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Yammer

Remember Yammer? Microsoft overhauls business social network, integrates with Teams and Outlook

Though many observers may have forgotten about Yammer, the business-oriented social network Microsoft acquired in 2012 for $1.2 billion, the… Read More

Facebook enters the office with new Facebook at Work collaboration tools

Facebook has offered a glimpse at its new workplace collaboration product today with the soft launch of its Facebook at… Read More

Tech Moves: Yammer founder lands at Zenefits, Concur CFO joins Limeade board

—Yammer co-founder David Sacks has been named the Chief Operating Officer at Zenefits. As COO, all operations, finance and product teams… Read More

Yammer co-founder David Sacks leaving Microsoft, two years after $1.2B acquisition

Yammer co-founder David Sacks is leaving Microsoft, and the team developing the business-oriented social network will be folded into the… Read More

Fuze jolts the enterprise video collaboration market, led by former Yammer execs

When Groupon took stock of the video-conferencing and collaboration tools being used inside the company, executives were surprised to discover a critical mass… Read More

Yammer rival Jive sees stock rise amid reports of potential sale

Following a report indicating a potential sale in the near future, shares of Jive Software were up more than eight… Read More

Microsoft melding Yammer, Office to combat corporate wariness of social tools

Social tools make it possible for workers to communicate and collaborate in all sorts of new ways, but is all… Read More

Yammer tops 7M users, sales spike after Microsoft deal

Yammer, the business-oriented social network acquired by Microsoft for $1.2 billion last year, says its sales to businesses quadrupled in… Read More

Yammer CEO: Silicon Valley as we know it may be ending

Yammer CEO David Sacks, who just sold the company to Microsoft for $1.2 billion, sparked a lively debate on Facebook… Read More

Microsoft completes Yammer deal for $1.2 billion

It has been a big week for Microsoft Office, with the release of the preview of its next major version.… Read More

Microsoft’s Ballmer: Yammer’s ‘viral adoption model’ is key to $1.2 billion deal

Why in the heck would Microsoft pay $1.2 billion to buy a Facebook knockoff for businesses? No one put it… Read More

Confirmed: Microsoft buying Yammer for $1.2 billion

Microsoft just announced an agreement to buy Yammer, the business-oriented social network, for $1.2 billion in cash. The company will… Read More

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