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Global WebSphere community

The Global WebSphere community is the information and community hub for User Groups, Business Partners, IT professionals, and business users. It is a forum to communicate and share experiences, ideas, solutions, and technical expertise related to the use of WebSphere family of products and related products and services

Global WebSphere community

The Global WebSphere® community provides:

Facility to find, join, start and support regional and virtual WebSphere User Groups worldwide.
Speaker Bureau that lists available speaker resources for local user group meetings and events - a great opportunity to meet the end user community.
News and Events including industry news, User Group news, and WebSphere related events, such as conferences and Webcasts.
Monthly Global WebSphere Community Newsletter.
Education and Industry Zones that provide up-to-date contextual information, including vertical solutions and solution providers.
Access to a "smart catalog" of WebSphere solutions on the WebSphere Solutions Web.
A LISTSERV email subscription for Q & A among members, including links to IBM organized and sponsored newsgroups.
Access to "Ask the Expert".
An ability for users to send coordinated feedback and communication to IBM on focused WebSphere issues.

Join the Global WebSphere Community: As a member, you receive a regular Global WebSphere Community Newsletter with the latest news, events, and feedback from local User Groups around the world.
Register to join or start a user group in your area: There are over 100 WebSphere user groups worldwide. Join an existing group or start your own.
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WebSphere user group technical discussion forum: Share knowledge with other WebSphere developers. Ask your questions here!
developerWorks WebSphere technical library: Search the WebSphere library for the latest technical information to help you install, use, and master WebSphere products. Includes articles, tutorials, white papers, presentations, and more.

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Help: Update or add to My dW interests

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This little timesaver lets you update your My developerWorks profile with just one click! The general subject of this content (AIX and UNIX, Information Management, Lotus, Rational, Tivoli, WebSphere, Java, Linux, Open source, SOA and Web services, Web development, or XML) will be added to the interests section of your profile, if it's not there already. You only need to be logged in to My developerWorks.

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Removing this interest does not alter your profile, but rather removes this piece of content from a list of all content for which you've indicated interest. In a future enhancement to My developerWorks, you'll be able to see a record of that content.

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