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Become part of the IBM Rational community and take advantage of the collective knowledge of Rational developers and users. Join online discussions, peruse our vast technical library, interact with peers in the user groups, and view many other resources developed by fellow Rational stakeholders.
Rational software community
Get involved in the Rational community by participating in discussion forums and newsgroups.
Rational Cafés
Learn and collaborate in this virtual community
for engineers and developers in the COBOL, C/C++, EGL, Fortran,
PL/I and RPG arenas.
Rational forums
Join the Rational forums where customers help each
other solve technical issues and some interaction with IBMers
occurs.
Rational Software RFE Community
Search, submit, and track customer Request for
Enhancements. The community is aimed at opening the dialog with
our customers and improving our level of responsiveness to
customer requests.
Future product enhancements to Rational change and
release management offerings
Learn about future plans, see demos from Rational
development labs, and contribute to an ongoing discussion.
Global Rational User
Group Community
Share your ideas, experiences, and expertise with
other Rational developers in your geographic area.
Jazz.net
Download product trials, betas, milestones, and
integrations builds from Jazz.net.
Rational Thought Leadership
Learn more about our strategic vision and
technical excellence.
Blogs
Read up on what some of the best IBM developers
are writing in their blogs.
Rational Events
View a list of Rational conferences and events of
interest to Rational developers.
Rational webcasts
Check the upcoming schedule or replay past
presentations of subject matter experts who share product and
support information in an interactive session.
Get involved in the community
Submit an article or idea
Send us your ideas! Or better yet, submit an
article for publication on a topic we've not covered, or your
experience with an IBM product or technology to share with the
Rational community.
Start a blog
developerWorks has blog accounts for both groups
and individuals. Also check out this advice for maintaining an effective blog.
Contribute to an existing blog:
- 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 Marcel Santilli. - 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 Susan Peich. - 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.
