This article from Computerworld discusses corporate applications of Facebook. It is pretty interesting. It discusses how in "Facebook's directory listings, a company can establish its own free "fan" page, complete with links to its Web site, photos, videos, and contact information to key employees or salespeople for all its customers to view. It's like a supercharged, multimedia Yellow Pages ad, but it's in a global telephone directory -- not just the local volume for one city -- and it's free."
As we move into v2.0, it is important that we walk the walk and dig even deeper into social networking as a business tool. Here is another article that is worth looking at, also from Computerworld, which compares the benefits of Facebook and Linkedin to business applications.
Lee Aase, manager of Syndication and Social Media at the Mayo Clinic and chancellor of Social Media University, Global noted that Facebook is the perfect "collaboration network" because it allows businesses to create unlimited numbers of free groups. These can be open (anyone can join), closed (by invitation only) or secret (where their existence doesn't show on any profile).
Workers can collaborate on projects, keep up with company news, or communicate with external vendors and agencies without companies having to provide the employees or the external parties with virtual private network access behind the corporate firewall. This is especially important to small and midsize businesses, which may not have the resources to provide VPNs to their employees and customers.
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