The acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft will help the duo assist client companies, and even individuals in the personal lives, to organise information and orchestrate their functions better, according to Frank E. Gillett, Vice-President, Forrester, a global research firm. Hemant Joshi, Partner, Deloitte Haskins and Sells, saw it as a part of the overall convergence happening in the Information technology space. It will get Microsoft into social media – with the ability to compete with likes of Facebook and Google. An analyst, not willing to be named, said, “Perhaps, Microsoft finds the ‘social graph’ of LinkedIn attractive. Vishal Tripathi, Research director at Gartner told The Hindu, “The deal makes sense for both parties to the deal.

Source: The Hindu June 13, 2016 17:59 UTC