Free IT Book: Demystifying the Virtual Desktop
Interested in desktop virtualization? This week’s free IT book is just what you need. Michael Fox’s Demystifying the Virtual Desktop Starting with Desktop Virtualization is a quick read that breaks down the business and technical complexities of virtual desktops. Simply answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion [...]
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| May 4, 2012 2:23 PM
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Interested in desktop virtualization? This week’s free IT book is just what you need. Michael Fox’s Demystifying the Virtual Desktop Starting with Desktop Virtualization is a quick read that breaks down the business and technical complexities of virtual desktops. Simply answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion [...]
EXTENDED: IT Scripts Contest now ends October 17
It’s not too late! IT Knowledge Exchange is extending its latest contest: Is your script 3-dimensional? You don’t have to be an IT Script Shakespeare to get in on the contest: Did you know you can win a Nintendo 3DS for just leaving a great comment on one of the entries? Check out the entries [...]
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| March 31, 2012 3:30 PM
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It’s not too late! IT Knowledge Exchange is extending its latest contest: Is your script 3-dimensional? You don’t have to be an IT Script Shakespeare to get in on the contest: Did you know you can win a Nintendo 3DS for just leaving a great comment on one of the entries? Check out the entries [...]
Free IT Book: IP Networking
We’re giving away a detailed and practical overview of TCP/IP networking in IP Networking. From the publishers: “IP Networking takes you from a broad and basic knowledge of IP addressing and routing to a solid skill level with how hosts, switches, and routers collectively deliver IP packets in modern corporate networks, helping prepare you for [...]
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| March 31, 2012 4:00 PM
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We’re giving away a detailed and practical overview of TCP/IP networking in IP Networking. From the publishers: “IP Networking takes you from a broad and basic knowledge of IP addressing and routing to a solid skill level with how hosts, switches, and routers collectively deliver IP packets in modern corporate networks, helping prepare you for [...]
Announcing the HP Elite Series Scavenger Hunt (sponsored)
Today is the first day of the HP Elite Series Scavenger Hunt, designed to better educate potential customers about all of the great qualities that make HP Elite Series “elite.” For details on how to enter check out the HP Elite Series Scavenger Hunt homepage. The Loot Grand Prize: 5 HP EliteBook 8460w (Yes, five!) [...]
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| March 31, 2012 2:19 PM
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Today is the first day of the HP Elite Series Scavenger Hunt, designed to better educate potential customers about all of the great qualities that make HP Elite Series “elite.” For details on how to enter check out the HP Elite Series Scavenger Hunt homepage. The Loot Grand Prize: 5 HP EliteBook 8460w (Yes, five!) [...]
Free IT Book: Official Cert Guide for CCNP Security SECURE 642-637
This week’s free IT book is just what you need if you’re planning to take your CCNP Security SECURE 642-637 certification exam. From exam topics and quizzes to exam prep tasks and realistic exam questions, the Official Cert Guide is a must for everyone preparing or planning to prepare for this certification. All you need [...]
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| May 14, 2012 1:10 PM
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This week’s free IT book is just what you need if you’re planning to take your CCNP Security SECURE 642-637 certification exam. From exam topics and quizzes to exam prep tasks and realistic exam questions, the Official Cert Guide is a must for everyone preparing or planning to prepare for this certification. All you need [...]
Free IT Book: The Python Standard Library by Example
This week’s free IT book is an essential addition to the developer’s library. If you want to master the powerful Python Standard Library through real code examples, this is the prize for you. Simply answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion section below. Good luck! Installation error [...]
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| March 31, 2012 12:59 PM
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This week’s free IT book is an essential addition to the developer’s library. If you want to master the powerful Python Standard Library through real code examples, this is the prize for you. Simply answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion section below. Good luck! Installation error [...]
Free IT Book: The Official Ubuntu Book, Sixth Edition
Take advantage of Ubuntu 11.04, and let The Official Ubuntu Book 6th Ed. get you up and running quickly. To win this essential resource, simply answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion section below. PSOD with ESX 3.5 MIMIX replication issue What would you like to see [...]
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| March 31, 2012 3:08 PM
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Take advantage of Ubuntu 11.04, and let The Official Ubuntu Book 6th Ed. get you up and running quickly. To win this essential resource, simply answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion section below. PSOD with ESX 3.5 MIMIX replication issue What would you like to see [...]
