
IBM has added <A HREF="http://www.cio.com/article/166450/IBM_Adds_Visual_Mapping_Tool_Atlas_to_Lotus_Connections">a new social networking visualization and analysis tool called Atlas to Lotus Connections,</A> the company's social software suite for large enterprises that packages together technologies such as blogs, bookmarks and profiles. IBM hopes Atlas will help users map their relationships with other employees using Connections, but analysts wonder if overall social network adoption needs to improve first before Atlas will become useful.