The developerWorks site is the IBM technical resource for
software and hardware developers across the computer industry.
Founded and launched in late 1999, developerWorks now serves
as a comprehensive and trusted skill-building and development
resource for technologists worldwide.
With over 32
major industry awards
since its launch, developerWorks leads the industry in
providing the information, tools, training, and support to
nurture and grow IBM's developer ecosystem, and exemplifies
IBM's commitment to open standards and cross-platform
development. developerWorks recently received the
2007 Jolt Hall of Fame award
at the 17th annual award ceremony at the SD West conference in
Silicon Valley.
But developerWorks is more than just a Web site. The how-to
information on the Web site is enhanced by both online and
offline programs designed to help you succeed in a
heterogeneous development environment. developerWorks offers
technical briefings in many locations around the world, as
well as training, tutorials, and forums to provide you with
the skills and information you need. The online and offline
programs together provide comprehensive content on emerging
technologies and industry-leading IBM products, helping to
drive adoption of open standards technologies and on demand
solutions.
IBM's commitment to open standards-based platforms and
languages has provided an alternative to proprietary systems
and has been a driving force behind innovation in the software
industry. Customers are better able to stretch their
development dollars using cost-efficient open platforms like
Linux® and Eclipse.
Continuing its push towards innovation, IBM has created a link
between research and the development community with
developerWorks, providing developers with a head start into
emerging technologies. With information and thought leadership
in key technology areas, such as Java™, Linux®,
and service-oriented architecture (SOA), developerWorks brings
developers up-to-speed on technologies that will shape the
industry in the near future.
developerWorks can help you do your job if you belong to one of
the following groups in the software and hardware development
field:
Software, hardware, and microcode developers
Testers
Analysts
Architects
Partners
Students, university technical staff, and faculty
IBM sales, service, and support organizations
developerWorks can also help you with skills growth and
education. It offers online product trials and product
enablement to support you and your development teams.
Extending its global reach, the developerWorks site is
translated locally in
China,
Japan,
Korea, and
Russia.
Focusing on open standards-based technologies and using a
progressive and sometimes irreverent style, the developerWorks
site offers you information on non-proprietary, easily
accessible software that encourages open standards
development. The solutions we offer are easily implemented,
portable, and based upon scalable technologies. We deliver
free articles, tutorials, forums, online technical support,
downloads and product trials, special offers, code, how-tos,
community-building features, and incentives -- all to help you
build your skills, to encourage emerging technology adoption,
and to make it easy to build with IBM solutions. The
developerWorks product sites support your development efforts
and introduce the newest innovations, enhancements, and
evolution of IBM offerings in the software and hardware
development arenas.
The developerWorks team maintains relationships with industry
experts across the globe. The site has become a showcase not
only for mature software development platforms such as
Java™ technology, but for debuting emerging
technologies before they are widely available or employable.
Constantly seeking new markets and ways to serve you, a few of
our more recent offerings to developers include
blogs,
weekly
product and
technology newsletters
(which reach the largest audience of any IBM electronic
newsletters), extended IBM software product sites,
RSS feeds,
free
technical
briefings,
a section on
sample IT
projects,
and much more.
Every aspect of developerWorks is built based on continuously
gathered market research. The total developerWorks Web
experience is carefully orchestrated, measured, and
refined.
We supplement our market data with ongoing research with our
users and their unique requirements. This user-centered design
process relies on a multidisciplinary team for design and
development. The developerWorks Web site reflects the
functional design that meets our users' needs, and we
frequently tap the expertise of our audiences to help us make
the continual improvements and enhancements you often see on
the site.
Showcasing emerging technologies on alphaWorks
Launched shortly before the pilot developerWorks site was its
"sister" site, IBM
alphaWorks®.
The alphaWorks mission is to host emerging technology
resources, "sandbox" applications, and some incomplete but
burgeoning technology ideas -- and pilot them to software
developers and early adopters to determine if these ideas and
technologies have a future in the marketplace. Ultimately,
many of these ideas and technologies graduate into
full-fledged IBM product offerings. The concept of this
popular site is to ask developers for their opinions on new
technologies by IBM, further supporting open standards-based
development practices, and demonstrating the value of the user
feedback loop.
Reaching out to the community Because ongoing
learning and community-building are crucial in today's
fast-paced development environment, developerWorks sponsors
many community activities through its Developer Community
Outreach program, the
Rational
User Conference, and the
IBM Academic
Initiative.
We realize how vital it is to reach students and educators
worldwide in order to continue spreading the word about open
standards-based development and emerging technology
adoption.
Supporting independent software vendors (ISVs)
Developers who are independent software vendors (ISVs) and are
interested in establishing a relationship with IBM can join
IBM
PartnerWorld®.
PartnerWorld is a worldwide program for IBM Business Partners
that offers sales and marketing tools, skill-building courses,
and technical support to create new opportunities to grow
their business and increase profit. PartnerWorld encompasses
the entire portfolio of industry-leading IBM technologies,
products, services, and financing and is designed to meet the
needs of several industry-recognized business roles:
consultant, integrator, ISV, reseller, or any combination of
these roles. PartnerWorld benefits include selling resources,
marketing resources, discounted or no-charge access to IBM
hardware and software products, announcement letters and
product information, access to electronic or telephone support
for IBM products and solutions, training and certification,
online news information, and subscription newsletters.
