Salesforce Said to Eye Informatica to Boost Data Capability (1)

Salesforce Inc.’s Marc Benioff is pursuing what would be one of the company’s biggest-ever deals after fending of activists investors critical of his reliance on acquisitions.

This time Benioff is targeting Informatica Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that would add to Salesforce’s data integration and management capabilities.

The two companies have been in talks and could reach a deal as soon as within a week, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks were private. A final agreement could take longer than that, or the talks could still ...