

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Silly question. Was there a Sydney World Tour Trailhead Badge this year? Or have they stopped doing them.

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3. Are Salesforce Admins Becoming ‘Accidental Architects’?​

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It seems the Salesforce Admin role gets reassessed every few years in the ecosystem. But recently, that conversation has moved away from fears of becoming obsolete and toward how it’s evolving into a much broader, …

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4. Grounding Enterprise AI with Live Web Retrieval and Verifiable Citations​

Salesforce Engineering

By Anchal Nigam, Ashish Gite, and Kumar Kasimala. In our Engineering Energizers Q&A series, we highlight the engineering minds driving innovation across Salesforce. Today, we spotlight Anchal Nigam, a Senior Software…

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5. Best workflow automation software: How to choose the right tool for your growth stage​

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