Kevins: Slack functions as an enterprise substrate linking to underlying tools
Bernadette Kevins · Slack, Salesforce and the future of work · Dec 7, 2020 · at 2:36
Bernadette Kevins explains the foundational enterprise software thesis behind Slack following Salesforce's acquisition.
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“So the theory would be, no, it'll be in Slack. And Slack will then link you out to the Evernote or the Salesforce or the Jira or whatever the underlying tool that's the storing that is. So it's like your universal substrate for sharing and communicating and finding stuff.”
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