( August 4, 2025, 10:33 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Salesforce, a provider of customer relationship management software, has secured approval from the German competition authority to buy its rival Informatica, the watchdog said today. Salesforce will only acquire a portfolio that some of its rivals already have, and as there are several competitors with similar assets, capabilities and AI strategies, the merger had to be cleared, antitrust chief Andreas Mundt said. Informatica offers data management and integration solutions used to process enterprise data centrally and, increasingly, in the cloud. Salesforce and Informatica are both US-based.Statement follows. ...
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