In an increasingly hyper-competitive world, businesses look for every possible opportunity that can give them an edge over their competition. Creating an online community for your business is an effective way to engage your customers online and provide a direct channel to them. Such online communities have the potential to drive innovation in your company's product offerings while having a positive impact on your overall business.

A visual overview of DotNetNuke intended to give newcomers to the platform a quick understanding of DotNetNuke.

In this, the first of a two-part series, I will make an attempt to clear this confusion and bring clarity on the DotNetNuke Corp. business model and the DotNetNuke product roadmap. In this post I explain our business model and how it underscores our commitment to Community Edition and the overall DotNetNuke ecosystem.

A few months ago, I created a PowerPoint deck introducing DotNetNuke called "A Short Story." Don Gingold, co-founder of the Chicago Area DotNetNuke Users Group, has added some awesomeness to the deck by adding narration and sound effects and publishing it as a YouTube video.

 In this, the second of a two-part series, I will make an attempt to clear this confusion and bring clarity on the DotNetNuke Corp. business model and the DotNetNuke product roadmap. In this post I provide some background and insights into how we develop the DotNetNuke product roadmap and also share the roadmap for DotNetNuke 5.1 Community and Professional Editions.