<p>Microsoft's opaque plans for Yammer shouldn't give pause to organizations deploying social networking solutions.</p><p>That was the bottom-line message of Larry Cannell, a research director at Gartner Inc., as explained in a Webinar today. He outlined what Microsoft has disclosed so far with its plans for integrating the Yammer enterprise social networking solution in other Microsoft products, particularly SharePoint.</p><p>"This is not the time to reevaluate the social software market," Cannell said. "If you have something that works, stay with it."</p><p>While Microsoft could have "a game changing platform with Yammer," a lot of work still needs to get done to make the integration work, and it might take a year. Cannell added that organizations that are "Microsoft shops" and trying to decide between going with Yammer or SharePoint for social networking should choose Yammer. The rational comes from Microsoft itself. Cannell cited Jared Spataro, senior director of the Microsoft Office Division, as saying that organizations should "go hard with Yammer" for social networking.</p><p><a href="http://redmondmag.com/articles/2013/03/14/stick-with-yammer.aspx">Keep reading...</a></p>