D7.3 S-CASE Factsheet and Dissemination Material

Seventh Framework Programme CallFP7-ICT-2013-10 Project Acronym: S-CASE Grant Agreement N o : 610717 Project Type: COLLABORATIVE PROJECT Project Full Title: Scaffolding Scalable Software Services D7.3 S-CASE Factsheet and Dissemination Material Nature: R Dissemination Level: PU Version #: 1.0 Date: 05 February 014 WP number and Title: WP 7 - Dissemination and Project Communication Deliverable Leader: FLEX Author(s): Al Innes (FLEX) Revision Dionysis Kehagias (CERTH), Andreas Symeonidis (AUTH) Status: Submitted

Version Issue Date Status Content and changes 0.1 16 January2014 Draft Genesis of the document 0.2 18January 2014 Draft Text editing, Figures added 0.5 25 January 2014 Draft Completion of final draft 0.8 31 January 2014 Revised Deliverable revision 1.0 05 February 2014 Submitted Final Formatting

DOCUMENT HISTORY... 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS... 3 TABLE OF FIGURES... 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY... 5 1 INTRODUCTION... 6 2 S-CASE PROJECT BRANDING... 7 2.1 S-CASE BRANDING PROCESS... 7 2.1.1 PROPOSED DESIGNS... 7 3 S-CASE PROJECT PRESENTATION TEMPLATE... 10 4 S-CASE PROJECT FACTSHEET... 11 4.1 FACTSHEET DESIGN PROCESS... 11 5 S-CASE PROJECT PRESS RELEASES... 13 5.1 S-CASE GENERAL PRESS RELEASE... 13 5.2 S-CASE INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE... 13 6 S-CASE PROJECT POSTERS AND FLYERS... 14 6.1 S-CASE POSTER... 14 6.2 S-CASE FLYER... 14 7 S-CASE MAILING LISTS... 15 7.1 MAILING LIST FUNCTION... 15 8 S-CASE PROJECT NEWSLETTER... 16 8.1 NEWSLETTER DESIGN... 16 8.2 NEWSLETTER PROMOTION... 16 9 S-CASE PROJECT CALENDAR... 17 10 CONCLUSIONS... 18 11 ANNEX 1 S-CASE FACTSHEET... 19 12 ANNEX 2 S-CASE PRESS RELEASE-TRANSLATED VERSIONS... 21 12.1 GREEK S-CASE PRESS RELEASE... 21 12.2 ITALIAN S-CASE PRESS RELEASE... 23 12.3 GERMAN S-CASE PRESS RELEASE... 24 13 ANNEX 3- INITIAL DISSEMINATION STRATEGY FOR S-CASE... 27

Figure 1: The S-CASE logo in its initial version... 7 Figure 2: The S-CASE logo in its final version... 9 Figure 3: The first slide of the S-CASE Presentation Template... 10 Figure 4: The internal slide of the S-CASE Presentation Template... 10 Figure 5: The original S-CASE factsheet... 11 Figure 6: The revised S-CASE factsheet... 11 Figure 7: The S-CASE general press release can be downloaded from the S-CASE website or shared to social media and email channels... 13

This document provides information about the S-CASE dissemination materials to be produced in the project, such as project factsheet, leaflets, posters, newsletters, calendar of events, etc. The project factsheet will be updated in M9, M18.

1 This document provides information about the S-CASE dissemination materials to be produced in the project including the project factsheet; leaflet, poster, newsletter, calendar of events and branding.

2-2.1 S-CASE branding process Figure 1: The S-CASE logo in its initial version The decision to use the current S-CASE logo and colour palette was a collaborative one that was intended to make sure the S-CASE logo was fit for purpose and approved by the majority of project partners. S-CASE consortium was presented with a selection of possible logos and was asked to vote for their preference. 2.1.1 Proposed designs

These five designs were shown to the project partners along with the selection of four colour palettes shown below. Partners then voted via a Doodle poll on which they preferred and the final design was created as a consequence (see above).

