Free IT Book: CompTIA Security+ Video Mentor
This week’s free IT giveaway is the CompTIA Security+ SYO-201 Video Mentor. Answer one of the unanswered questions and leave the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Voice and Data Network Setup WSUS Downstream Server Problem How much of your sensitive information can you trust to outside organizations? Application data security versus [...]
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| December 31, 2010 4:41 PM
CompTIA Security+, Giveaways, Network security, Network security appliances, Network Security Management, WSUS
This week’s free IT giveaway is the CompTIA Security+ SYO-201 Video Mentor. Answer one of the unanswered questions and leave the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Voice and Data Network Setup WSUS Downstream Server Problem How much of your sensitive information can you trust to outside organizations? Application data security versus [...]
Free IT Book: Network Security Technologies and Solutions
From the back of the book: “A comprehensive reference to the most cutting-edge security products and methodologies available to networking professionals today. Understand and implement current, state-of-the-art network security technologies to ensure secure communications through the network infrastructure.” Help out around IT Knowledge Exchange and learn how to effectively secure your network with this great [...]
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| December 19, 2010 6:35 PM
Cisco, Disaster Recovery, Giveaways, IT Books, Network security, Network Security Management, RAID 5, RAID Array, SMTP, VLAN, WAN
From the back of the book: “A comprehensive reference to the most cutting-edge security products and methodologies available to networking professionals today. Understand and implement current, state-of-the-art network security technologies to ensure secure communications through the network infrastructure.” Help out around IT Knowledge Exchange and learn how to effectively secure your network with this great [...]
Free IT Book: Two-for-one this week!
We got into the holiday spirit for this week’s free IT book giveaway. Answer one of the unanswered questions below and win two IT books from our coveted technology library. Another plus? You get to pick which two books you receive. So get to answering, because you have a week to throw your name into [...]
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| December 7, 2010 3:24 PM
BRMS, Data Center management, DHCP, Domain Administration, Failover, Giveaways, IT Books, Network security, Network Security Management, Proxy servers, SSL, VNC
We got into the holiday spirit for this week’s free IT book giveaway. Answer one of the unanswered questions below and win two IT books from our coveted technology library. Another plus? You get to pick which two books you receive. So get to answering, because you have a week to throw your name into [...]
Free IT Book: Enterprise Web 2.0 Fundamentals
For an introduction to next-generation web technologies, Enterprise Web 2.0 Fundamentals is a great place to start. Learn how to leverage cloud computing and user-generated content along with business and technical best practices. To win this, simply answer one of the questions listed below and provide a link to your answer in the discussion area [...]
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| December 6, 2010 4:13 PM
Giveaways, HTTP, IT answers, IT Books, ITKE Contests, Radius Server, SAN, Sybase, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Wireless router
For an introduction to next-generation web technologies, Enterprise Web 2.0 Fundamentals is a great place to start. Learn how to leverage cloud computing and user-generated content along with business and technical best practices. To win this, simply answer one of the questions listed below and provide a link to your answer in the discussion area [...]
Free IT Book: Foundation of Green IT
The enterprise is starting to catch on: Data growth is threatening to get out of control unless changes start being made now. Marty Poniatowski’s Foundation of Green IT is a great guide to consolidation, virtualization, efficiency and ROI in the data center. With three comprehensive, start-to-finish case studies, this book is a great start to [...]
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| October 24, 2011 7:37 PM
Data Center, DNS, Giveaways, IT answers, ITKE, ITKE Contests, UPS, Virtual Machines
The enterprise is starting to catch on: Data growth is threatening to get out of control unless changes start being made now. Marty Poniatowski’s Foundation of Green IT is a great guide to consolidation, virtualization, efficiency and ROI in the data center. With three comprehensive, start-to-finish case studies, this book is a great start to [...]
Free IT Book: Next-Generation Data Center Architectures from Cisco
This week’s free IT book is your complete guide to planning, configuring, managing and troubleshooting NX-OS in enterprise environments: NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching. For your copy of this great resource for Next-Generation Data Center Architectures, simply answer one of five questions below and provide a link to your answer in the discussion area of [...]
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| November 15, 2010 4:15 PM
Cisco Routers, Giveaways, IT Books, ITKE, ITKE Contests, Linux firewalls, MySQL Database, SonicWALL, Symantec Backup Exec 12
This week’s free IT book is your complete guide to planning, configuring, managing and troubleshooting NX-OS in enterprise environments: NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching. For your copy of this great resource for Next-Generation Data Center Architectures, simply answer one of five questions below and provide a link to your answer in the discussion area of [...]
Free IT Book: Microsoft Windows 7 Administrator’s Reference
This week’s IT book giveaway is for the Microsoft Windows 7 Administrator’s Reference: Upgrading, Deploying, Managing, and Securing Windows 7. Interested? All you need to do is answer one of the questions below and post the link to your answer in the discussion area of this question. JavaScript Error through a VPN connection Packet loss [...]
