<p>News Gartner to Orgs: Skip SharePoint, Go with Yammer for Enterprise Social</p><p>Organizations that are "Microsoft shops" and trying to decide between Yammer or SharePoint for social networking should choose Yammer, research firm Gartner advised in a webinar Thursday.</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, according to Gartner research director Larry Cannell. The rationale 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>Cannell was clear on that point while also noting that Microsoft's public statements have generally been "confusing and superficial" about Yammer's role. In essence, Microsoft appears to have two competing products now on the social networking front with SharePoint and Yammer. Microsoft added Yammer to the Microsoft Office Division in July 2012 after buying the company for $1.2 billion. Yammer doesn't just overlap with SharePoint, but also with Outlook, Exchange, Skype and Lync, Cannell said.</p><p><a href="http://rcpmag.com/articles/2013/03/14/gartner-go-with-yammer-for-social.aspx">Keep reading...</a></p>