Figure 2: The S-CASE logo in its final version

3 - Based on the final version of S-CASE logo, a presentation template has been produced in order to be used as one of the available project dissemination means. Apart from S-CASE logo, the European Commission logo appears in every slide and the location and the date of each event has to be declared. Title here Location, Date Figure 3: The first slide of the S-CASE Presentation Template First Point Second Point Title Location, Date 2 Figure 4: The internal slide of the S-CASE Presentation Template

4-4.1 Factsheet design process An initial design for the Factsheet was produced by the S-CASE project coordinator using technical information and graphics from the Description of Work (DoW). Figure 5: The original S-CASE factsheet Project partners were then asked to review a revised draft of the factsheet and input their feedback on the information, formatting and design. Based on this feedback a final version of the factsheet was produced and uploaded to the website. The factsheet will be updated in M9 and M18 Figure 6: The revised S-CASE factsheet

A full version of the revised factsheet is available in Annex I of this document. For more information on the intended target audience for the Dissemination material see Annex 3

5-5.1 S-CASE general press release A general S-CASE project press release has been produced and published on the S-CASE website. Figure 7: The S-CASE general press release can be downloaded from the S-CASE website or shared to social media and email channels 5.2 S-CASE international press release Additionally to the S-CASE General Press Release, three translated versions (Greek, Italian and German) have been produced and they have been published in the corresponding countries. The translated versions of the S-CASE Press Release are available in Annex2 of this document. -

6-6.1 S-CASE Poster A Project Poster will be produced in the first year of the project (M6). As with all aspects of the S-CASE WP7, this will be a collaborative process with DELPHIS taking the lead on this particular task as was agreed at the S-CASE kick off meeting. 6.2 S-CASE Flyer A Project Flyer will be produced in the first year of the project (M6). As with all aspects of the S-CASE WP7 this will be a collaborative process. The image on the right represents the potential layout of the S-CASE Flyer and is not representative of the final design. For more information on the intended target audience for the Dissemination material see Appendix III.

7-7.1 Mailing List function The S-CASE consortium has set up group specific internal mailing lists to support the targeted dissemination of material from the project. This decision was to ensure that no partner or individual within the project consortium would accidently miss out on project related information, technical or administrative, that they were involved in.

8-8.1 Newsletter design The S-CASE newsletter will be produced every six months (starting M6) and will be designed to showcase the work of the project and share information and progress with key stakeholders, the intended target audience of the project and other interested third parties. The design will be agreed by all partners in a collaborative process and content will be produced by all project partners as part of the work of WP7. The image on the right represents the potential layout of the S-CASE newsletter and is not representative of the final design. 8.2 Newsletter promotion The newsletter will be published on the S-CASE website as well as being promoted through the S-CASE social media channels. This dissemination activity will be targeted at the S-CASE target audience and an effort will be made as the project develops to measure the impact of the publication of each newsletter, to make sure that the effort is having the best possible impact in terms of informing the most appropriate audiences about the S-CASE project and its progress. For more information on the intended target audience for the Dissemination material see Appendix III.

9 - The S-CASE Project Calendar exists as a plug-in for the S-CASE wiki (wiki.scasefp7.eu) To provide additional support to the S-CASE project and in order to keep-- pace with all the potentially relevant events being held locally, in Europe and beyond, an Events Tracker has will be created in the S-CASE wiki. This tracker will be used as a central way to coordinate the engagement of the consortium with external events. In addition, it is clear to the S-CASE consortium that the participation in suitable conferences, workshops and other types of events are key opportunities to network and promote the output of the project. As the project matures and results become available, the consortium will organise its own workshops, tutorials and Dissemination events to increase the awareness of S-CASE and engage with external stakeholders. These events will be publicised on the S-CASE website and through the other distribution channels discussed previously. In addition, the consortium will communicate specific findings during the course of the project, for example via paper submissions to conferences and publications.

10 The dissemination strategies, tools and activities of S-CASE will be reviewed throughout the project duration to support the emerging and evolving needs of the project. The goal will be to target the dissemination of S-CASE project results for maximum impact in an as efficient a way as possible.

