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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 4 years, and has announced another round of [[Main_Page#Content_Manager_OnDemand_News_.26_Events|workshops in cities around the world]] for 2019.  Did I mention they're free?
# 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
z/OS] and more.   
# 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 *25* migrations to CMOD ''away'' from the competitor solutions.  If the competition actually had a better product -- wouldn't they be hosting webinars talking about their virtues?  No wonder they're resorting to Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt in order to try and scare up new business!
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!

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