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# The [https://ODUG.net 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 [https://ODUG.net 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#CMOD_Webinars_.26_Workshops|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#CMOD_Webinars_.26_Workshops|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 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!
# IBM has been offering free CMOD Workshops for the past 10 years (including virtual sessions during the pandemic), and has announced another round of [[Main_Page#Content_Manager_OnDemand_News_.26_Events|workshops in cities around the world]] for CMOD customers.  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, Azure Cloud, 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 [https://cmod.wiki/dox/RESTapiDoc/CMOD_10_5_REST_API_Documentation.html ODWEK REST API] support in the release of CMOD 10.5 in 2020 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 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 z/OS] and more.   
# Despite 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, Azure Cloud, 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 [https://cmod.wiki/dox/RESTapiDoc/CMOD_10_5_REST_API_Documentation.html ODWEK REST API] support in the release of CMOD 10.5 in 2020 for Multiplatforms and z/OS.   
# 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.
# Speaking of enhancements...  IBM has been excellent at delivering on 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 its 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 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.
# 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.

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