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12 - - 12.1 Greek S-CASE Press Release ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ Θεσσαλονίκη, 24 Ιανουαρίου 2014 S-CASE: Μια πλατφόρμα για την εύκολη και γρήγορη ανάπτυξη Διαδικτυακών Υπηρεσιών Λογισμικού Το ευρωπαϊκό έργο S-CASE,(ICT-FP7-610717), ένα τριετές ερευνητικό έργο που άρχισε το Νοέμβριο του 2013, φιλοδοξεί να παρέχει στους μηχανικούς λογισμικού μία σειρά από υπηρεσίες και εργαλεία, προκειμένου να αναπτύσσουν γρήγορα υπηρεσίες λογισμικού υψηλής ποιότητας. Μέσα από τις καινοτομίες που εισάγει, το έργο S-CASEαναμένεται να μειώσει το χρόνο που απαιτείται μεταξύ της σύλληψης μιας ιδέας και της τελικής υλοποίησης μιας υπηρεσίας λογισμικού, οδηγώντας έτσι σε φθηνότερες υπηρεσίες. Ο Δρ. Ανδρέας Λ. Συμεωνίδης 1, συντονιστής του έργου, επισημαίνει: «Είναι κοινός τόπος ότι τα περισσότερα έργα λογισμικού αποτυγχάνουν λόγω ελλιπών ή/και κακά ορισμένων απαιτήσεων (αυτό που οραματίζεται ο πελάτης και πώς το ανεπτυγμένο σύστημα θα το υποστηρίξει). To S-CASE έχει ως στόχο να μετατρέπει αυτόματα τις απαιτήσεις του χρήστη σε επαναχρησιμοποιούμενες υπηρεσίες λογισμικού, οι οποίες θα χρησιμοποιούνται για την ανάπτυξη εφαρμογών νέφους (cloud services). Το S-CASE αναμένεται να επιτρέψει: α) τον καθορισμό σωστών προδιαγραφών συστήματος και κατάλληλης σχεδίασης λογισμικού με βάση την είσοδο του χρήστη, και β) την ανακάλυψη και τη σύνθεση ροών εργασίας ανάμεσα σε υπηρεσίες λογισμικού οι οποίες, είτε αναπτύσσονται μέσα στο S-CASEείτε έχουν αναπτυχθεί και βρίσκονται σε κάποια αποθήκη λογισμικού (ανοιχτού ή/και κλειστού κώδικα). Το S-CASE μπορεί να θεωρηθεί ως μία μηχανή αναζήτησης για υπηρεσίες λογισμικού». Στο ερευνητικό έργο S-CASEσυμμετέχουν 9 φορείς από την Ευρώπη, με το Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ) και το Εθνικό Κέντρο Έρευνας και Τεχνολογικής Ανάπτυξης (ΕΚΕΤΑ) να έχει τον συντονισμό του όλου εγχειρήματος και κύριο ρόλο στο ερευνητικό μέρος του έργου. Πέρα από τους δύο αυτούς φορείς, δύο ακόμη Πανεπιστήμια (University of Edinburgh - Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, University of Insubria - Ιταλία), τρεις μικρομεσαίες επιχειρήσεις (AkquinetTech@Spree - Γερμανία, DELPHIS Α.Ε. Ελλάδα, Flexiant Limited - Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο) και δύο μεγάλες επιχειρήσεις (Ericsson Nikola Tesla Κροατία, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica- Ιταλία) συνθέτουν το παζλ των εταίρων που δουλεύουν προς την υλοποίηση του οράματος του S-CASE. Αναπόσπαστo κομμάτι του έργου S-CASE είναι και οι 3 πιλοτικές εφαρμογές που θα αναπτυχθούν σε πραγματικά επιχειρησιακά περιβάλλοντα, προκειμένου να επικυρώσουν και να αξιολογήσουν τη μεθοδολογία του S-CASE. Ο στόχος των εφαρμογών αυτών είναι να 1 Ο Δρ. Ανδρέας Λ.Συμεωνίδης είναι επίκουρος Καθηγητής στο Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών Υπολογιστών στο Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης.

αναδείξουν πώς το S-CASEμπορεί να ανταποκριθεί με επιτυχία σε διαφορετικές ανάγκες και τεχνολογικές απαιτήσεις σε τρεις τομείς: στην ενέργεια, τα κοινωνικά δίκτυα και την ανάπτυξη υποδομών για υπολογιστική νέφους. Το S-CASEαναμένεται να επιταχύνει την ανάπτυξη και την κλιμάκωση της υπολογιστικής νέφους, να αυξήσει την ικανότητα της Ευρώπης να σχεδιάζει και να παραδίδει καινοτόμο λογισμικό και να ενισχύσει την ευρωπαϊκή βιομηχανία λογισμικού με τεχνογνωσία για την κατασκευή σύνθετων υπηρεσιών και υπηρεσιών για τη διαχείριση μεγάλου πλήθους δεδομένων (BigData). Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες: Επίκ. Καθηγητής Ανδρέας Συμεωνίδης Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών Υπολογιστών Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης Τηλ. Γραφείου: 2310-99-4344 Κινητό: 6944-99-3808 Email: asymeon@eng.auth.gr S-CASE αρχιτεκτονική

