The state of Salesforce 2023-24
Who is creating more value from the Salesforce platform - and how?


Business leaders are realizing that if they want to achieve ongoing innovation and drive real value, they must optimize their Salesforce investments from multiple angles.
IBM is proud to partner with Salesforce and deliver value to customers who want to work with a trusted systems integrator. The State of Salesforce presents a year’s worth of research that shares what leading Salesforce customers are doing to deliver enterprise value.
Find out what they're doing differently with these 5 insights:
- Shape the future of generative AI
- Gain altitude with industry clouds
- Integrate data to dismantle silos
- Invest in a change-ready culture
- Overcome enterprise inertia with innovation.
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