Yammer

E56715

business communication tool collaboration platform enterprise social networking service software product

Yammer is an enterprise social networking service that enables employees within an organization to communicate, collaborate, and share information in a secure, Facebook-like environment.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Yammer canonical	12
Microsoft Viva Engage	1
Yammer enterprise social networking platform	1
Yammer, Inc.	1
Yammer, an enterprise social network	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T452092 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yammer
Context triple: [Microsoft 365, includes, Yammer]

A. Slack
Slack is a cloud-based team collaboration and messaging platform widely used for real-time communication, file sharing, and integrations with tools like Google Workspace.
B. Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration and communication platform by Microsoft that provides chat, video conferencing, file sharing, and integration with other Microsoft 365 services for teams and organizations.
C. Google Chat
Google Chat is a business-focused messaging platform by Google that supports direct messages, group conversations, and integrated collaboration within the Google Workspace ecosystem.
D. Skype for Business Online
Skype for Business Online was Microsoft's cloud-based enterprise communication and collaboration service that provided messaging, meetings, and voice capabilities before being succeeded by Microsoft Teams.
E. Zoho Workplace
Zoho Workplace is an integrated suite of cloud-based productivity and collaboration apps—including email, document editing, file storage, and communication tools—designed as an alternative to platforms like Google Workspace.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yammer
Target entity description: Yammer is an enterprise social networking service that enables employees within an organization to communicate, collaborate, and share information in a secure, Facebook-like environment.

A. Slack
Slack is a cloud-based team collaboration and messaging platform widely used for real-time communication, file sharing, and integrations with tools like Google Workspace.
B. Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration and communication platform by Microsoft that provides chat, video conferencing, file sharing, and integration with other Microsoft 365 services for teams and organizations.
C. Google Chat
Google Chat is a business-focused messaging platform by Google that supports direct messages, group conversations, and integrated collaboration within the Google Workspace ecosystem.
D. Skype for Business Online
Skype for Business Online was Microsoft's cloud-based enterprise communication and collaboration service that provided messaging, meetings, and voice capabilities before being succeeded by Microsoft Teams.
E. Zoho Workplace
Zoho Workplace is an integrated suite of cloud-based productivity and collaboration apps—including email, document editing, file storage, and communication tools—designed as an alternative to platforms like Google Workspace.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business communication tool ⓘ collaboration platform ⓘ enterprise social networking service ⓘ software product ⓘ
accessControl	restricted to users with verified company email domains ⓘ
acquisitionBy	Microsoft ⓘ
acquisitionCost	1.2 billion US dollars ⓘ
acquisitionDate	2012-07-19 ⓘ
businessModel	subscription ⓘ
developer	Microsoft ⓘ Yammer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yammer, Inc.
feature	activity feed ⓘ file sharing ⓘ groups ⓘ integration with Microsoft 365 ⓘ notifications ⓘ private messages ⓘ search ⓘ
foundedBy	Adam Pisoni ⓘ David Sacks ⓘ
genre	enterprise collaboration software ⓘ enterprise social network ⓘ
headquartersLocation	San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
inception	2008 ⓘ
integratedInto	Microsoft 365 ⓘ Microsoft 365 ⓘ surface form: Office 365
operatingSystem	Android ⓘ iOS ⓘ web-based ⓘ
ownedBy	Microsoft ⓘ
parentCompany	Microsoft ⓘ
primaryUse	internal corporate communication ⓘ knowledge sharing within organizations ⓘ team collaboration ⓘ
rebrandedAs	Viva Engage ⓘ
rebrandingAnnouncedBy	Microsoft ⓘ
rebrandingYear	2023 ⓘ
securityFeature	enterprise-grade security controls ⓘ single sign-on ⓘ
supports	private company networks ⓘ
supportsCommunicationType	asynchronous communication ⓘ real-time conversation threads ⓘ
supportsContentType	files ⓘ images ⓘ links ⓘ text posts ⓘ
targetAudience	businesses ⓘ enterprises ⓘ organizations ⓘ
website	https://www.yammer.com ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Microsoft 365 → includes → Yammer ⓘ

Yammer → developer → Yammer self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yammer, Inc.

Microsoft 365 F3 → hasComponent → Yammer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Microsoft Viva Engage

PayPal Mafia → hasNotableCompanyFoundedOrLed → Yammer ⓘ

Sean Parker → earlyInvestorIn → Yammer ⓘ

Founders Fund → notableInvestment → Yammer ⓘ

Microsoft 365 Groups → integratesWith → Yammer ⓘ

David Sacks → founded → Yammer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yammer, an enterprise social network

Viva Engage → predecessor → Yammer ⓘ

Microsoft Viva Connections → integratesWith → Yammer ⓘ

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery → supportsWorkload → Yammer ⓘ

Adam Pisoni → coFounded → Yammer ⓘ

Adam Pisoni → employer → Yammer ⓘ

Adam Pisoni → notableWork → Yammer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yammer enterprise social networking platform

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Statements (50)

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Referenced by (16)

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