IT Knowledge Exchange Blogs

ITKE LogoITKE Community Blog | Sean & Brent
Get the most out of IT Knowledge Exchange with our helpful tips and tutorials showing how to get answers to your IT questions. Learn about the latest features, new blogs, and of course, our cool contests.

Adventures in Data Center Automation | Ryan Shopp
Join in on trends, tips and tricks on our quest to achieve a “Lights Out Data Center” through software automation. Topics will span application, systems, network technologies and configuration, performance, availability and security functions.

Business Presentation over your IT | William Peterson
Would you like to improve your business presentations? Presentation veteran William Peterson provides best practices, discusses proven techniques and welcomes the open exchange of presentation ideas and experiences.

Connectivity blog | Tony Bradley
Insight and information about Unified Communications and VoIP.

Custom Application Development: Buy, Build or Ignore? | Joe Coley
This blog deals with the questions and challenges of providing users with quality “custom” software programs to make doing their job easier, faster, better or more completely.

David’s Cisco Networking blog | David Davis
David’s Cisco Networking Blog will discuss how to use Cisco routers & switches, Cisco Certifications, and news about Cisco Systems.

EAI and SOA challenges | Roger Pedroso
This blog addresses the old challenges for information distribution between applications and the new challenges for building composite applications using SOA (service-oriented architecture).

Exchange Me! | John Bostock
My blog will attempt to cover everything and anything about Microsoft Exchange Server. Bugs, workarounds, tips, troubleshooting and more.

IT in the Ad Biz | John Wilder
The Advertising business represents a strange and unique niche of IT, with a mixed Macintosh and PC environment, Creative Department and insatiable storage needs. If you work in this or a similar environment, come in to discuss the challenges and the ways we deal with them.

IT Project Management blog | Yusuf Salwati
Join me as I journal my experience in managing a small start up IT/Business solutions firm. I’ll discuss the daily joys, frustrations, solutions and pitfalls in transforming this small company into a full fledged IT firm.

IT Trenches | Troy Tate
Life in the trenches as a data network and information security manager. This blog covers real world issues affecting a real global network.

Network Administrator Knowledgebase | Michael Khanin
An invaluable source of scripts and knowledge for network and system administrators worldwide.

PHP/MySQL made simple | Jon Harris
This blog illustrates simple techniques for writing reusable PHP code with MySQL. You will also learn how to create a template-driven website without using the big template engines like Smarty.

RDBMS in Oracle/SQL | Rhiana Jay Ruiz
Learn the aspects of RDBMS (relational database management system) and its execution in Oracle/SQL.

Security Corner | Ken Harthun
Ken “The Geek” Harthun takes the mystery out of computer security. You’ll find valuable advice, tips, and news on how to keep your PCs, network, and data safe from attack by crackers and cybercriminals.

Service Endpoint: Yet another destination in a service-oriented world | Dilip Krishnan
The primary focus of this blog is SOA (service-oriented architecture) and how to leverage the Microsoft Web services technology stack to achieve business agility.

Sister CISA CISSP | Arian Eigen Heald
Are IT Engineers and IT Auditors natural enemies? Having worked on both sides of the fence, I have a unique understanding of the common ground of these disciplines. It all comes down to competence in thinking. Can you say SAS 70, Microsoft, PCI, Novell, SOX404, UNIX, Pentesting …Geek?

SQL Server with Mr. Denny | Denny Cherry
Interesting tidbits about Microsoft SQL Server that will help you build a rock solid database server and keep it running for many years to come.

System i Blogger | David Vasta
This blog covers Enterprise System i (AS/400 & iSeries) administration. While IBM has changed the name over the years, the purpose has remained the same, to provide your company with highly reliable, scalable, and easy-to-use servers under the product group System i. This blog will reveal new System i offerings, news, tips & tricks, and so much more.

TechieBlog | Siddharth Tamang
The TechieBlog covers an eclectic mix of technology, including AS/400, networking, Windows, Linux Red Hat and more.

The Security Enigma: How to protect your network | Eric Hansen
Security is always a major concern, but many businesses refuse to look beyond the obvious and endanger their assets. This blog examines ways to better secure the infrastructure, both technically and physically, and discusses the latest threats and products.

The VBScript Network and Systems Administrator’s Cafe | Jerry Lees
Be lazy! Stop beating yourself to death doing redundant tasks. Script it instead! I’ll discuss VBScript, products and technologies that will make your life easier as a Microsoft Windows administrator. This blog covers a variety of topics such as IIS, Exchange, ISA, and other standard Microsoft services.

VIIP, beam it into your step | Ron Richard
This blog is written by Ron Richard, author of “Inherent Quality Simplicity” and former software quality working group founder.

WPF Reflections | Mark Shurmer
Detailing the aspects of Windows Presentation Foundation that goes beyond the documentation, with real world experience.

Editorial Blogs

Overheard in the tech blogosphere | About
Overheard in the tech blogosphere is like an impressionist painting about information technology. Close up, it’s just a bunch of colorful quotes. Take a step back and look at all the posts together — and you begin to see a picture.

