A new report from CNBC emerged late last week claiming that Microsoft and Salesforce held"significant talks" regarding a takeover. While the talks are now reportedly concluded, the news puts a spotlight on some of CEO Satya Nadella's priorities regarding growing his company's cloud and business application market share. It should also confirm to anyone in the Dynamics CRM community - and anywhere else in Microsoft's Commercial Cloud realm - that Salesforce's strengths factor into Microsoft's future plans.
The story from CNBC se...