Interestingly, Microsoft announced [1] yesterday that they're turning on Yammer by default to all Office365 customers for free.
[1] http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/02/microsoft-is-enabling-yamm...
It's so good they have to give it away...
I have tried to use Yammer at work, but found the apps and web interface quite poor. It didn't seem reconnect properly after being offline, mobile app didn't always notify me, also the chatwindows on the webclient where quite annoying to use.
Re:Facebook at Work
by throwawayimmi on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @01:46AM
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They've made some recent changes to the product and are positioning the product to be more of an email competitor. I have most of these problems with Yammer but I feel like they're moving in the right directions and are actually addressing some of these problems you mentioned above.
DISCLAIMER: Friends with a Yammer enployee
but I don't use Yammer
Neither do Yammer subscribers.
Re:Facebook at Work
by FatalErrorr on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @11:59PM
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Neither does anyone at Microsoft
Re:Facebook at Work
by throwawayimmi on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @01:47AM
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I work at MS, I use Yammer daily for archival style conversations
what is Yammer?
Facebook at Work
this is gold ;)
Seriously, though, go check out the Yammer UI and you'll quickly see that it is a blatant clone of Facebook. Then again, this goes for most of the competitors in that space, whether it's Salesforce Chatter, IBM's Connect, or whatever else.
source: messed around with all these things to build automated compliance and archiving products.
I work at ININ, we have a similar product, though we layer contact-center functionality on top of it (and we have a lot of other features too).
With Yammer and Office 365 integration (and typical enterprise Office 365 subscriptions), the built-in connections with Skype for Business née Lync and Outlook's unified communications (plus SharePoint or OneDrive for Business née SkyDrive Pro for files) seems to cover what ININ offers.
Of course, that's for those that drink deeply from the Microsoft Kool Aid fountain, which I recognize as a group that isn't recognized fully on HN. ININ looks like a nice unified communications system.
FB Work: Groups help you make decisions and keep your team on the same page.
Yammer: Organize all your team communication in one place with Yammer Groups. Create a single destination for your messages, files, and updates, where everyone has a view of what's going on without all the usual back-and-forth.
FB Work: Get through to the people you need right away with Work Chat.
Yammer: Spend less time crafting perfect emails, and more time doing. Conversations in Yammer make it easy to quickly share information on a topic, have active discussions around it, and agree on next steps.
FB Work: Find the answers, past group posts or the files you need using search.
Yammer: Find what you need, right when you need it. Yammer seamlessly enables connections to people and information from across your organization that you never knew existed, making it easier to move your work forward.
FB Work: As a Facebook at Work customer, you also have controls to manage your organization’s data how you see fit.
Yammer: Public Groups for working in the open; Private Groups for sensitive ideas. Safely collaborate with partners and customers with External Groups.
Yep. Yammer.