Free IT Book: Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
The Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux serves as both a tutorial and an on-the-job reference. You’ll learn to use GUI-based tools, the command line, and Perl scripts, and how to set up key Internet servers. How do you win this book? Simply answer one of five questions and post the link [...]
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| March 31, 2012 3:35 PM
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The Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux serves as both a tutorial and an on-the-job reference. You’ll learn to use GUI-based tools, the command line, and Perl scripts, and how to set up key Internet servers. How do you win this book? Simply answer one of five questions and post the link [...]
Free IT Book: Cisco Firewalls
Learn concepts, design and deployment for Cisco Stateful Firewall solutions with this week’s free IT book. To win, simply answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer below. Windows Server 2003 user locked Windows 7 Professional permissions Offline folder issue in Windows Server 2003 Outlook 2007 inbox mail cannot read for [...]
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| March 31, 2012 2:28 PM
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Learn concepts, design and deployment for Cisco Stateful Firewall solutions with this week’s free IT book. To win, simply answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer below. Windows Server 2003 user locked Windows 7 Professional permissions Offline folder issue in Windows Server 2003 Outlook 2007 inbox mail cannot read for [...]
Free IT Book: The Official Ubuntu Book
Take full advantage of Ubuntu – the complete, free operating system “that emphasizes community, support, and ease of use without compromising speed, power, or flexibility” – by winning this week’s free IT book: The Official Ubuntu Book, 6th Ed. Answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion area [...]
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| March 31, 2012 1:29 PM
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Take full advantage of Ubuntu – the complete, free operating system “that emphasizes community, support, and ease of use without compromising speed, power, or flexibility” – by winning this week’s free IT book: The Official Ubuntu Book, 6th Ed. Answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion area [...]
Free IT Book: Development with the Force.com Platform
These days enterprise applications are all the rage, with the ultimate question being: Who’s going to build it? You know the saying, If you build it, they will come, and while I’m not quite sure how the second part of that saying fits, we have the resource to help you build it. Development with the [...]
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| March 31, 2012 1:53 PM
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These days enterprise applications are all the rage, with the ultimate question being: Who’s going to build it? You know the saying, If you build it, they will come, and while I’m not quite sure how the second part of that saying fits, we have the resource to help you build it. Development with the [...]
Free IT Book: HTML5 Guidelines for Web Developers
This week’s free IT book is HTML5 Guidelines for Web Developers by Klaus Forster and Bernd Oggl. Win this “comprehensive guide to HTML5′s powerful new elements and techniques through compact, practical examples.” If you’re wondering about browser support; HTML5 document structure and semantics; intelligent forms; “video” and “audio” elements and scripting media solutions; advanced graphics [...]
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| March 31, 2012 4:31 PM
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This week’s free IT book is HTML5 Guidelines for Web Developers by Klaus Forster and Bernd Oggl. Win this “comprehensive guide to HTML5′s powerful new elements and techniques through compact, practical examples.” If you’re wondering about browser support; HTML5 document structure and semantics; intelligent forms; “video” and “audio” elements and scripting media solutions; advanced graphics [...]
Free IT Book: Building Applications in the Cloud
This week’s free IT book is Christopher Moyer’s Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects. “Don’t just migrate the cloud: Use cloud architectural patterns that deliver superior performance, scalability, and availability” with this great resource. Answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Entourage, [...]
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| March 31, 2012 1:29 PM
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This week’s free IT book is Christopher Moyer’s Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects. “Don’t just migrate the cloud: Use cloud architectural patterns that deliver superior performance, scalability, and availability” with this great resource. Answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Entourage, [...]
Free IT Book: CompTIA Security+ Certification Passport
This week’s free IT book is Mike Meyers’ CompTIA Security+ Certification Passport: Revised for the new CompTIA Security+ exam (SY0-301). The new edition provides a condensed and concise review of CompTIA’s well-established security credential. For a chance to win this quick review, cram-style test preparation guide that offers 100% coverage of all exam objectives for [...]
