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Yammer: Now with native integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Follow @maryjofoley Microsoft bought enterprise social-networking vendor Yammer for $1.2 billion in June. And on October 29, Yammer officials announced the first of the deeper integration pieces between the two companies.

via: www.zdnet.com

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What the Heck Is Yammer?

The phrase ” Facebook for business” was tossed around when the company was acquired; but in reality, Yammer does much more than Mark Zuckerberg’s baby. Here’s an overview of what everyone is Yammer-ing about. A Social Network for Your Business Yammer is essentially a social network that’s entirely focused on your business.

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Behind Microsoft’s Yammer acquisition

The spending spree on social business upstarts lays bare five major trends transforming enterprise software. By Ryan Holmes, contributor FORTUNE — Microsoft is snatching up business social networking tool Yammer - a.k.a Facebook for the workplace - for $1.2 billion.

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