
eWeek reports that Contact Network Corporation is releasing <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1402284,00.asp">Contact Network 2.5</A>, server software that allows corporations to create their own private social networks where employees can mine each other's contacts to find new introductions and sales leads. Contact Network gathers contact information from emails, address books and resumes on corporate computing systems. It already supported data collection from Microsoft Outlook and Exchange as well as Lotus Notes and Domino, and in the latest release adds support for Outlook 2003 and Windows Server 2003.