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IBM on Tuesday announced the availability of Atlas for Lotus Connections, a visualization and analysis tool that helps employees sort through their social networks to find colleagues and key experts on specific topics and projects. The software not only identifies who's who in the community, but also shows users how those people are connected to one another. For example, anyone who worked on a database software implementation for a large financial services customer. It provides a contextual framework for seeking out new contacts and relationships down the road. "When you apply social software to business processes, the ability to see and understand the relationships between groups, people and information is critical," Jeff Schick, vice president of social software for IBM Lotus, said in a prepared release. "Atlas helps workers navigate their social networks and use these relationships to rally around ideas and projects instead of organizational charts, helping speed decision making and improve efficiency." In June, IBM launched Lotus Connections, a software suite with a variety of Web 2.0 features that help users build and maintain social networks. Altas has four components—My Net, Find, Reach and Net—that help users identify the important connections and relationships between themselves and various groups and corporate networks. The Net feature provides a visual indication of the important hubs among topic experts and informal groups that have developed... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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