12.2 Italian S-CASE Press Release Press release Salonicco 2013-01-22 For Immediate release S-CASE: Unapiattaforma per produrresoftware in modo facile e veloce S-CASE, unprogettodi ricercaeuropeo di 3 anni,iniziatonelmese di novembre 2013, mira a fornireaglisviluppatori un insieme di servizi e strumenti per sviluppare software cloud-based in modoveloceedefficiente. Attraversol innovazionepropostasaràpossibileridurreil tempo necessariotra la fase di concettualizzazione di un sistema software e la suaprototipazione, portandoadunariduzionedeicosti e,quindi, a prodottisoftware piùeconomicisulmercato. Secondo Dott. Andreas L. Symeonidis, coordinatoredelprogetto e professore assistente pressoildipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica edelettricaall Università Aristotele di Salonicco: E risaputoche la maggior parte deiprogetti software falliscono a causa di requisitiincompleti o fuorvianti (l ideadelcliente è spessolontana da come ilsistemasviluppatosupporta tale idea). S-CASE trasformeràautomaticamenteirequisitiforniti in artefatti software riutilizzabili, chesaranno a lorovoltacomposti per produrreservizi cloud pienamentefunzionanti. S-CASE renderàpossibile: a) l identificazionedellespecifiche di sistema e la progettazione di software partendodall inputdell utente e b) la scoperta e la sintesi di workflow compositi di artefatti software distribuiti open source oproprietarichesoddisfano,nelmigliormodopossibile,irequisiti di sistemaprevisti. S-CASE puòesserevisto come un motore di ricerca per moduli software Il team S-CASE comprendeorganizzazioni con diverse competenze e provenienti da diversipaesieuropei: treuniversità (L UniversitàAristotele di Salonicco Grecia, l Università di Edimburgo RegnoUnito,l Universitàdell Insubria - Italia), un centro di ricerca (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas Grecia), tre PMI (AkquinetTech@Spree- Germania, DELPHIS S.A. Grecia e Flexiant Limited- RegnoUnito) e due imprese di grandidimensioni (Ericsson Nikola Tesla CroaziaedEngineering IngegneriaInformatica- Italia). Nell ambito del progettoverrannosviluppatetreapplicazionipilotacon l obiettivo di mostrare come la piattaforma S-CASE può venire incontroaidiversibisogni e requisititecnologici in tredifferentidomini: energia, retisocialiedinfrastruttura cloud. La piattaformamira ad accelerare lo sviluppo e la diffusionedel cloud computing e ad incrementare lacapacitàdell Europa di progettare e produrre software innovativocon un forte impegno da parte degliutentiattraversoilcoinvolgimento di PMI e di singoliricercatori/sviluppatori. S-CASErafforzeràl industria software europeagrazie al knowhow sviluppatonellacostruzionedi servizicomplessi e la gestione di big data in uncontesto cloud multi stratificato.

Contatto: Dr. Eng. Andreas L. Symeonidis Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Tel. +30 2310 99 4344 E-mail.asymeon@eng.auth.gr Qualcheinformazioniin piùsu S-Case L obiettivo di S-CASE è quello di accelerareilciclo di vita del software per servizi cloud introducendo un nuovoparadigma di prototipazione agile cheautomatizzailprocesso di mappaturadeirequisitidell utente con specifiche software concrete e genera codicefunzionante (servizirestful). Tuttiirisultati di ricercasarannointegratinellapiattaforma S-CASE, unapiattaformabasatasul cloud composta da strumenti per sviluppatori e fornitori di servizi, un repository di software open-source ed un ecosistema di servizichefornisce le risorse appropriate nella forma di servizirestful. Per maggioriinformazioni: 12.3 German S-CASE Press Release Pressemitteilung Berlin, 22.Januar 2014 S_CASE: EinMarkplatzfürEntwickler, um Software schnell und leichtzuentwickeln Das Europäische Projekt S_CASE (ICT-FP7-610717), ein 3-Jahres- Projekt, das im November 2013 begonnen hat, zielt darauf ab, Software-Entwickler mit einer Reihe von Services und Tools auszustatten, um Cloud-basierte Software schnell und effizient entwickeln zu können. Aufgrund der Neuerungen, die in diesem Projekt entstehen, wird das S -CASE Projekt voraussichtlich die Zeit von der Konzeption eines Software-Systems zu den ersten Prototypen reduzieren, was zu einer Verringerung der Entwicklungskosten und günstigeren Software-Produkten führt. S -CASE Projektkoordinator Dr. Andreas L. Symeonidis, Assistenz-Professor der Abteilung für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik an der Aristoteles- Universität Thessaloniki, erklärte: " Es ist allgemein bekannt, dass die meisten Software-Projekte aufgrund von unvollständigen und / oder irreführenden Anforderungen scheitern (was wollten die Kunden haben und was leistet das System). Mithilfe von S -CASE werden Anforderungen automatisch in wiederverwendbare Software-Komponenten transformiert, die ihrerseits zu voll

