SAN FRANCISCO — Salesforce will invest $2.5 billion in its Canadian business over the next five years, the enterprise software company announced Thursday, the same day Justin Trudeau visited its Silicon Valley headquarters. The San Francisco, Calif.-based cloud computing and customer relations management company said it will increase its head count, real estate footprint and data centre capacity to support its growing customer base north of the border. Salesforce currently employs more than 1,300 Canadians and more than 6,000 local companies use its services. “We’re very excited about that.”Trudeau suggested other companies should see the investment as vote of confidence in maintaining open borders. The meeting was the first of several for Trudeau in San Francisco with tech sector executives, including with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

Source: National Post February 08, 2018 21:14 UTC