Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

Post by s9ix » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 2:40 PM UTC

btrautsc wrote: post #200

pidg wrote: post #183

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Exactly. Integration of LinkedIn data with Dynamics and Yammer would be huge. Imagine this scenario: - User is logged in to LinkedIn - User visits your website - Their visit is logged by some JS to Dynamics CRM - A record is created/updated in Dynamics CRM, populated with their name, job title and contact details from LinkedIn Further down the line, I can see LinkedIn fully becoming part of Office 365. This isn't Mic…

That is basically steps 1 & 2. Step 3 is you get an email (marketing or sales) because Dynamics notified assigned a task to a sales rep or started a job in marketing automation. Then, based on you opening/ replying/ not opening the email, a whole new series of tasks are created. If MSFT / Dynamics do this right, they will have a very strong Salesforce competitor.

Post by chadwilken » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 2:41 PM UTC

Post by neilc » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 2:47 PM UTC

tanzam75 wrote: post #384

nailer wrote: post #80

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I imagine it was more like: - Microsoft has the money - LinkedIn is the biggest thing in recruiting (I don't especially like it either, but it is). I wouldn't personally hire someone via recruiters or LinkedIn, but I would hire someone via a recomendation from a contact I maintain on LinkedIn. - Microsoft makes business tools - There's a bunch of interesting opportunities for intrgating Dynamics, Yammer, and other MS…

> Edit: Nadella said re: how MS looks at acquisitions ( http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/13/11920306/microsoft-ceo-sat... ) "Is this asset riding secular usage and technology trends?" - anyone know what that means? In general English, "secular" means "non-religious." In MBA-speak, "secular" means "non-cyclical." An example of cyclical growth would be ExxonMobil between 2004 and 2007. They couldn't keep up this growth,…

Post by castell » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 2:48 PM UTC

ivoras wrote: post #11

Oh, I can just imagine how the process went at MS: * Exec A: Social things are Good (coming to the conclusion about 10 years too late) * Exec B: Shall we create our own Google+? * Exec C: No, that didn't turn out that well for Google. Let's buy something existing. * Exec B: Ok, I've Googled a list of top 10 social networking sites for sale, and ordered them by list price, but really we'll need to come up with a strat…

Post by spriggan3 » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 2:49 PM UTC