Hey Joe, check this out: http://media.cms.bmc.com/documents/BMC+Ideas+Overview.pdf
Laurent also created Where to post your question to ensure maximum visibility? <https://communities.bmc.com/docs/DOC-23695> which should help with the overall Communities structure. Ideas are just one of the document types in a "space" such as BMC Remedy AR System, Incident and Problem, BMC Atrium CMDB, etc. Jason On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Joe D'Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > Carin,**** > > ** ** > > I can’t find your email address.**** > > ** ** > > Could you get back to me if and when you read this? We were talking about > the RFE thingy and the BMC Communities at the RUG and we didn’t get an > opportunity to log on there to see where you can post RFE’s**** > > ** ** > > Joe**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Matt Laurenceau > *Sent:* Monday, October 07, 2013 9:48 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: ARSLIST LIVE Panel**** > > ** ** > > ** **** > > ARSlist is definitely where all started, thanks to *Dan *(and great > support from *Doug *-- see slide 3<https://communities.bmc.com/docs/DOC-26614> > )**** > > ** ** > > Adding more explanations regarding terminology:**** > > - "BMC Communities" (this name) indeed is 2 years old**** > - "Developer Network" was the previous name (started in 2006, with a > far smaller scope)**** > - Online Collab for BMC ecosystem actually started in 2000 (see on > slideshare 13 years of online community <http://bit.ly/177vY2B>)**** > > ** ** > > Even if BMC Communities is orchestrated by BMC, it's designed *for *users, > *by *users, and there is no censorship:**** > > - see slide 6 <https://communities.bmc.com/docs/DOC-26614>, LJ > <https://communities.bmc.com/people/lj.longwing>(and > Laurent<https://communities.bmc.com/people/lmame>also for example) recently > reviewed "next gen of BMC Communities" (that we > plan to launch in Nov or so)**** > - see slide 7 <https://communities.bmc.com/docs/DOC-26614>, Syd > <https://communities.bmc.com/people/syddent>made his own blog posts > for SLM (and we for sure like such engagement - *you *can join Community > Managers > Collab<https://communities.bmc.com/groups/community-managers-collab> should > you be interested, for this product and others)**** > - Moderation is often done by customers/prospects (not only BMC > Employees)**** > > The "forum" part of BMC Communities has a pretty decent size (17,000 new > discussions in the past 12 months)**** > > The scope of BMC Communities also includes:**** > > - Blog posts from Experts to proactively share tips (in each Product > Community <https://communities.bmc.com/community/bmcdn> - mostly > R&D/Support, but users like Syd post too)**** > - Ideas <http://bit.ly/Kkf31S> that you can post or vote on (to > influence roadmap - see Product > Ideas<https://communities.bmc.com/groups/product-ideas> > )**** > - Beta Programs, and Advisory > Boards<https://communities.bmc.com/community/programs> > **** > - Full BMC Portfolio (Control-M, Bladelogic, Patrol/ProactiveNet, CLM, > Mainframe, etc.)**** > > BMC Communities actually covers the full Customer > lifecyle<http://bit.ly/BMCC_ppt1> > **** > > ** ** > > Cheers,**** > > ** ** > > Matt Laurenceau**** > > +33 6 73 51 94 85**** > > Sr Community Ambassador, BMC Communities**** > > http://bit.ly/MattProfiles**** > > Skype: matt.laurenceau**** > > ** ** > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Blairing <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > Q: can you comment on the differences between BMC communities and the > ARSLIST? > > Bloom: depth of long term expertise and fast response are best found on > ARSLIST. ARSLIST is email based which gets around web page blockers in some > locations. ARSLIST is also independent from BMC. > > Mueller: ARSLIST has been around for 20 years, BMC Communities for 2. > ARSLIST is customer driven. BMC communities supports multiple products > without some of the social aspect. There are overlaps. Communities includes > many BMC employees as participants, ARSLIST less so. If the technology had > been around in 1993, chances are that ARSLIST would have been a web > forum.... > > Doug > > -- > Doug Blair > +1 224-558-5462 > > Sent from my new iPad > Auto-corrected typos, misspellings and non-sequiturs are gratefully > attributed to Steve Jobs :-) > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- **** > > ** ** > > ~ Matt Laurenceau, BMC Software**** > > Senior Community Ambassador, BMC Communities**** > > [email protected]**** > > Follow me at @Matt_L <https://twitter.com/matt_L>**** > > Skype: matt.laurenceau **** > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ **** > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
