It looks like Microsoft is trying to compete trying to follow Facebook functionality of providing services to corporate customers. But yammer provide all the features you’d expect in a free, standalone desktop application. Look and feel of Yammer is quite similar to Facebook.

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Yammer claims that it brings the power of social networking to the enterprise in a private and secure environment. Yammer is as easy to use as great consumer software like Facebook and twitter, but is designed for company collaboration, file sharing, knowledge exchange and team efficiency. Yammer is used by firms including the motor giant Ford and the business services firm Deloitte.

Last year it bought the communications business Skype and is integrating it into its products, including its Office software which contributed 60% of its profits last year. And the decision of buying yammer is also taken due to its good experience with skype.

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