Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Social-networking tools fuel business opportunities -- Washington Technology

June 4, 2009

When software engineers at Lockheed Martin Corp. have a bright idea, how do they get the word out? Not by sending a few e-mail messages. That’s old school. They blog about it instead.

“My engineers blog their experiences on a daily basis,” said Shawn Dahlen, Lockheed Martin’s social-media program manager. “When they come across a lesson learned, they capture it in a blog and the other engineers can comment on it...”