"I think there's going to be a lot of attractiveness on the marketing and sales side. Salesforce has many, many thousands of field reps around the world," Selipsky continued. "I cant wait for them to be passing leads from either joint customers or new customers into our field. ... I think there's a ton of possibilities."
Tableau, he said, will be able to share products, intellectual property, sales, distribution and other assets with Salesforce. The big data visualization firm, which will maintain its identity and leadership within Salesforce as part of the nearly $16 billion all-stock deal, can also introduce new customers to the leading customer relations management provider and vice versa, Selipsky said.
The two companies already have clients that overlap, including J.P. Morgan Chase, Charles Schwab, Verizon and Southwest Airlines, he added. The acquisition is Salesforce's