Dublin - 10 Jun 2008: Enterprise 2.0 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the next wave of social networking tools for business. Lotus Connections 2.0 and IBM Atlas for Lotus Connections feature a mix of new capabilities that blend IBM's expertise in business software with the Web 2.0 capabilities popular in consumer social networking Web sites.
Mike Roche, Chief Architect Dublin Software Lab, IBM, and his team of 27 experts based in Dublin led the group that contributed to the creation of the newest version of IBM Lotus Connections, Lotus Connections 2.0 and IBM Atlas for Lotus Connections. The Dublin team has worked directly with Jeff Schick, vice president of social software, IBM, to support early adoption of this technology by European customers.
With these new social networking tools people can quickly grow their professional network of contacts helping people effectively manage their network and access expertise.