IBM Connections and knowledge mapping
A couple of days ago IBM annouced their new collaboration suite: IBM Connections . It's planned to be shipped in the first quarter of 2007. What's in it? "The IBM package includes five applications: profiles, where employees post information about their expertise and interests; communities, which are formed and managed by people with common interests; activities, which are used to manage group projects; bookmarks, where people share documents and Web sites with others; and blogs, where people post ongoing commentaries. "The business market is showing a lot of interest in using social networking tools to improve productivity. It's about helping people find experts and the information they need to get their jobs done," says Steve Mills, the general manager of the software group at IBM ( IBM ). The commercial version of the package is to be delivered in the second quarter. (...) During an IBM demonstration of Lotus Connections, it was clear that the product is e...