“I do think of computers as augmenting people, not replacing them,” said Irene Greif, the director of the research center. “We need help with the limits of the brain, ...

In the 1980s, long before the rise of online social networks, Irene Greif helped found the field of computer-supported coöperative work (CSCW), which explores how technology helps people collaborate.

IBM employees, Greif said, have begun using Web 2.0-style tools in Lotus and as standalone applications to collaborate within the company, share API and create more knowledge about what's going on ...

IBM Lotus opens its research kimono, launching the Many Eyes data visualization project for social networking and much, much more.

The global scope will allow the company to pull various cultural perspectives into the development of social software, said Irene Greif, IBM Fellow and center director.

Irene Greif recounts how the field began in 1984 at a meeting stimulated by trends in distributed systems, networks and office automation. Irene Greif; Reverse Engineering 15 Mar 2019.

IBM Fellow Irene Greif, who is running the center, and IBM social software honcho Jeff Shick said the center will extend the capabilities from IBM's labs to a more global audience.

Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (WEST) announced the recipients of its WEST leadership awards to be honored in Boston on June 4.

Irene Greif. June Rokoff. Frank Ingari. Frank Moss. Deb Besemer. Check, check, check, check. You get the picture. In all an estimated 600-plus former Lotus Development (ex-Loti) and even a few ...

"There is a new openness at IBM about what we are doing in our labs," Irene Greif, IBM fellow and director of the collaborative user experience at IBM Research, said at a press conference.

IBM is opening the Center for Social Software, a think tank for developing social technologies, officials said during a presentation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday ...