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Ovum comments: Microsoft acquires Yammer for $1.2 billion

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Desperate to get a slice of the burgeoning enterprise social networking market, Microsoft has finally announced that it has acquired Yammer for $1.2 billion.

Richard Edwards, principal analyst at Ovum considers why the big interest in enterprise social networking and what this acquisition could bring Microsoft.

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