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Described by CNET's Rafe Needleman as "Twitter for workgoups," Yammer is a social networking service based on employees' answers to the question: "What are you working on?"CNET: TechCrunch50: 10 to watch (September 8, 2008)
At the close of the conference, Yammer was named as the TechCrunch50 top startup company and awarded the $50,000 grand prize in 2008. In early 2009, Yammer raised $5 million in funding from the Founders Fund and Charles River Ventures.The Washington Post: Yammer Raises $5 Million For Workgroup Micro-Messaging (January 19, 2009)
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- Founded in 2008
- Founded by: David Sacks
- Headquarters: West Hollywood, California
- Presented at the TechCrunch50 conference on September 8, 2008
- CNET's Rafe Needleman listed Yammer as one of the TechCrunch50 top 10 companies to watchCNET: TechCrunch50: 10 to watch (September 8, 2008)
- Launched live at the TechCrunch50 conference on September 8, 2008The Yammer Blog: Welcome to Yammer (September 8, 2008)
- May also be used as a company directoryCrunchBase: Yammer Company Profile
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Yammer ensures a company's privacy by restricting access to those with a verified company email address. The service is free, but companies who choose to do so may pay a fee of $1 per month per employee to claim their network and take over administration duties.The Yammer Blog: Welcome to Yammer (September 8, 2008)The goal of the company is to increase productivity in the workplace by decreasing the amount of time reading emails. Instead, Yammer focuses on group discussions meant to enable better communication and collaboration between employees.FOXBusiness.com: Yammer Reveals... "We Want to Cut the Amount of Email You Get in Half" (May 18, 2009)
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RT @jnestour: @jobsworth Yammer free model makes no sense for me: if not secure, then content is public-like; and if content is company ...
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usando yammer http://bit.ly/DD6ER para conversar a cerca de teamtowers con el equipo interno de la compañía
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Time to call it a night. Phone calls in the morning & working on a few strategies for different projects tomorrow. Exciting! :) Yammer Out!
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View All Yammer Questions (9) | Ask a QuestionWhat is your experience using Yammer? (1 Answer)Yammer is essentially a corporate version of Twitter. Think of it as a Twitter cloud just for your company. It's been my experience using Yammer that it's only as good ... read moreWhat are your thoughts regarding Yammer? Is it a worthwhile tool to use in an Enterprise IT shop?I used Yammer for a while and it is a useful app, especially for keeping people up to date with projects. However it's usefulness is dependent upon the number of ... read moreHas anyone had any experience with Yammer www.yammer.com ? (1 Answer)Yammer---This is a very simple yet very useful communications tool. If your company has employees working from home or separate locations, this offers an easy way to stay in touch ... read more
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