Salesforce has partnered with Oracle to expand into the Asian software market in a bid to double revenue within four years to offset a recent slowdown in sales . While SAP, the European software firm, blamed US-China trade tensions for disappointing second-quarter results that sent its shares sliding. Oracle will sell Salesforce software in mainland China , Hong Kong , Macau and Taiwan . With a growth rate that is double that of global growth , China is forecast to overtake the US and become the largest cloud market in the world by 2023 , accounting for a quarter of the global market , according to IDC . Meanwhile , the US - China trade war has been blamed for staff cuts at Oracle and disappointing Q2 results from SAP .
Salesforce has partnered with Oracle to expand into the Asian software market in a bid to double revenue within four years to offset a recent slowdown in sales . Oracle will sell Salesforce software in mainland China , Hong Kong , Macau and Taiwan . With a growth rate that is double that of global growth , China is forecast to overtake the US and become the largest cloud market in the world by 2023 , accounting for a quarter of the global market , according to IDC . Meanwhile , the US - China trade war has been blamed for staff cuts at Oracle and disappointing Q2 results from SAP .