Ngokwesibalo esingacabangi sama-26.200 billion euros, inkampani yaseRedmond, IMicrosoft isanda kuthola ingosi ye-LinkedIn, Ezinikezelwe ekuxhumaneni phakathi kwabaqeqeshi ngemikhakha. Isimemezelo sisanda kushicilelwa muva nje, kepha kubasebenzisi ngeke siqaphele ushintsho, njengoba iMicrosoft isho lokho okwamanje izogcina i-LinkedIn njengomkhiqizo ozimele. Isikhulu salo samanje, uJeff Weiner, uzogcina isikhundla sakhe njengamanje futhi agcine inhlangano ibika ngqo kuSatya Nadella, oyi-CEO yakwaMicrosoft.
Phambilini, I-LinkedIn ithole enye iwebhusayithi enhle njengeSlideShare, ingosi ezinikezelwe ekwabelaneni ngezethulo eziku-inthanethi futhi ezihlobene kakhulu nenkambu yebhizinisi. Njengoba sibonisile, okwamanje okwenziwe yiMicrosoft ibhizinisi kuphela. Sizobona ukuthi lo mkhuba uyashintsha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Engxoxweni nabezindaba noNadella, uveze ukuthi iqembu le-LinkedIn selakhe ibhizinisi elihle kakhulu eligxile ekuxhumaniseni ochwepheshe abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba, nokuthi ngokubambisana, IMicrosoft neLinkedIn kungasheshisa ukukhula kwale platform, kanye naleyo yeMicrosoft Office 365.
Amabhodi wabaqondisi alezi zinkampani zombili asivume ngazwi linye lesi sivumelwano futhi IMicrosoft ilindele ukuvala ukutholwa kwe-LinkedIn ekupheleni konyaka. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi ngeke kube khona ushintsho lokuphatha noma lwebhizinisi ku-portal yobuchwepheshe
UWeiner uphinde waba nethuba lokuphawula ngemibono yakhe ngokuthengwa kwakamuva: “Njengoba siguqule indlela umhlaba oxhumana ngayo namathuba emisebenzi, lobu budlelwano IMicrosoft nokuhlanganisa izinsizakalo zayo zamafu nenethiwekhi yethu ye-LinkedIn kuzosinikeza ithuba lokushintsha indlela umhlaba osebenza ngayo. "
KuReid Hoffman, umongameli kanye nomsunguli wengosi yokuxhumana nabantu, ukuthengwa kwengosi esiye kuyo namuhla kusho, ngamazwi akhe, "ukusungulwa kabusha kwe-LinkedIn".