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Microsoft's (MSFT) purchase of Yammer will give its SharePoint collaboration platform badly...

  • Friday, June 15, 2012, 6:51 PM ET
    Microsoft's (MSFT) purchase of Yammer will give its SharePoint collaboration platform badly needed social networking features, observes ex-Microsoft employee Aaron Fulkerson, while adding the deal is a negative for Jive (JIVE). Channelnomics points out Yammer's social networking platform addresses many of the communications shortcomings of corporate e-mail. On that level, the acquisition represents a defensive move in support of Microsoft's Outlook/Exchange e-mail empire.
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  • They still seem to be chasing rather than leading in this area and several others. Is "smart glass" the only thing they are ahead on?
    15 Jun 2012, 07:22 PM Reply Like
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    STAY AWAY buy Apple instead on pullbacks
    (GS) #1 conviction buy target $850
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