마이크로소프트, Yammer 10억 달러 이상에 인수 예정

마이크로소프트사가 기업용 소셜네트워크서비스(SNS) 야머(Yammer)를 10억 달러 이상에 인수하기 위해 협상 중인 것으로 알려졌는데요. 우리나라에는 잘 알려져 있지 않지만 야머는 기업용 폐쇄형 트위터 형식으로 시작하여, 현재는 기업형 페이스북이라고 말할 수 있는 서비스 입니다. 대표적인 기업으로 포드, ebay 등과 같은 유명 기업들을 포함해 20만의 사용자가 있죠. 일반인 가입은 불가능하고 기업용 도메인 이메일만 해당 기업 멤버로 가입 가능합니다. 같은 도메인(회사) 내의 협업 및 의사 소통에 있어서 아주 펼리하죠. 이런 SNS 서비스를 MS가 사들인다면 OFFICE에 통합될 가능성이 높고, 엄청난 시너지를 가져올 것으로 판단되네요.

Microsoft to buy Yammer for more than $1 billion, report says

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Yammer, an enterprise social network service, is said to be in talks to be acquired by Microsoft.(Yammer / June 14, 2012)

By Salvador Rodriguez

June 14, 2012, 10:11 a.m.

Microsoft is said to be in talks to acquire Yammer, a professional social media company, for more than $1 billion as early as Friday, according to a report.

Rumors of the acquisition began after a Twitter user in San Francisco tweeted that she had overheard in a coffee shop that Microsoft had acquired Yammer.

Since then, the official comment from both companies is a "no comment," but Bloomberg on Thursday reported that two people familiar with the matter said Microsoft and Yammer -- whichdescribes itself as a "private social network for your company" -- were discussing the acquisition.

Yammer has seen its share of success since being launched in 2008 by David Sacks, PayPal's former chief operating officer. The company is used by more than 200,000 companies, among them Ford and EBay, and it's raised more than $140 million in funding.

The deal would make sense for Microsoft, whose office software programs are part of its main business. Adding an enterprise social network would fit right in.

Yammer offers its basic service for free and charges $5 per user per month for its premium service, which offers administrative controls, security tools and other features, according to PCMag.