The Network Hub: A SearchNetworking.com blog | About
A blog for networking professionals with commentary on the latest networking news, network management and administration, VPNs, WANs, LANs, routing, switching, network security, wireless networking, VoIP, network design, protocols and standards, and networking careers and certification.

Uncommon Wisdom: A SearchTelecom.com blog | Tom Nolle
A blog for telecommunications professionals with commentary on the latest technology, consumer and business services, VoIP, network management, network design, routing and switching, wireless networking, protocols and standards, IP video, WAN and access networking, CPE, regulations, security and network design.

Virtualization Pro: A SearchVMware.com blog | About
This blog covers the VMware virtualization scene, offering expert opinions, links, quick how-tos and advice on VMware technologies and products. Get the latest on VMware platforms, like VMware ESX, and subjects like backup, disaster recovery, performance optimization, desktop virtualization and more.

The Collaboration Coop | About
Explore the evolving dynamics of collaboration software and technology from an IT and end-user perspective and discover best practices, opinions and advice that increase the clarity of collaboration’s role in the workplace. Topics and technologies covered include Microsoft SharePoint, IBM Lotus collaboration products, unified communications, social networking, knowledge and content management, wikis and blogs.

CIO Symmetry | About
A proportional mix of news and wit for the midmarket.

.NET Developments: A SearchWinDevelopment.com Blog | About
A blog on all things .NET, with news and tips about Visual Studio, ASP.NET, Visual Basic programming, C# and .NET architecture.

Ajaxian blog | About
Ben and Dion of Ajaxian.com discuss issues around Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and interview various Ajax notables.

Channel Marker: A SearchITChannel.com blog | About
Commentary for value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators on partner programs, storage, security, networking and systems.

Ear on Oracle: A SearchOracle.com podcast blog | About
A SearchOracle.com blog featuring podcasts for Oracle DBAs, developers and managers on topics including Oracle database management, applications, jobs, trends and news. Add this blog to your RSS feeds for instant updates when a new SearchOracle.com podcast is available for download.

Enterprise Linux Log: A SearchEnterpriseLinux.com blog | About
A blog for Linux administrators covering Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, Linux in data centers, Oracle Linux, Linux vs. Windows, Linux vs. Unix, interoperability, migration, the Linux kernel and more.

Eye on Oracle: A SearchOracle.com blog | About
The Oracle blog with observations and commentary for DBAs and developers about the Oracle database (10g, 9i), applications (E-Business Suite, Financials, PeopleSoft), SQL and PL/SQL, training, certifications and more.

Interoperability: TheServerSide blog | About
TheServerSide Interoperability Blog invites the developer and architect communities - across platforms - to take part in the discussion. The goal is to create a compelling dialog on the best practices and architectures that relate to this sometimes heated topic.

Our Latest Discovery: A WhatIs.com blog | About
Discover great Web sites, videos, photos, information technology (IT) definitions, blogs, tutorials, cheat sheets and learn about Internet culture in general at this blog.

SAP Watch: A SearchSAP.com blog | About
The SAP blog for in-depth news and tips about SAP ERP, Duet, jobs, upgrades, business intelligence (BI), supplier relationship management (SCM), consulting and more.

Security Bytes: A SearchSecurity.com blog | About
The information security blog for the latest buzz on data security, privacy and regulatory compliance issues, information security threats, software security updates, flaws and more.

Security Wire Weekly: A SearchSecurity.com podcast | About
A recap of the week\’s top information security news, plus interviews with information security experts and professionals.

Server Specs: A SearchDataCenter.com blog | About
The blog for all things data center, including, design and infrastructure, Unix, Linux, mainframes and x86 servers, power and cooling efficiency, information technology (IT) service management, server consolidation and virtualization and more.

Server Virtualization Blog: A SearchServerVirtualization.com blog | About
A server virtualization blog covering virtual machine (VM) management and administration, VMware, Xen, Microsoft, server consolidation and hardware, backup and disaster recovery, VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) and more.

SOA Talk: A SearchSOA.com blog | About
The SOA blog with observations and commentary for architects and developers about SOA, Web services, integration technologies (ESBs, Grids, XML) and development platforms such as Java EE and .NET.

Storage Soup: A SearchStorage.com blog | About
A data storage blog offering commentary on the storage industry, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at developments in storage management, SAN, NAS, backup, disaster recovery and storage strategy.

Tech Buzzwords from WhatIs.com | About
A podcast dedicated to uncovering and explaining the latest terms, trends and concepts in information technology (IT) and on the Internet. Listen and learn.

The iSeries blog: A Search400.com blog | About
The latest iSeries opinions on systems management, programming, Web development, recovery, security and more.

Voices of CRM: A SearchCRM.com podcast | About
A monthly podcast with CRM experts on: CRM, marketing and sales strategies; and customer service and call center management.

What’s hot in Windows security: A SearchWindowsSecurity.com podcast | About
The “What’s hot in Windows security” and “Ask the security expert roundup” podcast series keep Windows admins up to speed with the latest Windows security news. Learn about Windows Server 2008, Vista, patch management, network security management and more.

Windows Week in Review: A SearchWinIT.com podcast | About
A weekly podcast covering Microsoft Windows news and events. Includes analysis on Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Exchange, as well as the latest security and patch updates, systems management issues and more.