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By: Henriq Hellström

Henriq Hellström — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:18:03 +0000

Personally, I am looking forward seeing more players on the social software field.

…and from reading the comments above, it is clear to me that not all understand what social software really is, and what it can do – and it is not something you need to wait for a “next release” that is going to “crush” someone…

In like 3 years, I think we will say: how could organisatons NOT unleash the power of the people…

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Where are all the young’uns are (part deux) « Alex Kassabov — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:03:32 +0000

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By: Christopher S. Rollyson

Christopher S. Rollyson — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:03:27 +0000

Thanks for a nice update and thread. In case it’s helpful, I covered IBM’s new enterprise social network practice last spring, with more on Altas and implications for the enterprise.. see http://tinyurl.com/6pensg

By: ES

ES — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:54:05 +0000

And it should also be mentioned that Trampoline’s SONAR stands for Social Networks and Relevance, while in this case it stands for Social Networks Architecture.

By: SD

SD — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:31:46 +0000

While I cannot completely rule out that your work wasn’t influential in kick starting this project, mostly because I am not part of the mgmt and thus do not to have that visibility , as much as I can tell after reading your paper is that SaND’s approach is different. It is primarily geared towards a corporate environment and takes in data from sources very different from a digital document library. It mines data from user interaction with web/intranet artefacts and focuses on activities to link people.

By: SD

SD — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:22:42 +0000

Firstly, SONAR is an internal name. Rest assured that copyright and trademark issues would be taken care of if and when IBM release this as a product. Secondly, IBM’s SONAR does not mine emails and digital communications but functions as an aggregator of social/organisational connections from within the multitude of IBM’s corporate directories and social networks inside the intranet. I wouldn’t compare these two because they tackle different issues. I admit, in the context of the article the screen shot might give different impressions though. BTW, we also have a different prototype for mining email and other digital communications.
SaND helps in establishing ‘connections’ between employees within an organisation. One of the important applications apart from the obvious expertise locator, is to use this social data in improving search. That is what we are also working on. Don’t know though how much of it is being tried in the Enterprise space.

By: Rudolph

Rudolph — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:04:53 +0000

Am I the only one startled to see screen shots of an IBM Enterprise Social Networking data-mining tool called “SONAR” when Trampoline Systems has been shipping an Enterprise Social Networking data-mining tool called “SONAR” for several years now?

Is there some kind of deal between Trampoline and IBM?

Is there an acquistion pending?

Inquiring minds want to know!

By: Rosie Seth

Rosie Seth — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:26:38 +0000

@Sacha

I definitely find ‘Atlas’ extremely useful when used with Connections. First, you can find the content you need from people that you may not necessarily know – then find the shortest path to reach them through the people that you do know! All building your social network along the way.

By: ted tanner jr

ted tanner jr — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:19:35 +0000

I have a question for everyone. Blind content classification,unstructured information retrieval etc have been around for years. The infrastructure is now here and we no longer have to be concerned about storage,compute cycles or bandwidth. As we have seen there are huge concerns with privacy. When do we see the importance of semantic security coming to the forefront as a possible solution to semantic based information creation?

By: Mirco Wilhelm

Mirco Wilhelm — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:06:17 +0000

But this is nothing like MOSS, believe me.

The internal IBM address book for employees is much more like a Corporate LinkedIn. With all the information provided here it’s much easier to find network or profession relations within the corporation.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:32:55 +0000

At Trampoline we think that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

It’s great when customers tell you you’ve got it right – but its also nice when the big guys confirm your thinking too.

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Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:29:20 +0000

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By: Erwin

Erwin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:11:53 +0000

IBM is going nowhere its main competitors is readying a killer platform, HP and Oracle is in partnership to deliver the most powerful machine in this planet, this one is big and massive it could crush anything including IBM.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:02:49 +0000

How come IBM offers a product with almost the same functionality and even the same name like a product that has been around for two years? See http://www.trampolinesystems.com/product/SONAR/benefits

Is that supposed to be called flattery or copying? Whatever, I don’t think it can be called innovation.

Chris