Web 2.0 Design for Business

Tools and communities

Social networking tools
Tools for application development
Communities - Blogs - Forums - Wikis

Social software - enabling the power of participation

Web 2.0 design for business, provided by IBM Lotus, enables your workforce to use social networking tools and communities to maximize the full benefit of the 'power of participation'. Simply put, people can do more, do it more effectively and do it faster when they harness Web 2.0 capabilities. At IBM, we use our Web 2.0 capabilities such as wikis, blogs, profiles and RSS/ATOM feeds to make it easier for people to connect, collaborate and innovate. Other IBM Web 2.0 design capabilities enable business users to create personalized, lightweight applications on-the-fly. And skilled application developers can choose from a range of situational development tools to meet the needs of various audiences.

Social networking tools and communities

Applying Web 2.0 design for business enables your company to connect with people and teams in ways that simply weren't possible before. And so you'll want to choose the tools to maximize a Web 2.0 design that best meets your company's specific needs. You may be augmenting an existing collaboration solution or looking for a better way to tap into job-related networks to participate and access new levels of expertise. In any case, there is a wealth of information to help guide you, communities to learn from and sandbox areas that enable you to try the technologies out. Here is a sampling of IBM Web 2.0 tools that can help you increase your work quality and effectiveness by discovering and reusing the wisdom of "crowds", or communities and participating based on your preferred working style.

Social networking tools

Blogs - Use a weblog to present your idea and get feedback from others; learn from the expertise and experience of others who blog. Learn more.

Wikis - A shared editing space that team members can use to create and manage content such as designs, presentations, or other group material. Learn more.

Activities - Organize your work, plan next steps, and easily tap your expanding professional network to help execute your everyday deliverables, faster. Learn more.

Forums - Keep a journal or blog of your meetings or create discussions on different topics effecting your team. Learn more.

RSS/ATOM feeds - Integrate and render feeds from your favorite ATOM or RSS sources in places. Learn more.

Profiles - Quickly find the people you need by searching across your organization using keywords that help identify expertise, current projects and responsibilities. Learn more.

Communities - Create, find, join, and work with communities of people who share a common interest, responsibility, or area of expertise. Learn more.

Dogear - Save, organize and share bookmarks; discover bookmarks that have been qualified by others with similar interests & expertise. Learn more.

Tools for application development

IBM offers a range of tools for application developers of varying skill levels and also savvy business users who need personalized applications. Web 2.0 technologies from IBM are focused on making applications simple to build, quick to remix and easy to extend. This approach improves the economics of application development. Learn more by visiting Mashups, RIAs and more.

Communities - Blogs - Forums - Wikis

We invite you to join our vibrant communities and participate in our public Blogs, forums and wikis. You'll find fun and easy ways to connect with our technical leaders, access an extensive array of technical resources and learn about our latest innovations.

Web 2.0 Communities and Social Networks

Communities