funktionsfähigen Cloud-Services zusammengesetzt werden. S -CASE ermöglicht (a) die Identifizierung von Systemspezifikationen und das Design der Software aufgrund von Benutzeranforderungen und (b) die Identifizierung und Synthese von Software- Artefakten zu zusammengesetzten Arbeitsabläufen aus verteilten proprietären und Open-Source- Ressourcen, die die Anforderungen in bestmöglicher Weise erfüllen. S -CASE kann als eine Suchmaschine für Software-Module gesehen werden... " Das S-CASE Team besteht aus Organisationen mit unterschiedlichem Know-how aus mehreren europäischen Ländern. Drei Universitäten ( Aristoteles-Universität Thessaloniki - Griechenland, University of Edinburgh - Großbritannien, Universität Insubria - Italien ), ein Forschungszentrum ( Centre for Research and Technology Hellas - Griechenland ), drei KMUs ( akquinet tech@spree - Deutschland, DELPHIS SA Griechenland, Flexiant Limited - UK) und zwei Konzerne ( Ericsson Nikola Tesla - Kroatien, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica - Italien) bilden das Partner -Puzzle und arbeiten gemeinsam an der Realisierung der S -CASE Vision. Als Teil von S -CASE werden drei Pilotanwendungen entwickelt und in realen Betriebsumgebungen eingesetzt, anhand derer das S -CASE -Paradigma überprüft und bewertet wird. Diese Pilotanwendungen dienen als Beispiele, wie S- CASE unterschiedliche Bedürfnisse und technische Anforderungen in den drei Bereichen Energie, soziale Netzwerke und Cloud Computing-Infrastruktur erfolgreich bedienen kann. S CASE, so die Erwartungen, wird die Entwicklung und den Einsatz von Cloud- Computing beschleunigen und Europas Fähigkeit stärken, innovative Software zu konzipieren und auszuliefern, indem kleinere Unternehmen und einzelne Forscher / Entwickler mit hohem Engagement besser eingebunden werden. Zudem wird die Fähigkeit der europäischen Softwarebranche gestärkt, mit dem Know-how aus S-CASE komplexe Dienstleistungen zu entwickeln und große Daten in einem mehrschichtigen Cloud-Computing- Kontinuum zu verwalten. Kontaktdaten: Dr. Eng. Andreas L. Symeonidis Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Tel. +30 2310 99 4344 E-mail.asymeon@eng.auth.gr Über S-CASE Das Ziel von S-CASE ist die Beschleunigung des Software-Entwicklungszyklus für Cloud- Dienste durch die Einführung eines neuen agilen Prototyping-Paradigmas, das den Prozess der Abbildung von Benutzeranforderungen zu konkreten Software-Spezifikationen automatisiert und lauffähigen Code erzeugt (RESTful Services). Alle F & E-Ergebnisse werden in das S-CASE realm integriert, eine Cloud-basierte Plattform von Werkzeugen für Entwickler und Service-Providern, diverse Open-Source-Software-Repositories und ein durchsuchbares Service-Ökosystem, das die entsprechenden Ressourcen in Form von RESTful Services zur Verfügung stellt.

