IT Knowledge Exchange Community Update for 02/26/09

Here is what’s happening in our community lately:

• Knowledge Points Amazon giveaway
• Want an IT Knowledge Exchange t-shirt?
• Featured blog of the week
• Featured questions
• Featured blog posts
• Messages from the TechTarget network

Knowledge Points Amazon Giveaway

Is there an Amazon gift card in your future? Only your Knowledge Points will tell. Visit the blog post for more information.
Want an IT Knowledge Exchange T-Shirt?

IT Knowledge Exchange is currently running a promotion to welcome new members — ask and answer one question each, and you will be eligible to receive an IT Knowledge Exchange t-shirt. Visit the blog post for more information.

Featured IT Blogger of the Week

This week’s IT Knowledge Exchange blogger of the week is Eric Siebert. Eric wears many hats — he is a guest blogger for the SearchServerVirtualization and Virtualization Pro blogs, now on IT Knowledge Exchange. He is an author on VMware topics, releasing his first book, “VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration” this summer. He also has built an expansive online resource on VMware-related topics, VMware-land.com.

One incredibly useful feature of the site: Eric maintains a comprehensive list of virtualization bloggers, resources, calendars, tools and even Twitter users on what he calls the “VMware Launchpad“.

Any virtualization pros would be doing themselves a disservice by not visiting this page, as it condenses the most useful links onto one easy-to-navigate page. Cheers to Eric for staying on top of the virtualization game, in many different arenas.

Featured Questions

Over the past week, we’ve seen some great questions come through IT Knowledge Exchange, but some questions are still waiting for an answer. Click on one of our selected questions below, and spread the knowledge!

• Have you moved to online backup?

• Managing Hyper-V from an XP-compatible console

• iSCSI SAN solution for a VMware ESX 3.5

• LDAP search command option to sort the entries

• Whitelist a group so that only the members can email to specified domains

• Changing host machine name in Hyper-V

• Cisco 3550 config assistance needed

• XenDesktop load balancing

• Advantages and disadvantages of using Citrix XenServer

Featured Blog Posts

Browse the sampling of selected blog posts below or go here to view all.

• The illusion of perfect software | Custom Application Development

• Cisco Saudi - Expo 2009 was amazing and helpful | Network technologies and trends

• Here comes IE8 RTM! | Vista Enterprise Desktop

• 2008 Hyper-V and LPT1 port on the 2003 Virtual Servers | SBS 2003 and Beyond

• My first few days with VMware ThinApp and Office 2007 | Something Wicked This Way Comes

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Messages from the TechTarget Network

Taking the sting out of virtual desktop storage costs

When it comes to hosting desktops with VDI, associated storage costs are often a deal-breaker. However, new tools and technologies have emerged to ease storage costs for hosted virtual desktops. This tip discusses some of these new options and key considerations to look at before adopting a virtual desktop storage solution.

Expert eGuide: How to Get Started with Data Deduplication

Data deduplication has certainly generated quite a stir among storage professionals in the UK, and while there’s a lot of curiosity and interest, many UK storage professionals have yet to take off with this increasingly popular backup trend. In this eGuide from the experts at SearchStorage.co.UK, you’ll gain insight on the benefits of deduplication, as well as best practices to follow as you prepare to launch, or enhance, your data deduplication strategy.

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Send it to me at jenny@itknowledgeexchange.com

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Community Manager