UPDATED: Salesforce.com Loses 3 Execs: One Resigns, Two Laid Off
[NOTE: Our original blogpost can be found here. This version updates several elements and adds additional information.] Here’s the Reuters story that apparently broke the news late Thursday. Not much...
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