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13 - - In order to get the dissemination materials produced by the S-CASE consortium to the required target audience it will be necessary to develop strategies to target Dissemination Targets: To ensure effectiveness of the S-CASE dissemination actions, the target users are identified and grouped in clusters: Industry s and SME s providers. The first group of people is those within the organizational hierarchy that have a major say in the all strategic decisions. They are thus the most influential group but the hardest to target directly. They can be reached through personal contacts, articles in the general press and in the press for the particular industrial sector. Indirectly, their opinions will also be influenced by the other groups targeted for dissemination. S-CASE will look at the requirements of industry, and in line with those, will identify ways in which the outputs of the project can be most-readily used in order to increase Europe s technological advantage. Scientific Community. Research and academic organizations, scientific journals, Committees, Internet fora and other working groups in fields related to the S-CASE scientific areas, i.e., automated software engineering, rapid prototyping, cloud computing web services, etc. This target group can be effectively reached by the Consortium s prestigious academic &research organizations. End-users and respective Associations. The broad developers community should also be informed via articles in the general press in order to raise awareness for advanced systems in software engineering and developments through S-CASE concepts and to raise technology acceptance. These end-user groups are the final beneficiaries of products and services improved and enhanced through the S-CASE. They will also act as a catalyst for the dissemination of the S-CASE results to software industries, thus enhancing the project s commercial viability. Standardisation Bodies. It is an essential element of the S-CASE strategy to influence most relevant standardization and regulatory bodies. In this context, the intention is to concentrate on international standards on the project S&T areas, namely software engineering, multimodal information processing, semantics, and cloud computing. The project partners will actively promote S-CASE among these target groups to highlight the progressing the field of research. It is likely that the various countries involved in the project will have different views regarding the way the targeted audiences need to be reached: at regional level, for instance it might help to provide information in the local language. It is also envisaged that some of the S-CASE dissemination material will be translated into some local languages to better target audiences in key countries. Initial developer target audience research:

Some initial ideas as to where we might engage with developers interested in the S-CASE project: HTML5 Rocks A resource for developers looking to put HTML5 to use today, including information on specific features and when to use them in apps. Contains developer resources including tutorials, reference materials, articles and slide presentations. Forrst A social network for developers that allows for feedback on design visuals, code and an open discussion forum. GitHub Developer collaboration, including the ability to review changes, comment on lines of code and report issues. Create organisation accounts that allow team collaboration. Share projects in an open source community and receive feedback. Geeklist Platform for developers to share work, comment and promote using upvote system. Also provides arena for job opportunities. System of incentivisation called GeekCred. Around 2,300 individual communities for areas such as Linux, pythin, java etc. Snipplr Code repository designed around concept of storing Snippets of useful code. Has a blog and user login area and allows searching by individual codes. Masterbranch Allows for collating and sharing of projects within your profile. Profile works similarly to LinkedIn, incentivisation scheme called DevScore coupled with unlockable achievements in adds gamification element. Bisquits Allows creation and sharing of codes in an individual library. Codesnipp.it A community for developers to share useful snippets of code with others and get feedback, as well as browse through a selection that other users have posted. You can also use the site to ask questions or get feedback. Stackoverflow Is essentially a question and answer site in the style of LinkedIn Answers 9now defunct) that allows professional and amateur developers to share knowledge. Best answers are voted on and this bumps them to the top of forums. Bettercodes (BETA) Allows for sharing and creation of projects. Includes free code hosting. Open source respository with discussion forums and several topic-specific groups.

Mashant Very similar to LinkedIn but developer-focused. Users build a profile and create groups with users they wish to communicate with. Has an incentivisaton scheme known as an activities ranking which is fed by using the like button in a similar style to Facebook. Dzone Similar to Reddit in that it is essentially a link repository for developers. Allows link sharing and incentivisation based around voting for popular links. Source Forge Claims to have over 4.5million downloads to date, it is essentially a repository of resources for developers. Contains a forum, a staff picks section and job listings. Reddit Similar to DzoneReddit allows for searching by coding language or developers and involves peer-assessed link sharing. Hacker News Slimmed down link-sharing repository with comments section and job listings. Code Review (BETA) Code Review Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for peer programmer code reviews. Twitter A micro-blogging site that is based around 140-character posts. Though there are obvious noise vs. signal issues, it is still relevant for the purposes of this document. Allows direct messaging and searches based on hashtags and keywords. The Code Project Well-developed website and forum that allows for code-specific discussion and shares relevant articles and news. Contains blogs, newsletter and has a questions and answers section. Slashdot News and jobs site concentrating on Cloud and Business Intelligence. CloudSpokes A marketplace for cloud development. Contains community forum with a leaderboard ranking the best contributors. Tied to creating job opportunities by linking developers to company challenges. Crowd-sourced and focused on cloud developers. Developers compete to create the best solution to a business challenge.