Once again, I'm splitting this category into UCM-specific resources—blogs, article sites, and discussion forums that focus on Oracle UCM and related technologies, Generic Oracle resources and, an even broader category of those, who lead the way in Information Management.
Obviously, I'd like to begin with the UCM-specific sites.
Below is an alphabetic list of resources with my brief comments and/or publisher's own descriptions.
|
Name and URL |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Brian "Bex" Huff is the author of the first Developer's book on Stellent UCM (back in 2006, when it was not owned by Oracle, I'm recommending this book later in this chapter). Brian's site offers a great collection of resources on Oracle UCM, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and some life hacks too. | |
|
C4 stands for Content, Collaboration, Context, and Community. This is a blog run by Fishbowl Solutions. With over a decade of Oracle Universal Content Management (Stellent) expertise, Fishbowl is happy to share some of that expertise with you! Many of its best and brightest consultants are contributing to this blog, so that you can make better decisions, faster, and continue to do more. | |
|
From time to time, this blogs offers some good, from-the-trenches tips for Oracle UCM developers. | |
|
David's primary focus is implementing Oracle Content Server. His blog is a great resource for developers, who focus on customization and system integration. | |
|
This blog offers great insider tips from the trenches, by an Oracle Employee and UCM practitioner. | |
|
Another Oracle blog run by John Brunswick. John is an Enterprise 2.0 Solution Consultant at Oracle, specializing in enterprise portal and content management solutions. He is passionate about both business and technology. This blog provides technical strategy and tips to help customers make the most of their technology investments. | |
|
Right and wrong UCM strategies—and little pointers that keep your projects on track. | |
|
John offers frequent technical posts on Oracle UCM, WebCenter, and some free Content Server components. | |
|
Kyle Hatlestad works in the Enterprise Solutions Group at Oracle and focuses on Content Management and Enterprise 2.0 products. Kyle is an old-timer who came to Oracle through the acquisition of Stellent in 2007. | |
|
WebMonkeyMagic is a blog that helps web developers who are using Oracle UCM with SiteStudio. It's like a journal of tips and tricks that Michael discovered firsthand. He also talks about Content Server administration and offers plenty of advice for maintaining and configuring the system. | |
|
This is an internal Oracle blog, run (in part) by Shahid Rashid from the ECM (UCM) Product Management Team. This blog's areas of coverage include records management across the US, Europe, and Asia, SharePoint integration, email, eDiscovery, compliance, and partnerships. | |
|
Another Oracle blog, run by Gary Niu—focusing on UCM and Oracle WebCenter. | |
|
This is a technical blog with a primary focus in Oracle UCM, Enterprise 2.0 and Portals, and Service-Oriented Architecture. Redstone's business blog that covers the topics of interest to the business user community. | |
|
Software Development and Technical Expertise for ECM blogs http://softwaredevelopmentforecm.wordpress.com and |
These blogs run by software developers at Image Source Consultancy with posts mostly focusing on Oracle Imaging and Business Process Management (IPM), and general Web Development tools and techniques. |
Below is an alphabetic listing of places where you can post your UCM-related questions and participate in technical discussions online.
|
Name and URL |
Description |
|---|---|
|
AIIM is the community that provides education, research, and best practices to help organizations find control, and optimize their information. They also organize and sponsor a number of popular industry events. This site is focused on Enterprise 2.0, Electronic Records Management, and more. You will find wiki, blogs, buyer's guides, and online discussions here. | |
|
Shortly after Stellent acquisition by Oracle, Independent Oracle User Group (IOUG) set up the Oracle Content Management Special Interest Group (Stellent SIG). It provides a forum and open discussion, related to UCM products. This is a mailing list you can subscribe to—for gaining an insight about the top IOUG Stellent-related events, and you can ask questions too! Just go to: www.ioug.org and search for Stellent. | |
|
Minnesota Stellent User Group (MNSUG) is a forum designed for the exchange of knowledge and ideas to enhance the Stellent user's experience. It is one of the oldest user groups for Stellent and Oracle UCM products. | |
|
This is the Oracle's own online community. Go to User Interaction and Content Management and click on More... link to access the Enterprise Content Management forum. | |
|
Oracle Mix provides social networking, idea sharing, groups, and more for the Oracle community. I suggest you check out the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Enterprise 2.0 (E2.0) groups. ECM Group is for people interested in Oracle Enterprise Content Management such as UCM, Oracle Content Server, Beehive, DAM, and IRM—for sharing their knowledge, ideas, complains, problems, and challenges. Enterprise 2.0 group is for those interested in applying collaboration and web 2.0 techniques in the corporate world. | |
|
Yahoo intradoc_users · Stellent Users Group |
This is the oldest (dating back to 1999) Stellent and Oracle UCM online discussion forum I know about. The group facilitates an open discussion on all technical aspects of UCM implementation, development, and customization. |
Below is a partial listing of UCM-related discussion groups formed inside many popular social networks. Some of those are UCM-specific and some have more general focus.
In this section I will give you my favorite free online resources that help you follow the trends in general Info Management space. You'll notice that I've broken my usual alphabetical order. Why? I did this to bring more focus to my favorite site, CMSWire that gives you a wealth of friendly, easy to digest and to-the-point trend watching and product reviews.
|
Name and URL |
Description |
|---|---|
|
CMSWire is a rapidly growing web magazine dedicated to all things content management and a few other things they considered related. The CMSWire audience consists of CIOs, technologists, decision makers, vendors, and analysts with a focus on information management practices, content, document and asset management technologies, web publishing, enterprise collaboration, and a dash of social media. The content and information management marketplace remains a dynamic and broad field of great innovation, and one of interest to many disciplines. CMSWire team does its best to keep you informed of the latest twists, turns, and trends this industry presents. | |
|
CMS Watch is a buyer's advocate for enterprises, looking to invest in content technologies. They publish independent research that helps you sort out suitable technology choices for your particular needs. Their research is known for its technical depth, readability, and absolute neutrality. | |
|
"Fit and Finish" is the User Experience blog published by Ironworks, System Integrator Consultancy. They're sharing ideas, best practices, creativity, humor, and useful resources. "Under the Hood" is Ironworks' Coder and API blog that covers various technology-related topics, from high-level application architecture all the way down to those pesky 1s and 0s that keep the world moving these days. This is it! Wasn't this an ocean of free online resources to follow? And now let me give you some pointers that you might find helpful when looking for an Oracle UCM consulting help. |