February, 2008

Xbox Contest: Current Member Ranking 02/26/08

With less than 3 weeks to go until the Xbox Elite contest ends, our members continue to jockey for position for the top slots on the Knowledge Points chart.

Who will be listed in that final tally? It could be anyone. It could be you. There is still ample time for any member to win. Each time you ask, answer or discuss a question, you are earning Knowledge Points. On March 15th we will tally the Knowledge Points up and the top 3 members will walk away with some cool prizes.

Here’s the current member rankings in our Xbox Elite contest.

Current Top Contenders (as of 02/26/08)

1. Mrdenny (4,595)
2. Buddyfarr (3,875)
3. Bvining (850)
4. Jlees (700)
5. CGarcia26C (620)

The cool contest prizes:
1st Place – Microsoft Xbox Elite game system
2nd Place – Apple 8GB iPod Touch
3rd Place – Amazon $100 gift certificate

Community Manager

Learn RDBMS using Oracle and SQL

Are you interested in relational databases, especially from an Oracle or SQL point of view? Rhiana Jay Ruiz has a background in Oracle, SQL, Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic .NET, ASP.NET, Java, JavaScript and HTML and is here to help you solve problems regarding relational database management. So be sure to visit and bookmark our newest community blog, called RDBMS in Oracle/SQL.

Our community of IT workers come from all walks of IT and each has honed specialized skills that are valuable to other members. We offer free blog hosting to our members and we’ll help you get started and build your readership. Why host your blog on a generic blog network when you can join a blog community devoted to IT? Come and join us.

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Make your life as a Microsoft Windows administrator easier

Gadzooks, one of our newest bloggers is encouraging Windows administrators to be lazy. No, actually, Jerry Lees just wants to illustrate how he’s made his life easier with his scripting skills. Jerry is a Windows and Network Systems administrator with over 15 years of IT experience and he knows his way around VBScript.

Are repetitive or redundant tasks giving you a headache? Jerry shares from his bag of scripting tricks to help lighten the load of fellow Windows administrators. Be sure to visit and bookmark The VBScript Network and Systems Administrator’s Cafe and start learning how to make your life a little easier, too.

Got IT skills? Of course you do. So why not share all that geekness with your fellow members in the ITKE community? We provide our members with free blog hosting and even hold your hand to get you started. Our list of IT blogs is growing and we’d like you to be a part of our blogger community. Come join us.

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Are IT engineers and IT auditors natural enemies?

You can never be too thin, too rich or have too many security-related blogs. I’m delighted to introduce another new security blog, this one devoted to the world of IT Auditors. The blog is called Sister CISA CISSP and it’s written by security veteran and member Arian Eigen Heald.

Eigen offers a unique perspective, having worked as an IT Engineer and IT Auditor. She believes it all comes down to competence in thinking. Visit and bookmark or grab her RSS feed for real world discussion of SAS 70, Microsoft, PCI, Novell, SOX404, UNIX, Pentesting …and of course, a healthy helping of geek.

Why not share your inner geek with the community? As an ITKE member, you can get free blog hosting and let your IT voice be heard. We have a growing network of IT blogs written by members just like you. You have knowledge to share, so come join in the blogging fun.

Community Manager

How to secure your PC, network and data

I’m happy to introduce a new security-related blog called Security Corner, written by member Ken “The Geek” Harthun. Ken will be providing valuable advice, tips, and news on how to keep your PCs, network, and data safe from attack by crackers and cybercriminals. Visit today and start learning how you can protect your systems from miscreants.

Have you ever considered starting your own blog? We offer our members free blog hosting and encourage our members to blog and share their expertise. We’ll help you to get started and even help you to build your blog readership. Take a look at our growing network of IT blogs and give some thought to sharing your hard-earned knowledge with the community.

Community Manager

Xbox Contest: Current Member Ranking 02/11/08

Here is the current tally of Knowledge Points for the Xbox Elite contest. Remember, the contest doesn’t end until March 15th, so there is still plenty of time to join in and beef up your Knowledge Points.

Top Knowledge Points (as of 02/11/08)

1. Mrdenny (1,710)
2. Buddyfarr (585)
3. Wrobinson (575)
4. CGarcia26C (500)
5. Bvining (410)
6. Xanader (285)

Here are the contest prizes:
1st Place – Microsoft Xbox Elite game system
2nd Place – Apple 8GB iPod Touch
3rd Place – Amazon $100 gift certificate

Each time you ask, answer or discuss a question on IT Knowledge Exchange, you’re earning Knowledge Points. And those Knowledge Points are the key to your winning the Xbox Elite or one of the other great prizes we’re offering. It’s our way of thanking our members and the ITKE community.

Feel free to leave a comment below to let us know what other prizes you’d like to see offered on ITKE. Thanks …and good luck in the contest!

Community Manager

Want a free IT Knowledge Exchange T-Shirt?

Earn 500 Knowledge Points and we will send you a IT Knowledge Exchange T-Shirt.

Just Ask, Answer or Discuss questions and watch your points add up. The more knowledge you share the better.

Congratulations to all who have passed the 500 Knowledge Point mark and have received their cool new shirt.

Don’t forget to sign up for email alerts on new questions, changes to discussion and answers on topics that you are interested in.

Sean

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The unique challenges of IT in the advertising business

Introducing a brand new community blog devoted to IT departments in the advertising business. IT Director John Wilder discusses the unique challenges spawned by a mixed Macintosh and PC environment, Creative department and the insatiable storage needs that come with the territory.

If you work in this area or a similar environment, visit the new IT in the Ad Biz blog for an insiders perspective on how to deal with the challenges.

If you’d like to start an IT-related blog, we offer our members free blog hosting. Why start an IT blog on a generic network when we have a community of IT pros waiting for you here on IT Knowledge Exchange? Be sure to browse our IT blogs, written by community members just like you.

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Would you like to improve your business presentations?

If you’re serious about improving your presentation skills, visit our newest community blog by presentation veteran William Peterson.

William provides best practices, discusses proven techniques and welcomes the open exchange of presentation ideas and experiences. Visit the brand new Business Presentation over your IT blog and start polishing up those rusty presentation skills today.

IT Knowledge Exchange provides free blog hosting for IT-related blogs. Browse our growing list of blogs written by fellow ITKE members and consider starting your own blog with us.

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