Thoughts and emotions often run high when it comes to M&A deals. Here’s the breakdown of Cognizant’s intent to acquire SaaSforce, another Salesforce platform consulting firm.

When working with customers, it is important to be excited about the transformation you can bring to their own customers. Without that, you aren’t doing your customer justice. It is important that Juniper not undervalue the importance of this initiative and what it means for their customer and their country.

Communication is key for all partnerships, and it will be key for the Travelport IBM AI Platform initiative they are working on together. The takeaway from this project is on how to build that connection between two teams when one side has its apprehensions.