Yammer [1], a tool that won first place in the TechCrunch Top 50 [2] recently, enables enterprise users to have Twitter [3]-style micro blogging behind the firewall. Micro blogging is a short form of spontaneous communication that is a cross between instant messaging and blogging. Twitter limits you to 140 characters per post, while Yammer has no limits, something that concerns BusinessWeek writer Stephen Baker. Article [4]
- Or read [5] the FastForward blog on Yammer
Links:
[1] http://www.yammer.com/
[2] http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/10/yammer-takes-techcrunch50s-top-prize/
[3] http://twitter.com/
[4] http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/blogspotting/archives/2008/09/were_doing_yamm.html?campaign_id=rss_tech
[5] http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/09/15/will-you-twitter-inside-the-enterprise/