AboutFace

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AboutFace Corporation, founded in 1993, is a software company based in Boston, Massachusetts. AboutFace's flagship Directory Server product offers corporate intranets the following features: online employee directory, electronic facebook, online org charts and online floor plans.

In 1994 AboutFace was the first company to deliver a social networking product designed for use within corporations. AboutFace provides companies with an intranet-based solution for maintaining and publishing complete employee profiles, including name, title, skills, responsibilities, contact information and a photo -- all designed to help employees within large organizations find each other and leverage each others' skills and experience.

AboutFace users include Johnson & Johnson, SC Johnson, Merck, Raytheon and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

[edit] History

Before its current location at www.aboutface.com, AboutFace was located at www.facebook.com, which is now the home to another social networking product, Facebook.^[1]