<p>IDG News Service (Miami Bureau) IBM will launch before midyear several new and improved collaboration and communication products, including a new suite for human resources tasks and a major upgrade of its Connections enterprise social networking product.</p><p>The company, which will unveil the products at its Connect 2013 conference in Orlando on Monday, will also announce improvements to its enterprise social suite for marketers.</p><p>The upgrade to its IBM Connections enterprise social networking platform will feature new analytics features so that administrators can monitor usage, such as collaboration trends among employees and engagement with customers in social media services like Twitter and Facebook.</p><p>IBM Connections 4.5, which will be available in March, will also feature new document and content management capabilities, as well as an "ideation" tool to manage brainstorming processes. This new version will also feature deeper integration with Microsoft Outlook, so that users can access IBM Connections features within their Outlook interface.</p><p><a href="http://www.cio.com/article/727686/IBM_to_beef_up_content_management_analytics_in_Connections_enterprise_social_product?taxonomyId=1375">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/cwdn/2013/01/ibms-three-ages-of-data-leading-to-social.html">IBM&#039;s three ages of data... leading to social</a> (ComputerWeekly.com (blog))</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/social-business/ibm-announces-connections-45-employee-experience-suite-ibmconnect-019339.php">IBM Announces Connections 4.5, Employee Experience Suite #ibmconnect</a> (CMSWire)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=disIRz3lHXpS8XMdMRFYGmrk4zLAM&ned=us">33 additional articles.</a></p>