
In 2016, employees at 18F (a tech consulting team within the General Services Administration) shared Google Drive documents through Slack. With six million daily users, it has surpassed $5 billion in market value.īut while its ability to reduce email and boost collaboration has made headlines, a few security incidents have also made the headlines.

Forbes called it the fastest growing workplace software ever. Slack, the wunderkind team messaging app, is on the up and up.
