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Salesforce Platform (formerly known as Force.com) is a platform as a service (PaaS) that allows developers to add applications to the main Salesforce.com application. [ 51 ] [ failed verification ] These applications are hosted on Salesforce.com infrastructure.
Salesforce Tower was designed by Argentine-American architect César Pelli [3] and developed by Hines Interests Limited Partnership and Boston Properties. [15] In 2017, Pelli stated that the aim had been something "very tall, very big, but still polite and appropriate." [16] It was one of Pelli's last finished works before his death in 2019. [17]
The original plans from Pelli Clark Pelli Architects called for a 1,200-foot (370 m) tower as the main tower and a massive three-block-long Transbay Center. However, due to considerations about how the tower would cast a shadow over some of the city's parks, the height was eventually reduced to 1,070 feet (330 m). [19] [20]
The tallest building is Salesforce Tower, which rises 1,070 ft (330 m) and as of April 2023 is the 17th-tallest building in the United States. [2] The city's second-tallest building is the Transamerica Pyramid, which rises 853 ft (260 m), and was previously the city's tallest for 45 years, from 1972 to 2017. [3]
Along with the new transit center, thirteen towers have been built or proposed on adjacent parcels, ranging from 300 feet (91 m) to 1,070 feet (326 m) tall, on land freed by the demolition of the former terminal and bus and freeway ramps. The most prominent of these is the city's new tallest building, Salesforce Tower. [64]
As of 2024, Salesforce is one of the biggest employers in San Francisco [20] and the anchor tenant of Salesforce Tower, the tallest building in San Francisco. [21] Benioff also serves on the World Economic Forum's board of trustees and USC board of trustees. [3] [5] On September 16, 2018, Marc and his wife Lynne bought Time for $190 million. [4]
The White House on Tuesday announced a number of firms including Nvidia (), IBM (), and Salesforce are joining the Biden administration's voluntary rules designed to limit the risks of artificial ...
On June 10, 2019, Tableau was acquired by Salesforce in an all-stock deal worth $15.7 billion, being the largest acquisition in Salesforce's history at the time. [40] In March 2021, Tableau announced the appointment of Mark Nelson as president and CEO, replacing Adam Selipsky. [41] Current CEO of Tableau is a longtime Salesforce exec Ryan Aytay ...