Mindjumpers

AUGUST 3, 2012

Most people wrongly assume social enterprise networks are simply Facebook for business. If that were the case, Microsoft wouldn’t have dropped $1.2 Such platforms as Yammer, Chatter and Jive certainly look and feel similar to Facebook – with a news feed, groups, friends and status updates.

Social Enterprise 209

Social Enterprise Yammer Jive Crowdsourcing 209

Firebelly

JULY 16, 2012

Salesforce Buys Buddy Media To Ride Social Media Marketing Wave. By Trefis Team Salesforce.com has agreed to buy Buddy Media, a leading social media marketing platform for $689 million in cash and equity. Buddy Media enables its clients to listen, engage, gain insight, publish, advertise and measure social marketing programs.

Yammer 183

Yammer Social Media Social Enterprise Microsoft 183

Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2012

Read on for insights from Evan and some social media news from Eric and Jim ( this week : Facebook changes users’ email addresses without permission, LinkedIn offers targeted status updates, and Microsoft acquires Yammer). Jim : Yes, it really does, I mean, we had somebody out from Yammer on one of the shows I hosted.

Yammer 114

Yammer Microsoft Communities LinkedIn 114