Comments on: Yammer? Nothing Else Was Better?

By: Vitaliy Demur

Vitaliy Demur — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:24:55 +0000

Hello Rob! Nothing you have withdrawn on Yammer…
Yammer is a great product that has ability to improve communications and create transparency by virtually making company’s structure flat. I work for LADevelopers Inc. (http://www.ladevelopers.com) a California based software development firm. We specialize in custom Yammer solutions for enterprise and know this product inside out. Please contact us if you need any help with it.

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By: robdiana

robdiana — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:48:17 +0000

Marc,
Compared to Twitter, yes it is an interesting service because of the business model and additional features. Yammer probably will succeed in some way, but I just thought there were a few other options that looked like better chances. It will be interesting to see what happens to them.

By: Marc Dangeard

Marc Dangeard — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:56:38 +0000

The great innovation from my prospective is that they have a business model when Twitter does not seem to have one. It may look like nothing from the outside, but this is all the difference between having a real business vs. riding the hype and hoping that something will come out of it.
Having said that, I agree with you that there are a lot of questions still open regarding the business itself. I see no barrier to entry, and enterprise sales as you mention to take a long time. Even if the price is cheap, it does not mean that companies will jump on it, they need to consider the implications the tool will have on processes etc… And the idea of paying somebody to go and do the sales is not realistic when you look at the price of the license. So they will have to find the right angle to get in, hoping that while they try to figure this somebody else (or Google) does not develop something similar.
A tough road ahead…