Internal teams at IBM reportedly started using the chat app as far back as 2014, writes Tom Warren.
Here is the link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/10/21132060/ibm-slack-chat-employee-rollout-microsoft-teams-competition
IBM picks Slack over Microsoft Teams for its 350,000 employees — The Verge
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