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wMUsers – TECHcommunity
Merge of technical discussion forums
Mark Carlson, President, wMUsers.com
Gerd Schneider, Vice President Global Communities, Software AG
February 26th, 2013
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wMUsers History
• Founded by Dan Green in 2001 as an independent community of
webMethods professionals working together to use webMethods
products successfully for their employers and clients
• Quickly gained recognition as the best place to find webMethods
experts willing to rapidly respond to questions from other
experienced users as well as those learning webMethods products
for the first time
• Ownership of the community transferred to Mark Carlson in 2005
with around 5,000 members and 21,000 posts
• Migrated to vBulletin forum software in 2005 to support rapid
growth in members and posts
• Today, wMUsers has more than 22,000 registered members and
85,000 posts in its discussion forums
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Why the merger makes sense?
• Software AG’s TECHcommunity forums did not exist when wMUsers was
founded. Now there’s a great place to go for technical discussions for all
the products
• wMUsers emphasized Integration Server and Broker products, but not
much on newer products in the suite
• wMUsers content has primarily been its forum posts and code samples.
TECHcommunity also provides content in the form of newsletters,
product news and a wiki
• Many wMUsers members already use the TECHcommunity forums. The
merger provides a single place to go for both the great wMUsers content
from past years as well as information on newly released products
• wMUsers has always been administered by a single person.
TECHcommunity forums are supported by a dedicated team.
• Mark’s new project assignments have taken him away from daily focus on
webMethods products and techniques, so it’s time to pass the baton to a
new team that lives and breathes the webMethods products every day
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The TECHcommunity is the one-stop for technology-minded
professionals to ….
Collaborate
Discover Share
Access
Discover new assets
• Product release updates & news
• In-depth articles & webinars
• Demos & free software
Share insights
• Best practices
• Code samples
• Wiki articles
Collaborate with peers
• Build your professional network
• Participate in discussion forums
• Rate & comment on BLOGs
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TECHcommunity is a Software AG priority
Significant investment, innovation & growth
• Product Communities: Adabas, Natural, CentraSite & webMethods
• webMethods Advantage Forums Integrated
• 10,000 total members
• TECHcommunity Portal & Social Networking
• TECHniques Blog
• wMUsers Integrated
• 35,000 total members*
• Wiki and Code Samples
• New ARIS & Terracotta sections
• 15,000 total members
2008-2009 2012 - 2013
2010 - 2011
* After merge with wMUsers
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Merger of Discussion Forums provides depth & breadth
More than 100
discussion forums &
135,000*+ posts
• Get answers from
the experts
• Discuss problems
with peers
• Share your success
• Stay up-to-date with
digests, email
notifications & RSS
feeds
* After merge with wMUsers
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More Code Samples now available for more products
More than 200*+ samples
• Search at one place
• Find related samples
• Submit your code
Popular Resources
• webMethods
Business Events
• webMethods CAF
• webMethods ESB
*After merge with wMUsers
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Even more of the information you need – at your fingertips
Home Page – Cross Product Portal
• Product news & latest updates
• Most popular content
• Global search
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/TECHcomm_SAG
• TECHniques magazine
• Print PDF or view online
• Comment on blog articles
• Contribute
• Collaboration
• Wiki articles
• Forums & Code Samples
• Network with peers
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Tailored just for you - Community Member Area
My Stream
• Promote your interests
• Build a professional
network and chat online
My TECHcommunity
• Personalized community
home page
• Add predefined gadgets
Members Stream
• See activities of all
members
• Find members
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In-depth Product Sub Communities
Browse product specific
resources
• Suite and product news
• Documentation
• Product demonstrations
• Webinars
• Tips and Tricks
• Code samples
• Best practice articles and
tutorials
• Latest Forum posts
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Demo
Get maximum
value
Navigate
Forums
Tips & Tricks
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What To Do Next
Update Profile Login and update
your profile settings
Get Started Review the getting
started section
Engage Participate in forums,
post wiki articles and
code samples
Contact us : [email protected]
Merger FAQ : TECH.forums.softwareag.com/techjforum/forums/show/247.page