System and method for identifying synergistic opportunities within and between organizations

A system, comprising:

• monitoring means for monitoring the computing activities of a user of a computer;
• determining means for determining if the computer user appears to be interested in a declared topic based on the monitored activities and based on information stored in a database that is associated with the declared topic;
• and
• notifying means for notifying the computer user that the topic has been declared if it appears that the computer user is interested in the declared topic.

A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• monitoring the computing activities of a user of a computer;
• determining if the computer user appears to be interested in a declared topic based on the monitored activities and based on information stored in a database that is associated with the declared topic;
• and
• notifying the computer user that the topic has been declared if it appears that the computer user is interested in the declared topic.