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Twitter + Yammer? What could have been…

Danny WhatMough

The news that Yammer has been acquired by Microsoft for $1.2bn therefore shouldn’t come as any surprise. Sure, it is a big sum, but I think this is a smart move by Microsoft. Whether the same can be said for Yammer is another question. Can Microsoft harness the power of ESNing?

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Attenzi – A Social Business Story

Waxing UnLyrical

The foreword is penned by Adam Pisoni, Microsoft Yammer co-founder and CTO, and the eBook is available in all popular formats for free at www.attenzi.com. Business Guest Posts Social Media Adam Pisoni Attenzi ebook facebook Microsoft Yammer philip sheldrake social business' Attenzi – A Social Business Story.

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Major Social Media Acquisitions: 3 Must-Reads

Firebelly

Billion Yammer Buy, Microsoft’s Social Enterprise Strategy Takes Shape. By Colleen Taylor and Ingrid Lunden The Yammer deal also puts Microsoft further into the game of developing social media services specifically for enterprises, an area where companies like Oracle, Salesforce and IBM have been actively playing, too.

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4 Reasons to Use Social Enterprise Networks for Business

Mindjumpers

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. Currently, her research focuses on various topics related to CRM software, sales, customer service and marketing strategy.

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11 Google Reader Alternatives to Consider

Kikolani

Allows you to share to Facebook, Twitter, Buffer, Google+, Pocket, Evernote, Yammer, HootSuite, Flipboard, Readability, or email. Display is similar to Microsoft Outlook in terms of seeing list view and then the expanded post in the right pane. The service is free. Can be used on any desktop browser. Allows you to save posts for later.

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Google+ for Apps - the Perfect Competition for Yammer and SalesForce Chatter

Stay N' Alive

There's perhaps the most popular one - Yammer , and then there are solutions such as SalesForce Chatter , MangoSpring , Cisco Quad , Confluence , and even build-your-own solutions such as Status.net. Even Microsoft and Sharepoint are beginning to enter this space. Microsoft Exchange Competition. Sound familiar?

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Social Pros 22 – Evan Hamilton, UserVoice

Convince & Convert

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.

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