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Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Salesforce Q4 and Fiscal Year ‘19 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.

Following management’s prepared remarks, we will host a question-and-answer session and our instructions will be given at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded for replay purposes. pleasure Vice the President my John over now Senior Cummings, of is to conference hand to It Investor Relations. begin. may you Sir,

John Cummings

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Marc Benioff

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Keith Block

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Mark Hawkins

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Operator

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Brad Zelnick

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Mark Hawkins

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Marc Benioff

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Keith Block

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Operator

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Walter Pritchard

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Mark Hawkins

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Operator

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Keith Bachman

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Bret Taylor

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Operator

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Keith Weiss

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Marc Benioff

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Mark Murphy

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Keith Block

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Raimo Lenschow

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Mark Hawkins

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Bret Taylor

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Ross MacMillan

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Phil Winslow

my great congrats of for a year. guys and thanks yes, Hey, on the question, end

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Marc Benioff

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Bret Taylor

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Marc Benioff

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Marc Benioff

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Mark Hawkins

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Operator

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Jennifer Lowe

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Marc Benioff

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Operator

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Salesforce (CRM) 4 Mar 192019 Q4 Earnings call transcript