Facebook Looks to the Workplace for Future Growth - NYTimes.com

Also see ‘Facebook At Work’ Hits App Stores (WSJ) and Facebook Unveils Facebook At Work, Lets Businesses Create Their Own Social Networks (TechCrunch)

"But can a consumer company that thrives on people sharing early and often make friends with businesses more interested in keeping information on a need-to-know basis?

The Silicon Valley company said on Wednesday that it had begun formal pilot testing of Facebook at Work, a corporate edition of its service intended to be a social network for individual companies and organizations.

“It’s the Facebook everyone knows and loves but adapted to work,” Lars Rasmussen, the director of engineering for the product, said in an interview."

Facebook Looks to the Workplace for Future Growth - NYTimes.com