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| February 24, 2011 5:50 PM
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This week’s IT book giveaway is for the Microsoft Windows 7 Administrator’s Reference: Upgrading, Deploying, Managing, and Securing Windows 7. Interested? All you need to do is answer one of the questions below and post the link to your answer in the discussion area of this question. JavaScript Error through a VPN connection Packet loss [...]
We’ll trade you an Xbox 360 for your knowledge!
The holidays are approaching and so is your next chance to win an Xbox 360 by simply doing what you do around IT Knowledge Exchange. Between today and December 15th, the three members who accumulate the most knowledge points will win some great prizes: 1st Prize: Xbox 360 with 250GB hard drive & Kinect [...]
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| December 1, 2010 3:12 PM
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The holidays are approaching and so is your next chance to win an Xbox 360 by simply doing what you do around IT Knowledge Exchange. Between today and December 15th, the three members who accumulate the most knowledge points will win some great prizes: 1st Prize: Xbox 360 with 250GB hard drive & Kinect [...]
Free IT Book: Why New Systems Fail
This week’s free IT book is Phil Simon’s Why New Systems Fail: An Insider’s Guide to Successful IT Projects. Simon provides the necessary framework to “minimize the chance of system failure before, during, and after beginning IT projects.” Win this book for some real-world and specific tips, tools and insight. You know the rules: Answer [...]
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| November 8, 2010 2:03 PM
DDL, DOS, Exchange 2003, Giveaways, IT answers, IT Books, Leased line, Linux, MPLS, RMAN, RMAN backup
This week’s free IT book is Phil Simon’s Why New Systems Fail: An Insider’s Guide to Successful IT Projects. Simon provides the necessary framework to “minimize the chance of system failure before, during, and after beginning IT projects.” Win this book for some real-world and specific tips, tools and insight. You know the rules: Answer [...]
Free IT Book: Mastering the Hype Cycle from Gartner, Inc.
According to Gartner’s 2010 Hype Cycle Report, cloud computing has reached the peak of its hype cycle. This supposedly means that these technologies are heading toward the mainstream, but first is a period of disillusionment for those whose experience didn’t match up with their expectations created by the hype. Today’s free IT book promises to [...]
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| November 1, 2010 3:21 PM
DNS, Exchange 2003, Giveaways, IT answers, IT Books, Lotus Notes, TCP/IP, Windows 7
According to Gartner’s 2010 Hype Cycle Report, cloud computing has reached the peak of its hype cycle. This supposedly means that these technologies are heading toward the mainstream, but first is a period of disillusionment for those whose experience didn’t match up with their expectations created by the hype. Today’s free IT book promises to [...]
Free IT Book: The Software Developer’s Career Handbook – Being Geek
This week’s free IT book giveaway is Michael Lopp’s The Software Developer’s Career Handbook: Being Geek. Lopp hasn’t written just another career book, he provides his first-hand experiences to advise on how to navigate the job life cycle. Lopp is a Silicon Valley-based engineering manager who’s got stories about his own critical moments with companies [...]
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| October 25, 2010 6:34 PM
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This week’s free IT book giveaway is Michael Lopp’s The Software Developer’s Career Handbook: Being Geek. Lopp hasn’t written just another career book, he provides his first-hand experiences to advise on how to navigate the job life cycle. Lopp is a Silicon Valley-based engineering manager who’s got stories about his own critical moments with companies [...]
IT Book Giveaway: Unified Communications for Dummies
This week’s free IT book giveaway, Unified Communications for Dummies, will help you find out how to make communication effective, global and available through multiple technologies seamlessly. Want it? Simply answer one of the questions provided here, then leave a link to your answer in the discussion area below. Answering multiple questions gives you multiple [...]
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| October 18, 2010 2:24 PM
Cloud Computing in 2010, Contests, Exchange performance, Giveaways, IT Books, Routers, SaaS in 2010, SLA agreements, Windows Server 2008 R2
This week’s free IT book giveaway, Unified Communications for Dummies, will help you find out how to make communication effective, global and available through multiple technologies seamlessly. Want it? Simply answer one of the questions provided here, then leave a link to your answer in the discussion area below. Answering multiple questions gives you multiple [...]
IT Book Giveaway: Oracle Solaris Cluster Essentials
We’ve got your ultimate in-depth resource on the start-to-finish lifecycle guidance for planning, implementation, management and troubleshooting your Oracle Solaris Cluster. There’s even helpful advice for both Oracle and non-Oracle database environments. Win this valuable resource by answering one of these questions and leaving the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Multiple [...]
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| October 30, 2010 1:48 PM
Clustering, Contests, DHCP, Giveaways, IT answers, IT Books, Oracle, SQL Server 2008 R2, Veeam 4.0, Windows Server 2008
We’ve got your ultimate in-depth resource on the start-to-finish lifecycle guidance for planning, implementation, management and troubleshooting your Oracle Solaris Cluster. There’s even helpful advice for both Oracle and non-Oracle database environments. Win this valuable resource by answering one of these questions and leaving the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Multiple [...]
