IBM has unveiled a range of Web 2.0 and collaboration tools to enable enterprise mashups and social software.

"Web 2.0 for business is about empowering users with the content, social connections and mashup tools to solve business problems" said Michael Rhodin, general manager, IBM Lotus Software. "Today’s announcement illustrates the ongoing commitment of IBM to deliver innovation to our customers."

In addition, IBM introduced the next release of its social software for business, IBM Lotus Connections.

As mentioned in the official press release, the new homepage -- based on Lotus mashup technology -- aggregates and filters social data from all five services of Lotus Connections into a customisable view. Using the widget-based homepage, users can quickly see what has changed across their professional network and easily search for the information they need to get things done.

The community component of Lotus Connections is planned be enhanced with discussion forums and the ability to link leading wiki services from IBM Lotus Quickr, SocialText and Atlassian. Lotus Sametime can directly use Lotus Connections community membership lists to integrate unified communications with social networking.

IBM also has also planned the capability to integrate Lotus Quickr with Enterprise Content Management Systems, such as IBM FileNet P8 and IBM Content Manager, providing the industry’s most complete end-to-end content and collaboration solution from a single vendor.