Karandeep Anand, an Indian-origin senior executive of <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/facebook-discovers-bug-that-may-have-affected-up-to-68-million-users-184116">Facebook</a>, will head the social media giant's enterprise communications tool Workplace, the company has announced.

Anand, who worked at Microsoft for 15 years before joining Facebook nearly four years ago, will work closely with Julien Codorniou, the Facebook vice president who has been the leader of Workplace, CNBC reported.

Workplace, the London-based <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/weve-never-sold-anyones-data-mark-zuckerberg-defends-facebook-in-new-data-breach-controversy-181764">Facebook </a>division, is a communications tool for companies and businesses.

Anand will handle the Workplace product team, which includes developers, engineers, researchers and data scientists, while Codorniou will remain in charge of sales and partnerships, a Facebook spokeswoman was quoted as saying in the report.

At Facebook, Anand has been the head of product for a number of other divisions, including Marketplace, Audience Network and Ad Solutions, the report said.

"I'm excited to now be part of the journey of bringing Workplace to companies across the globe and help them unlock the potential of their biggest asset - people," Anand wrote on his LinkedIn profile.

The spokeswoman said: "We're thrilled that Karandeep is joining Workplace as its new head of Workplace, effectively immediately.

"Karandeep joins Workplace from Marketplace, and brings with him a wealth of experience from both a consumer and enterprise background. We're excited to have him on board".

In its two years of existence, Workplace by Facebook has big-name customers like Walmart, Starbucks and Chevron, the report said.

However, it is behind its rivals like Microsoft and Slack in the enterprise communications software market.

Workplace is used by 30,000 organisations, according to a Facebook report in October 2017.

Microsoft Teams is used by 329,000 organisations while Slack by 500,000 organisations, including 70,000 paying organisations, the CNBC report added.&nbsp;

Karandeep Anand, an Indian-origin senior executive of Facebook, will head the social media giant's enterprise communications tool Workplace, the company has announced.

Karandeep Anand, an Indian-origin senior executive of Facebook, will head the social media giant's enterprise communications tool Workplace, the company has announced. Anand, who worked at Microsoft for 15 years before joining Facebook nearly four years ago, will work closely with Julien Codorniou, the Facebook vice president who has been the leader of Workplace, CNBC reported. Workplace, the London-based Facebook division, is a communications tool for companies and businesses. Anand will handle the Workplace product team, which includes developers, engineers, researchers and data scientists, while Codorniou will remain in charge of sales and partnerships, a Facebook spokeswoman was quoted as saying in the report. At Facebook, Anand has been the head of product for a number of other divisions, including Marketplace, Audience Network and Ad Solutions, the report said. "I'm excited to now be part of the journey of bringing Workplace to companies across the globe and help them unlock the potential of their biggest asset - people," Anand wrote on his LinkedIn profile. The spokeswoman said: "We're thrilled that Karandeep is joining Workplace as its new head of Workplace, effectively immediately. "Karandeep joins Workplace from Marketplace, and brings with him a wealth of experience from both a consumer and enterprise background. We're excited to have him on board". In its two years of existence, Workplace by Facebook has big-name customers like Walmart, Starbucks and Chevron, the report said. However, it is behind its rivals like Microsoft and Slack in the enterprise communications software market. Workplace is used by 30,000 organisations, according to a Facebook report in October 2017. Microsoft Teams is used by 329,000 organisations while Slack by 500,000 organisations, including 70,000 paying organisations, the CNBC report added.

Facebook appoints Indian-origin executive Karandeep Anand as head of its enterprise communication tool ‘Workplace’

Facebook has decided to test &quot;Marketplace&quot;, a facility will link&nbsp;buyers and sellers in India, reports say.&nbsp;

&quot;Marketplace&quot;&nbsp;is a service which connects buyers and sellers, without charging anything&nbsp;and it makes reselling goods via mobiles or computers a&nbsp;seamless affair.&nbsp;

Indian users mostly engage in selling or buying jewellery and accessories, household goods, electronics, and apparel, a media report said. Facebook has decided not to create any particular categories as yet, hoping that once people start listing their products the categories will be formed.&nbsp;

Karandeep Anand, director,&nbsp;product management, Facebook, said that most Indians use social media platforms to &quot;buy or sell products&quot;. With the use of marketplace, Facebook aims to create an easier &quot;user experience, motivate people to engage&quot;&nbsp;and add &quot;economic activity locally.&quot;

Over 550 million Facebook users visit different groups on the page - which sell or buy items, globally. Thus, making up for a quarter of its 2 billion active monthly users. &nbsp;

Anand asserts that sellers are common people like students, artisans or NGOs. Therefore, instead of building a full-fledged e-commerce environment, Facebook aims to target its users and further present better tools.&nbsp;

Facebook also intends to provide&nbsp;tools related to privacy in order to limit information given by users, and also introduce&nbsp;machine learning which prohibits users from listing products like guns, cigarettes, alcohol and such items. Users will also be able to report fake accounts or ban items.

Facebook is looking into new grounds and has decided to test Marketplace, a facility linking buyers and sellers in India, reports say.?

Facebook has decided to test "Marketplace", a facility will link buyers and sellers in India, reports say. "Marketplace" is a service which connects buyers and sellers, without charging anything and it makes reselling goods via mobiles or computers a seamless affair. Indian users mostly engage in selling or buying jewellery and accessories, household goods, electronics, and apparel, a media report said. Facebook has decided not to create any particular categories as yet, hoping that once people start listing their products the categories will be formed. Karandeep Anand, director, product management, Facebook, said that most Indians use social media platforms to "buy or sell products". With the use of marketplace, Facebook aims to create an easier "user experience, motivate people to engage" and add "economic activity locally." Over 550 million Facebook users visit different groups on the page - which sell or buy items, globally. Thus, making up for a quarter of its 2 billion active monthly users. Anand asserts that sellers are common people like students, artisans or NGOs. Therefore, instead of building a full-fledged e-commerce environment, Facebook aims to target its users and further present better tools. Facebook also intends to provide tools related to privacy in order to limit information given by users, and also introduce machine learning which prohibits users from listing products like guns, cigarettes, alcohol and such items. Users will also be able to report fake accounts or ban items.

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Facebook appoints Indian-origin executive Karandeep Anand as head of its enterprise communication tool ‘Workplace’

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