A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Free IT Book!
This week’s free IT book giveaway is A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 5th ed. Mark Sobell shares his 25+ years of Linux and UNIX experience in this great resource, which includes a DVD with the full version of the Fedora 12 release. All you need to do is answer one [...]
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| October 1, 2010 2:01 PM
Fedora, Fedora Linux, Giveaways, IT Books, Red Hat, Red Hat Enteprise Linux
This week’s free IT book giveaway is A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 5th ed. Mark Sobell shares his 25+ years of Linux and UNIX experience in this great resource, which includes a DVD with the full version of the Fedora 12 release. All you need to do is answer one [...]
Want the Microsoft Windows 7 Administrator’s Reference?
This week’s IT book giveaway is for the Microsoft Windows 7 Administrator’s Reference: Upgrading, Deploying, Managing, and Securing Windows 7. Interested? All you need to do is answer one of the questions below and post the link to your answer in the discussion area of this question. Multiple answers mean multiple chances to win! Resizing [...]
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| January 8, 2011 4:09 PM
Contests, Giveaways, IT Books, NAS, Networking, Security in 2010, Windows 7, Windows 7 in 2010, Windows Server 2003
This week’s IT book giveaway is for the Microsoft Windows 7 Administrator’s Reference: Upgrading, Deploying, Managing, and Securing Windows 7. Interested? All you need to do is answer one of the questions below and post the link to your answer in the discussion area of this question. Multiple answers mean multiple chances to win! Resizing [...]
Answer a Question, Win a Free IT Book!
This week’s free IT book is from Cisco: Network Security Auditing. How can you qualify to get the complete guide to auditing network security, measuring risk and promoting compliance? Simply answer one of the questions in this post and post a link to your answer in the discussion area below. I’ll choose a winner this [...]
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| September 10, 2010 1:35 PM
Contests, Giveaways, IT answers, IT Books, Open IT Forum
This week’s free IT book is from Cisco: Network Security Auditing. How can you qualify to get the complete guide to auditing network security, measuring risk and promoting compliance? Simply answer one of the questions in this post and post a link to your answer in the discussion area below. I’ll choose a winner this [...]
Why do you need a CCNA Network Simulator?
Could you really use a CCNA 640-802 Network Simulator right about now? Let us know why, and you may just find one in your mailbox come next week! Tell us why and how you plan to use this great resource, and we may just send it to you. Leave your response in the discussion area [...]
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| September 3, 2010 2:10 PM
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Could you really use a CCNA 640-802 Network Simulator right about now? Let us know why, and you may just find one in your mailbox come next week! Tell us why and how you plan to use this great resource, and we may just send it to you. Leave your response in the discussion area [...]
Answer a Question, Innovate Your IT Department!
This week’s IT book giveaway promises to help you change your view of IT and keep up with the face of IT that’s been changing for years now. David Croslin doesn’t approach IT transformation with the usual fire and brimstone, but with a refreshing perspective that gives advice on forging ahead rather than simply staying [...]
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| September 3, 2010 2:39 PM
Contests, Giveaways, IT Books, Open IT Forum, OWA, Wireless in 2010
This week’s IT book giveaway promises to help you change your view of IT and keep up with the face of IT that’s been changing for years now. David Croslin doesn’t approach IT transformation with the usual fire and brimstone, but with a refreshing perspective that gives advice on forging ahead rather than simply staying [...]
Answer a Question, Win The Official Ubuntu Server Book!
At the beginning of the month, we gave away The Official ubuntu Book, and now we’re giving away The Official ubuntu Server Book, Second Ed.! The book includes a DVD that contains the versions of Ubuntu Server needed for different CPU architectures. You also receive a code for a free online version of the book. [...]
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| August 27, 2010 2:17 PM
Contests, Data Encryption, Giveaways, IT Books, Linksys Routers, Open IT Forum, SQL Server 2008, Wireless in 2010, WLAN
At the beginning of the month, we gave away The Official ubuntu Book, and now we’re giving away The Official ubuntu Server Book, Second Ed.! The book includes a DVD that contains the versions of Ubuntu Server needed for different CPU architectures. You also receive a code for a free online version of the book. [...]
Answer a Question, Get A Practical Guide to Linux!
This week’s IT book giveaway is A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming. Answer one of five unanswered questions then leave a link to your answer in the discussion area below. On Friday, August 20, 2010 at 12 PM ET, we’ll choose a winner from those who answer. Ready, set, go! Juniper [...]
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| August 20, 2010 4:21 PM
Contests, Exchange Server, Firewalls, Giveaways, IT Books, VPN connectivity, Wifi, Wireless in 2010, Wireless Network
This week’s IT book giveaway is A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming. Answer one of five unanswered questions then leave a link to your answer in the discussion area below. On Friday, August 20, 2010 at 12 PM ET, we’ll choose a winner from those who answer. Ready, set, go! Juniper [...]





