Over the past few months, we have started to see a dramatic increase on the amount of web traffic and chatter related to Talend, on non-sanctioned Talend sites. By non-sanctioned, I certainly do not imply anything negative - just that these sites are not controlled by Talend and are mostly the work of community members getting together to discuss and exchange around their favorite data integration technology.

There are a few communities I would like to especially recognize:

• Developpez.com, the French-language “Club des développeurs”, hosts a very active technical forum on Talend. It complements well TalendForge.org’s forum and caters to the French-speaking community.
• Viadeo, the leading social network, now boasts a Talend Open Community. With hubs in 5 languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian), the Talend Open Community has over 500 members from all over the world. More networking-oriented than technical-oriented, the community is a great complement to Talend’s technical community tools.
• Xing also hosts a German-speaking Talend Group. A bit younger than the other ones, it is however catching up quickly and has already seen some interesting exchanges.

All these communities are a great proof of Talend’s growing footprint and market presence. You are cordially invited to one of them, several of them, or even to initiate a new one in a specific region, market segment, vertical… just let us know about them so that we can recognize it, and contribute (if you want).

Yves