IBM Introduces New Features in developerWorks

Making it easier for the software developers to work together on open standards-based innovations, IBM has announced new social technology enhancements to developerWorks. According to IBM (News - Alert), developerWorks has been a major online technology destination for more than 8 million IT professionals worldwide.

The new enhancements to My developerWorks offers features such as real-time access to key technology updates, ability to connect with other experts around the globe and build critical skills requirements. My developerWorks allows the developers to build online relationships to create new groups, comment on and share content, build skills and grow a worldwide network of peers to drive innovation.

The developerWorks from is based on Lotus Connections, IBM's enterprise networking and collaboration technology and allows the developers to customize their profiles to include contacts, preferred content, real time feeds from forums, blogs and wikis, and IBM's developerWorks site. Soon, they will also be able to post their profiles on sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook (News - Alert).

“Never has there been a better time to harness social technology to drive some of the world's most important transformations, from energy to healthcare," said Stephanie Martin, director of developerWorks. "IBM is the only vendor that can bring collaboration technology and content together to help developers maximize their productivity. They can tackle new IT challenges by quickly establishing a worldwide network of peers.”

According to IBM, developerWorks is the largest and most visited global site to gain technology skills. The site is available in 243 countries, as well as local language sites available in Chinese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Vietnamese, with Spanish coming later this year.

Recently, IBM was awarded a services contract by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training to implement wireless connectivity across 463 secondary schools under the Australian Federal Government's Digital Education Revolution initiative. The contract value is about AU$70m. As per the agreement, IBM will roll out secure, scalable wireless connectivity at public secondary and central schools.