Saleforce acquires Slack: Slack off guard (3/4)
(Continued from last time) Despite its high recognition, Slack has many disadvantages compared to Microsoft Teams, which excels in financial strength and scalability with other products. It has been said that there is. Microsoft has built a rivalry with Slack since it launched Teams, an enterprise communication tool, in 2016.
Slack had a full-page ad in the NewYorkTimes, including telling Microsoft what it needed to do in the field of team communication. But relations between the two companies continue to sour, with Butterfield accusing Microsoft of bundling Teams with its Office product. He also claimed that Teams' DAU was misleading by continuing to make it appear that Teams' DAU outperformed Slack's.
In fact, Mr. Butterfield indicated that Teams and Slack are not inherently competitors. Teams, like Zoom, is primarily used for voice and video calling, and claims that "Microsoft benefits from positioning Teams as a competitor to Slack." However, since the COVID-19 pandemic, Teams has made great strides as a collaboration tool for remote work, especially in the field of video calling.
Angela Ashenden of CCS Insight said, "Slack certainly has a lot of differentiating points in the market, but it's also true that since the pandemic, Microsoft's hot rush has increased competition." ing. (Continued next)
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