This is the second of a three part series on I BM Connections , their collaboration platform for social business. recently had an extended conversation with Suzanne Livingston, Senior Product Manager for Connections. After covering Connections 3.0 Here is a sample Connections dashboard. Here is a sample activity stream. MORE >>

Existing Adoption At the very start I asked the audience for examples of where they were currently using these tools as part of learning solutions. Question 1 - What are the most likely ways / places your organization might or does use Blogs, Wikis, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking or Collaboration Tools? Tools? Web 2.0 MORE >>

Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) is a disappointing platform for social computing in my opinion. My position for some time has been that the next release will be a tipping point for Microsoft's social computing efforts. tools". IBM: Lotus Connections is holding its own but gaps remain (e.g., capabilities. MORE >>

Microsoft Outlook is fairly standard in most large organizations. Microsoft's implementation of RSS within Outlook is horrible. thought the idea of a common subsytem for feeds was great but Microsoft missed an opportunity by not positioning the Windows RSS Platform as a universal tool for all desktop feed readers. MORE >>

In 2010, expectations will continue to rise that Cisco will have a decent critical mass of large enterprise accounts before we go too far with putting them on par with traditional collaboration heavyweights IBM and Microsoft. Microsoft Bets Its Social Fortune On SP2010. IBM: IBM delivered Lotus Connections 2.5. Potpourri. MORE >>