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We're getting excited, because the elections for the 2013-2014 GRUC Leader Council are right around the corner! The Leader Council is an elite group of outstanding people with a passion for the Global Rational User Community. It is comprised of leaders...

By attending the Innovate conference, there are numerous benefits that will affect your daily relationship with the product. As a GRUC member, there are a number of sessions and luxuries designed just for you!

Hello GRUC! The IBM Champion program, recognizes exceptional contributors to the technical community -- clients and partners who work alongside IBM to build solutions for a smarter planet. For Rational, IBM Champions are clients or partners who lead...

Hello GRUC!! Hope everyone had a great weekend! We have some exciting webcast plans for all of 2013 and tomorrow will kick off a really exciting event to close out January. Carson Holmes will be speaking tomorrow about Rational Team Concert in the...

Hello GRUC Members, I can't believe that it is almost February! January seems to have moved very quickly. With that being said, I wanted to make sure that everyone was aware of some of our HOT content this month from two of our user groups! ...

SURVEY: Help Define the Innovate 2013 Agenda! What do you most want to learn about at Innovate 2013? Now's your chance to help set the agenda by taking this survey to share your opinion on your most pressing information needs about software and...

Happy New Year to our Global Rational User Community Members! I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for your participation and contributions during 2012. We had an amazing year with a a lot of success in many areas. We held several webcasts, added...

If you are trying to stay up to date with everything Innovate 2013 , you can find all the information organized in one place in the Rational User Community! This will allow you to save time in your searching efforts and find what’s most pertinent...

Hello GRUC! We have recently made several great changes to the community and wanted to be sure you were in the loop! Archived Webcasts – If you missed a webcast and want to watch the replay or check out the presentation slides, check out...

Stephen R. Henderson, Enterprise Modernization Solution Marketing Manager, IBM Software Group To remain competitive and efficient, Enterprises depend heavily on software applications. As business and customer demands continue to grow, and as technology...

Hello GRUC Community! When most people wrap up the year, things tend to slow down—this is not the case here at the Rational User Community! We have a very exciting December coming up with lots of activity! On Wednesday December 5th, we have...

Hello GRUC Members, If you have not had a chance to register for tomorrow’s webcast, there is still a chance! Tomorrows GRUC webcast “ What’s new with Rational ALM solutions: Accelerators, Mobile, Testing ” will be an event...

A virtual round-table * discussion on agile will occur from October 25 to November 2, 2012. The topic will be metrics in an agile environment with a focus on: 1. What are the most important metrics to help Agile Teams to improve? 2. Are metrics against...

Ben Williams is a Senior Product Manager within the Systems Engineering area of IBM Rational. He has extensive experience in specifying and managing software products that support organizations building complex products and systems, with a specialization...

Happy Friday RUC Members, We have had a active month so far in the community and I wanted to mention one more event that if you haven't registered for it yet then make sure you do. Will Smythe is the Strategy and Delivery Lead for Rational's...

Hello RUC Members, Another week has gone by in the RUC and the members are continuing to share new and exciting content with the community! The month of August is all about Mobile and Agile, two very hot trends. The month is kicking off with a presentation...

Happy Friday! We had another great week in the RUC. Peter Hack – Architect on IBM Rational ClearCase and Mike Nellis – Software Developer on IBM Rational ClearCase shared their expertise with the RUC. If you missed their webcast titled...

Happy Friday RUC members, I wanted to let everyone know about 2 must-attend July webcasts that we are hosting in the community! July 19th, 12 p.m. EDT "How to do proof of concept, of Collaboration Lifecycle Management in the Cloud" ...

Hello RUC Members, We had another great week in the Rational User Community. Alex Ivanov, a Senior Software Engineer II with Honors at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems presented a webcast titled, "The Power of the Attribute Template Extended...

Happy Monday RUC Members, We are excited to have Alex Ivanov, Senior Software Engineer II with Honors at Raytheon Integrated Defense System presenting to the RUC next Tuesday, June 26th, 12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT, USA. Alex Ivanov will present: The...

Good afternoon RUC Members, Thank you to all of you who cast your vote during the 2012 Leader Council Elections. The 2012 Leader Council Election results were announced Wednesday, June 6th at Innovate. Thank you to all the 2012 Leader Council candidates...

Hello RUC Members, We had a great week in the RUC at Innovate 2012! We enjoyed the opportunity to meet and talk with members in the RUC Lounge. We even gave away 2 Kindle Fires in the RUC Lounge Monday and Wednesday! Congratulations to Douglas Valkennar...

Good Evening RUC Members, Today was a great end to Innovate 2012. We had an exciting night in the RUC Lounge! We gave away 2 Kindle Fires! The lucky winners were Douglas Valkennar with Broadcom and Karl Grafter with American First Credit Union....

Hello RUC Members, Wow! What a great day in the RUC at Innovate 2012. The day started with a great demo of the newly released PureSystems during the keynote. Tomorrow the RUC Leader Council Elections end and results will be announced during the hospitality...

Good evening RUC Members, We had another great day in the RUC at Innovate 2012. The RUC Lounge opened today and we enjoyed meeting RUC members and leaders. The 2012 IBM Champions were announced! We even had our first lucky Kindle Fire Giveaway winner...