For when e-mail just won’t cut it …
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Are employees in your organization looking for a better way to communicate with each other?
If so, there’s a new service called Yammer that may help employees and managers collaborate without overloading each other’s in-boxes.
Yammer is a social networking site similar to Twitter, which allows users to post brief messages to update their friends about what they’re up to. Yammer is based on the same idea, but it’s kept secure so nothing can be viewed by anyone outside the company.
Users say it’s more useful than e-mail when getting in touch with a large group of people. For example, if an employee has a question but isn’t sure who’ll have the answer, instead of e-mailing everyone in the office, he can post it to Yammer, where they can see it.
The service is free, with optional administrative tools and security features available for $1 per employee per month.