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| September 16, 2011 8:37 PM
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This week’s free IT book is Mike Meyers’ CompTIA Security+ Certification Passport: Revised for the new CompTIA Security+ exam (SY0-301). The new edition provides a condensed and concise review of CompTIA’s well-established security credential. For a chance to win this quick review, cram-style test preparation guide that offers 100% coverage of all exam objectives for [...]
Free IT Book: Securing SQL Server
This week’s free IT book is written by one of IT Knowledge Exchange’s very own members, Mrdenny. Securing SQL Server promises to help you “secure your SQL Server database so the outside world can’t access your internal data.” With Mrdenny’s extended experience in simplifying SQL speak via his blog, SQL Server with Mr. Denny, this [...]
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| June 24, 2011 7:56 PM
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This week’s free IT book is written by one of IT Knowledge Exchange’s very own members, Mrdenny. Securing SQL Server promises to help you “secure your SQL Server database so the outside world can’t access your internal data.” With Mrdenny’s extended experience in simplifying SQL speak via his blog, SQL Server with Mr. Denny, this [...]
Free IT Book: The Data Warehouse Mentor
The Data Warehouse Mentor by Robert Laberge will show you how to plan, design, construct, and administer an integrated end-to-end DW/BI solution. He’ll explain how to choose appropriate components, build an enterprise data model, configure data marts and data warehouses, establish data flow, and mitigate risk. Change management, data governance, and security are also covered [...]
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| June 8, 2011 12:43 PM
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The Data Warehouse Mentor by Robert Laberge will show you how to plan, design, construct, and administer an integrated end-to-end DW/BI solution. He’ll explain how to choose appropriate components, build an enterprise data model, configure data marts and data warehouses, establish data flow, and mitigate risk. Change management, data governance, and security are also covered [...]
Free IT Book: Building Applications in the Cloud
This week’s free IT book, Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects, is Christopher Moyer’s guide to help you not just migrate to the cloud, but “use cloud architectural patterns that deliver superior performance, scalability, and availability.” Whether you’re building a new cloud solution or adapting code that already exists, this is a [...]
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| June 2, 2011 1:35 PM
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This week’s free IT book, Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects, is Christopher Moyer’s guide to help you not just migrate to the cloud, but “use cloud architectural patterns that deliver superior performance, scalability, and availability.” Whether you’re building a new cloud solution or adapting code that already exists, this is a [...]
You Pick: Drupal’s Building Blocks, Scalability Rules, Building Cloud Apps, DTrace
This week, you get your pick of our most recent IT book titles. Check out our latest titles in the IT Bookworm Blog for more details on these books: Scalability Rules Multicore Application Programming Drupal’s Building Blocks Building Applications in the Cloud DTrace To win one of these great resources, answer a question from the [...]
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| May 25, 2011 5:22 PM
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This week, you get your pick of our most recent IT book titles. Check out our latest titles in the IT Bookworm Blog for more details on these books: Scalability Rules Multicore Application Programming Drupal’s Building Blocks Building Applications in the Cloud DTrace To win one of these great resources, answer a question from the [...]
Contest Bounty: Ask/Answer questions this weekend, earn 100 points!
Is the rain keeping your weekend plans from getting off the ground? Well, IT Knowledge Exchange has a chance for you to take advantage of staying indoors. Ask or answer 10 questions* this weekend, and you will earn 100 knowledge points, good for our current contest! Any combination of asking/answering is acceptable. Post the links [...]
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| May 20, 2011 3:50 PM
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Is the rain keeping your weekend plans from getting off the ground? Well, IT Knowledge Exchange has a chance for you to take advantage of staying indoors. Ask or answer 10 questions* this weekend, and you will earn 100 knowledge points, good for our current contest! Any combination of asking/answering is acceptable. Post the links [...]
Free IT Book: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud
This week’s free IT book is from Prentice Hall: SOA Governance: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud. From the publishers: “[This book] is the result of a multi-year project to collect proven industry practices for establishing IT governance controls specific to the adoption of SOA and service-orientation….[It] steps the readers through the most [...]
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| November 30, 2011 4:04 PM
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This week’s free IT book is from Prentice Hall: SOA Governance: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud. From the publishers: “[This book] is the result of a multi-year project to collect proven industry practices for establishing IT governance controls specific to the adoption of SOA and service-orientation….[It] steps the readers through the most [...]





