Comments on: Is Yammer worth $1B? http://gigaom.com/2012/06/18/is-yammer-worth-1b/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:14:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vijaya Prasad http://gigaom.com/2012/06/18/is-yammer-worth-1b/#comment-854508 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:36:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533380#comment-854508 Reblogged this on vijaya prasad and commented:
Microsoft buying Yammer means that Microsoft wouldn’t have to build an alternative to Yammer. Yes it’s a billion dollars, but if anyone can afford it, it’s Microsoft (and maybe Facebook?). They already own a segment of the business market, I think this would be a smart move on Microsoft’s part.

]]> By: Barb Darrow http://gigaom.com/2012/06/18/is-yammer-worth-1b/#comment-854156 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:20:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533380#comment-854156 right. some unknown unknowns there. has this even been announced yet?

]]> By: Tim Woods http://gigaom.com/2012/06/18/is-yammer-worth-1b/#comment-854140 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:31:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533380#comment-854140 On the one hand, Yammer has a lot of customers. However, on the other hand, they are still a young company and have a lot of bugs to work out in their software.

I think they do have the potential to be a billion dollar company, but not right now … but then again Instagram was paid $1B for what amounted to a facebook picture sharing app so I don’t know what’s worth $1B anymore.

]]> By: Michael Curry http://gigaom.com/2012/06/18/is-yammer-worth-1b/#comment-853640 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:58:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533380#comment-853640 We are one of the largest cloud Lync providers operating in the USA and we are excited to the fact that Yammer could be integrated with the Microsoft product set. Social media is a much needed tool within the ecosystem of any company whereas it takes collaboration to it next level. Nothing in the market today comes close to the ease of use and productivity that Lync brings to the table either in a dedicated server environment or in the cloud like Workspace Communications provides. Great job Microsoft, I’m sure the folks over at AVAYA, Cisco and ShoreTel are wondering what to do next.

]]> By: Mark http://gigaom.com/2012/06/18/is-yammer-worth-1b/#comment-853638 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:54:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533380#comment-853638 In answer to your question, NO!

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