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# The [http://odusergroup.org/forums Content Manager OnDemand User's Group ("ODUG")] is a vibrant user community with a history going back to the mid-90's -- almost as long as CMOD's been a product! | # The [http://odusergroup.org/forums Content Manager OnDemand User's Group ("ODUG")] is a vibrant user community with a history going back to the mid-90's -- almost as long as CMOD's been a product! | ||
# [[Main_Page#Content_Manager_OnDemand_News_.26_Events|ODUG's IBM Content Manager OnDemand Webinars]] & annual ODUG Technical Conference feature OnDemand's senior development and architecture teams to gather feedback and take questions from the Content Manager OnDemand customers. | # [[Main_Page#Content_Manager_OnDemand_News_.26_Events|ODUG's IBM Content Manager OnDemand Webinars]] & annual ODUG Technical Conference feature OnDemand's senior development and architecture teams to gather feedback and take questions from the Content Manager OnDemand customers. | ||
# IBM has been offering free [https://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/technology/enterprise-content-management/on-demand.html CMOD Workshops] for the past | # IBM has been offering free [https://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/technology/enterprise-content-management/on-demand.html CMOD Workshops] for the past 6 years, and has announced another round of [[Main_Page#Content_Manager_OnDemand_News_.26_Events|workshops in cities around the world]] for CMOD customers in 2020. Did I mention they're free? Because they're FREE! | ||
# Despite [https://www.ibm.com/blogs/ecm/2016/01/18/exciting-changes-for-content-manager-ondemand/ outsourcing development of CMOD to UNICOM] in January 2016, the development team has been expanded, and new features are regularly added to CMOD -- data encryption, active-active redundancy, plus support for storing data in Amazon S3, Hadoop HDFS, Openstack Swift Object Store, and [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/02/gartner_object_storage_report/?linkId=47896773 IBM Cloud Object Storage], LDAP Group syncing, document hashing for data security & reconciliation and more. | # Despite [https://www.ibm.com/blogs/ecm/2016/01/18/exciting-changes-for-content-manager-ondemand/ outsourcing development of CMOD to UNICOM] in January 2016, the development team has been expanded, and new features are regularly added to CMOD -- data encryption, active-active redundancy, plus support for storing data in Amazon S3, Hadoop HDFS, Openstack Swift Object Store, and [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/02/gartner_object_storage_report/?linkId=47896773 IBM Cloud Object Storage], LDAP Group syncing, document hashing for data security & reconciliation, support for external encryption key management, and REST API support in CMOD 10.5 for [https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/0/897/ENUS220-060/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en | ||
# Speaking of enhancements... IBM has been excellent at delivering on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvOa7_BfPzc&t=377s new features, functionality, and usability improvements] to Content Manager OnDemand in [[Main_Page#IBM_CMOD_Fixpacks_.26_Security_Bulletins|FixPacks]] through co-operation with ODUG. | Multiplatforms] and [http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/9/897/ENUS220-059/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en | ||
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# Speaking of enhancements... IBM has been excellent at delivering on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvOa7_BfPzc&t=377s new features, functionality, and usability improvements] to Content Manager OnDemand in [[Main_Page#IBM_CMOD_Fixpacks_.26_Security_Bulletins|FixPacks]] through co-operation with ODUG, and it's regular enhancement requests. | |||
# And back to the topic of developers... some of CMOD's competition has lost their core developers -- who are now working on building solutions to migrate customers onto '''other''' ECM products. Ouch! | # And back to the topic of developers... some of CMOD's competition has lost their core developers -- who are now working on building solutions to migrate customers onto '''other''' ECM products. Ouch! | ||
# There's a vibrant community of IBM Business Partners and consultants providing sales & services, plus developing 'bolt-on' products that enhance Content Manager OnDemand even further, adding data mining, workflow, and integration features. | # There's also a vibrant community of IBM Business Partners and consultants providing sales & services, plus developing 'bolt-on' products that enhance Content Manager OnDemand even further, adding data mining, workflow, and integration features. | ||
And an extra one for good measure... | And an extra one for good measure... | ||
Since 2014, IBM has completed over * | Since 2014, IBM has completed over *36* migrations to CMOD ''away'' from the competitor solutions. If the competition actually had a better product -- wouldn't they be hosting webinars singing about their virtues? No wonder they're resorting to Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt in order to try and scare up new business! | ||