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Sources close to the action told Bloomberg that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) were close to an agreement that would allow Microsoft customers on the company’s Azure cloud service to utilize Salesforce enterprise software.
Those rumors were confirmed Thursday afternoon.
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The deal could signal the cementing of a potential change in attitude on the part of Microsoft regarding its relationship with rivals.
Bloomberg sources also indicated that there were talks about integrating data from Salesforce products with Microsoft Office. ZDNet pointed out such a deal would be very similar to one inked between Microsoft and SAP AG a few weeks ago. In that deal, Microsoft said several of SAP AG’s business apps would be certified to run on Windows Server and Linux virtual machines on Azure by June.
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The SAP AG deal also included provisions for integrating its software applications with Microsoft Office 365.
In addition, Microsoft and Oracle signed an agreement last year in which some Oracle applications would be certified to run on Azure.
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Such deals, difficult as they might be to achieve, reflect a growing sentiment among consumers – especially in business - that they want the ability to use a variety of integrated software products from multiple vendors on the same platform.
New Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, has said he wants to grow the company’s presence in the cloud. Nadella came to the CEO position as someone known for reaching out to longtime Microsoft rivals. He was a key player in last year’s agreement with Oracle, although former CEO Steve Ballmer presided over the deal.
All that said, a Microsoft/Salesforce deal would be huge on its own merit, as Gigaom points out. Referring to rumored talks, the website’s headline started with the words, “Pigs flying?”
It is worth noting, as Gigaom did, that Microsoft has spent a lot of time and resources working on Dynamics CRM, aimed squarely at rival, Salesforce.
Senior analyst at Bernstein Research, Mark Moerdler said any deal between Microsoft and Salesforce might be limited to “Salesforce.com’s Sales Cloud, Service Cloud and possibly Force.com as these are the most synergistic to Microsoft cloud offerings.”
Ultimately, Microsoft’s desire to get as much enterprise on Azure as possible may trump concerns about competing software and maintaining rivalries.
It would appear the Azure push was starting to make progress. Gigaom noted that Gartner’s latest Magic Quadrant for cloud infrastructure as a service showed Microsoft’s Azure making big strides.
In addition to Amazon, longtime occupant of the space, Microsoft is the only other company in the top quadrant.
At the time of this writing, Jim Probasco had no position in any mentioned securities.
27% profit every 20 days?
This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.