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two sides of the same coin

 

 

 

 

What is ITscout ?

 

Web-based interactive version of the
Flashmap Roadmap wall posters

  • Category descriptions
  • Direct hyperlinks to product pages
  • Direct hyperlinks to vendor web sites
  • One-click context-sensitive Google searches
  • 1-person, 1-vote democratic grading of products
  • Additional categories and products
  • Supplemental information

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    ITscout is targeted to visitors doing 'self-service'  IT research. 

     

    My name is Jeff Tash.  I’m the ITscout.  I'm the person responsible for choosing everything that goes onto the Flashmap Roadmap wall posters and everything that appears on this ITscout web site.   My promise is to deliver ITscout with a strong keel that will allow visitors to set their own course based on unbiased compass readings.

     

    I develop cognitive roadmaps -- visual taxonomies -- that provide at-a-glance views of IT.    I collect, organize, classify, and categorize all kinds of information that I discover as I surf the Web.  ITscout is where I share my research.  I invite you to come visit, discover, explore and learn.   ITscout is totally commercial free.

     

     

    Registration Required

    ITscout visitors are identified by their e-mail address.  All visitors are required to register.  I promise not to sell or share your private information, especially your e-mail address, with any outside third party.  Shortly after registering, a password will be sent to your e-mail address.  Please use that password for subsequent logins. 

    You can change your password by selecting the USER PROFILE tab.  If you forget your password, or if you never receive an e-mail after registration, then click below the Log In button on the link labeled Forgot Password?,  and a new password will be sent to your e-mail address. 

    After successfully logging in, visitors have the option of saving a cookie.  Visitors using cookies never have to manually re-login to ITscout again unless they explicitly logout using the ITscout LOGOUT tab.

     

    Getting Started

    ITscout's home page is the same as the ITscout FLASHMAPS tab.  It includes a search option where you can enter one or more search words into the input box on the top right portion of the page.  The default search is Any Match.  To specify Exact Wording, click the check box.  Your objective is to find your bearings on the Flashmap Roadmaps.  From there, you can discover and explore.  

     

    The ITscout FLASHMAPS tab also presents graphical models representing the Flashmap Roadmaps.  Roll your mouse over the graphics and hover.  Click to drill-down.

     

    On the line just below the tab bar, is the path bar.  The path bar always shows your current position inside the Flashmap Roadmap taxonomies.  The labels comprising the path are themselves hyperlinks.  One way to navigate ITscout is by clicking on the elements making up the path bar.  On the FLASHMAPS tab, the path bar indicates your login identifier.

     

    Click on the Help tab for additional information. 

     

     

     

     

    What’s the Gimmick?   Why is ITscout free?

     

    ITscout exposes people, like you,  to a modified version of ITguide and ITatlas and the ITscout Roadmaps.  If you like what you see, then perhaps you might want to request a click-along-with-Lois  ITguide and/or ITatlas demo.  Or, maybe you'd like to buy a IT Roadmap wall poster. They make great stocking stuffers!  

     

     

    CAUTION:  Although based on ITguide and ITatlas, ITscout uses only a portion of ITguide and ITatlas’ functionality. 
    ITguide and ITatlas are NOT ITscout
    ITscout is NOT ITguide or ITatlas.

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                 ***   To learn more about features in ITguide and ITatlas beyond what’s demonstrated in ITscout, please contact Lois Aronson at 617-332-3101.  She can show you how your IT organization can use ITguide or ITatlas to manage, communicate and enforce standards, architectures and strategies related to your infrastructure and applications technology portfolio.

     

    I make no claims regarding ITscout’s completeness, fairness, accuracy, or anything else.  ITscout is simply my modest attempt to model  the entire IT industry.  ITscout is a mile wide and in a few places more than an inch deep.   

     

    I welcome feedback of any kind -- corrections or additions -- suggestions on how to improve this site.  When you're visiting ITscout, you're never more than one click away from sending me e-mail.  That's what the FEEDBACK tab is for.  I look forward to hearing from you.

    I hope you're satisfied with ITscout and that you find the Flashmap Roadmap taxonomies useful.  Please come back again soon and tell your friends about ITscout. 

     

    If you have any questions regarding ITscout, Flashmap Roadmaps, Flashmap Systems, ITatlas, ITguide, or anything else -- please contact Lois Aronson at 617-332-3101.

     

     

     

    Keep the fires burning!




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