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Nothing get us going like a heavy M&A rumor , and history has shown where there ’s smoke there has often been fervor — but that ’s not always the typeface . Last calendar week the heavy rumor involvedSalesforce acquiring Informaticain a bargain amounting to somewhere between the $ 6.5 billion 2018MuleSoft dealand the $ 15.7 billionTableau acquisitionthe following year .
It would have been a big mountain , except it reportedly fizzled over the weekend — if it ever was a matter at all . Informatica went so far as topublicly announce on Mondaythat it was n’t for sale .
“ In addition , on April 12 , 2024 , The Wall Street Journal published a fib that the Company was in advanced dialogue to be acquire , accord to sources familiar with the subject . Although Informatica ’s policy is not to gloss on market rumors or media guess , the Company herald that it is not presently pursue in any discussions to be acquired , ” the company wrote in a wardrobe release on Monday .
You do n’t usually see a company react to rumors in this style , but Informatica felt compelled to publicly state it was n’t in talks — with anyone .
As Constellation ’s Ray Wangtold TechCrunch on Friday , the deal never really made mother wit . “ The likely acquisition of Informatica is quite curious as the client base and technical school is not trim - edge . Although it could potentially solve a data consolidation challenge that Salesforce has had , Data Cloud is already a firm offering , so I ’m not trusted if this muckle makes sense . ”
Salesforce , for its part , stick to the tried and truthful policy of not point out on rumour or conjecture .
Wall Street does n’t seem too keen on a potential Salesforce - Informatica pairing
