Ten years ago, there was no social media service or platform. Social media has changed the way we work over these last ten years, and conversations with a manager right now already include social media collab tools such as Yammer, Jive and

Microsoft has finally closed its deal with the acquisition of enterprise social networking firm Yammer today, less than a month after both companies met an agreement.
Yammer will now be joining software development leader Microsoft in its Office Division, following the software firm’s acquisition of the enterprise network worth $1.2 billion USD in cash. Announced last month, current Microsoft Chief Executive Officer David Sack himself led the negotiation.
Jared Spataro, senior director of …

The grapevine was right this time as Microsoft has confirmed that it will acquire Yammer for a whopping $1.2 billion.
Rumor about the Yammer acquisition by the Redmond, Washington-based software giant first came out a week or so ago, after Bloomberg – citing two unnamed sources who, as usual, are said to be “familiar with the matter – said that Microsoft is negotiating a deal to acquire Yammer.
No specific price was divulged by these sources then – although one said that it …

Microsoft may announce its purchase of business-oriented social media software Yammer by the end of June (Image: zaps online (CC) via Flickr)

According to a reliable source, Microsoft Corporation will purchase Yammer for 1.2 billion dollars, and announce this purchase by the end of June. However, Frank Shaw, a Microsoft spokesperson, and Dee Anna McPherson, a Yammer spokesperson, have not made any comments regarding this purchase yet.
Microsoft’s acquisition of this social networking …

Microosft is reportedly working on a deal to acquire the social networking site Yammer, a report says.
According to Bloomberg, citing two unnamed sources “familiar with the matter,” Microsoft is in discussions to acquire Yammer Inc. which operates the Yammer social network primarily used by enterprise organizations.
One source of the publication, who has not been identified because of the confidentiality of the discussions between Microsoft and Yammer, said that the Redmond, …

The bile against Yahoo’s decision to sue Facebook does not seem to be letting up with the freshest onslaught coming from Yammer. The corporate social network has joined the tech community in condemning and criticizing Yahoo for patent trolling – something that many feel is the last ditch effort for small companies to make a quick buck.
Yammer’s CEO David Sacks has gone a step further by offering any Yahoo employee who leaves the embattled company $25,000 as signing bonus …