Yammer and SLACK are two different
technologies that we use for communication within ORGANIZATION / COMMIUNITY. Though
Yammer is OLDER than Slack, we can see many similarities between these 2
products.
In simple terms “Yammer is “the enterprise
social network”, and Slack is “a messaging app for teams”.
First we can identify similarities,
1) Private
message between members of the company
2) Can
create sub communities (GROUPS in YAMMER / CHANNELS in SLACK)
3) Can
share images/ videos
4) Can
join new groups / can lock
5) Can
integrate with other APIs
6) Mobile
APPS available
Yammer is,
1) Enterprise
Social Network
2) Facebook
for your company
3) Can
share posts
4) Can
follow / LIKE
5) Can
start conversations
6) Consume
information @ leisure
7) Can
use non-essential information, with interest
8) Always
having suggestions
9) Suited
for higher number of employees
SLACK is,
1) Made
for messaging only
2) Get
direct attention to message
3) Messages
creating under one section (Topic)
4) Alerting
immediately
5) Essential
information only
6) Powerful
SEARCH includes messages / conversations / content of documents
7) Suited
fro SMS
We have to decide the exact
requirement and choose the correct technology.
