Microsoft has acquired Yammer for $1.2 billion, the companies announced Monday, June. 25. The deal had been an open secret for more than a week. Yammer is a product that allows companies and ...

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Though many observers may have forgotten about Yammer, the business-oriented social network Microsoft acquired in 2012 for $1.2 billion, the company hasn’t. Microsoft today unveiled what it called a ...

This week, we finally got to see Microsoft Teams — a new work chat app that will compete with the likes of Slack and Atlassian HipChat. Teams will be a part of the Office 365 subscription service, ...

It has been a big week for Microsoft Office, with the release of the preview of its next major version. Now comes word that Microsoft has completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer, the business ...

This week the rumors have been proven true as Microsoft announces that they'll be purchasing Yammer for $1.2 billion in cash. This deal will have the enterprise social network business Yammer joining ...

(MoneyWatch) Microsoft (MSFT) has agreed to acquire enterprise social networking company Yammer for $1.2 billion, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The move extends Microsoft's reach ...

With the backing of its new parent company, Yammer more than tripled its revenue year on year in the quarter that ended in March. Sales of Yammer’s cloud-based enterprise social networking (ESN) ...

Microsoft has been equipping Office 365 with functions from the business-oriented social network it bought in 2012. Now Yammer staff will be part of the Office 365 development team. Mary Jo Foley has ...

Confirming earlier reports (as well as the fact that neither company can keep a secret very well), Microsoft has officially announced that it has acquired Yammer for $1.2 billion. In a statement ...

analysis Microsoft may be spending more than $1 billion on a social UI for SharePoint. But couldn't one of Microsoft's many skunkworks teams build something similar? Microsoft is reportedly close to ...

Microsoft's Yammer is an online but private business social network meant to foster communication among employees. Because of its freemium model—with a decent array of features included in a free ...