Yammer is already doing for Microsoft what Microsoft should be doing for itself—making a lot of it's software more social. So we're not surprised that Microsoft wants to buy Yammer for a ...

It was only four years ago that Microsoft dropped a cool $1.2 billion on Yammer, which bills itself as a social network for work. Today Microsoft unveiled its long-awaited Slack competitor ...

With their unprecedented ability to collect and communicate data, enterprise social networks are fast becoming essential to business–and the smartest companies will maximize their potential ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it's finally killing off Yammer, the enterprise social network it procured more than a decade ago for $1.2 billion. Yammer was initially created out of San Francisco ...

So the coffee shop rumours were true. This week Microsoft confirmed that it has acquired Yammer for $1.2 billion in cash. It certainly is impressive that Yammer, which started in September 2008 ...

Yammer is a social network with a twist. It’s a private social network intended for business use. Yammer is like Facebook, but a Facebook that’s segregated from the rest of the Internet ...

Microsoft Corp. is in discussions to acquire San Francisco's Yammer Inc., operator of a social network for businesses, said two people familiar with the matter. Microsoft may pay more than $1 ...

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 ...

College students now have their own Yammer. Last week, Wiggio came out of beta with a new look and a slew of group messaging and group management features. For each private group that you create ...

Today Yammer’s founder and former CEO David Sacks announced that he will depart Microsoft, the software company that purchased his social enterprise startup for $1.2 billion. His exit ...

(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 ...