Who would you be most excited about acquiring Zoom?
Amazon23%
Google31%
IBM6%
Microsoft27%
Salesforce7%
Oracle2%
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Board Member, Advisor, Executive Coach in Software, Self-employed
none of them ...Former Chief Technology and People Officer in Software, 1,001 - 5,000 employees
None!GVP in Software, 10,001+ employees
If zoom remains independent, they have a lot of catching up to do with their chat functionality, and other productivity tools to become a meaningful offer. - doesn't "best in class app" but costs money, lose to "it works" but is free from an enterprise POV?
GVP in Software, 10,001+ employees
- would love your thoughts too
Senior Director, Defense Programs in Software, 5,001 - 10,000 employees
Zoom’s future as a platform is a big and important next phase and why it is exciting. It’s got room to grow on it’s own but the best fit listed here is Salesforce. Seeing what they’ve done with recent acquisitions it would be the best place for Zoom to continue.
Microsoft is obviously talking about Teams as a platform so one might suspect that would be a fit, but their real platform is SharePoint that has the gravity to pull all into and burn/scar.
CTO in Software, 11 - 50 employees
I agree with that.
CTO in Consumer Goods, 11 - 50 employees
Ideally, none of the above. Salesforce would benefit the most from the acquisition because they could marry it with Slack as a Teams competitor. Microsoft is already beating it with Teams, probably know tech or customer acquisition wins for Amazon Chime or Google Meet. Not in the IBM or Oracle wheelhouse.Content you might like
Community User in Software, 11 - 50 employees
organized a virtual escape room via https://www.puzzlebreak.us/ - even though his team lost it was a fun subtitue for just a "virtual happy hour"
Production45%
Backup65%
Replication33%
Non-production DBs (Dev, Training, QA, etc.)30%
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Yes41%
No15%
Sometimes42%
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