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The Invisible Thread
Posts here tend to challenge what we know about software development and focus on new trends in software usage, hence the invisible thread in our world today. To post here, contact Erika Horrocks.

Rational community blog
Our newest blog, we use it to deliver news about the latest releases of technical articles; but the blog is certainly open to anyone who has a thought-provoking entry to pose to the larger community. To post here, contact Erika Horrocks.

Jazz.net blog
If you use or develop for Jazz-based products, then this is the blog for you. To post here, IBMers can follow internal guidelines; non-IBMers, send a note to the blog webmaster to propose the topic for your post.