Gotta love the lie hiding the truth at the end of that...
"Salesforce execs also warned that the deal may make it harder to achieve some of its recently-stated financial targets , especially operating margins"
With a salty, rotten seed of truth included, that would have been:
"Salesforce execs needed a deal that would give it an excuse for not achieving any of its stated targets, especially operating margins- and in fact needs a shiny new asset with which to bamboozle markets and customers- and one which will soak up as much as possible of their operational costs with over the next decade.