US-listed software provider Microsoft has agreed to buy corporate venturing-backed business network Yammer for $1.2bn. Four-year-old Yammer, which has five million users of its private, in-company social networks, will become part of Microsoft’s Office unit under Kurt DelBene but will still be led by current chief executive and founder, David Sacks. Yammer has added about…

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