IBM today is making available a new social networking tool called Pass It Along to help organizations take a more user-friendly, collaborative approach to knowledge sharing. The new technology expands the notion of social networking for employees and learners -- and includes advanced features such as learning paths, visual mapping and expertise profiling.

Nearly 22 million workers are set to retire this year in the United States alone, posing a significant challenge for businesses as they look to retain industry expertise and skills. As a result, organizations of all sizes are now looking for new ways to help their workforce more easily share and gain knowledge for competitive advantage.

IBM is helping to address this issue with Pass It Along technology that integrates knowledge management, social networking and Web 2.0 concepts to simplify the way information is shared and consumed by users. The new technology enables users to access, share and rate essential information; categorize information from the Web or an intranet according to interest; and complete learning paths and create learning networks to help facilitate ongoing knowledge sharing.

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