salesforce buys big data startup relateiq for up to $390m | techcrunch

The motto at Salesforce.com seems to be if you can’t beat them, buy them. This time the exact target of Salesforce.com’s $390 million desires is the scrappy startup RelateIQ, which uses searches of unstructured data from email, social networks, and calendars to automate large portions of the sales process.The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company raised a significant $40 million round earlier […]