- ITtoolbox
Infobox Company
company_name = Information Technology Toolbox, Inc. (ITtoolbox)
company_
company_type =Subsidiary
foundation =Scottsdale, AZ (1998 )
location = flagicon|USAScottsdale ,Arizona , USA
key_people = Daniel Morrison, CEO
George Krautzel,President
industry = IT mediahomepage = [http://www.ITtoolbox.com/ www.ITtoolbox.com]
ITtoolbox is an online community, enabling peers to share professional knowledge about information technology. Since 1998, ITtoolbox has helped professionals make IT decisions and stay current in the rapidly changing technology market through peer collaboration.
History
The company was founded in
1998 [http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0409biz-goingglobal0409.html] as "ITtoolbox," one of the first online communities enabling professionals to share knowledge about information technology. Initially, the community was built on five knowledge bases (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Baan, and ERP) powered by discussion forums. The ITtoolbox platform now incorporates a professional network, 28 knowledge bases, more than 200blogs , 650discussion groups , and awiki to facilitate targeted community interaction in which IT advertisers can participate through a proprietary contextual matching system. [http://www.outsellinc.com/store/products/412]In
February 2000 , ITtoolbox launched ITtoolbox Groups, e-mail-based discussion communities covering a range of IT products and topics. [http://www.ittoolbox.com/Help/timeline.asp]In
May 2003 , ITtoolbox introduced the ITtoolbox Blogs program, bringing together a network of blog authors to publish professional content based on their firsthand knowledge. [https://www.marketingsherpa.com/barrier.html?ident=23867]In
July 2005 , ITtoolbox unveiled ITtoolbox Wiki, offering a collaborative IT reference guide created and edited by the community. [http://www.ittoolbox.com/Help/presscenter.asp?i=64]In
September 2006 , ITtoolbox launched ITtoolbox Professional Networking, allowing users to create home pages representing them, find and connect with similar experts, and share IT knowledge. [http://www.dmnews.com/cms/dm-news/internet-marketing/38300.html]In
July 2007 , ITtoolbox was acquired byCorporate Executive Board . [http://ir.executiveboard.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=113226&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1030101&highlight=]In
October 2008 , the online community at ITtoolbox received a name change toToolbox for IT . A new name for the company that operates this online community was also establsihed at this time:Toolbox.com . [http://www.Toolbox.com]Products
The ITtoolbox platform integrates the following collaboration and community publishing tools:
* [http://groups.ittoolbox.com/ Groups] : More than 650 discussion communities allowing peers to ask and answer questions among each other.
* [http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/ Blogs] : A community publishing service where professionals post IT news and knowledge and community members comment on the entries.
* [http://wiki.ittoolbox.com/index.php/Home Wiki] : An IT reference guide and instruction manual created by the community, including definitions, source code samples, FAQs, and HOWTOs.
*Knowledge Bases: Web sites that allow members of the IT community to interact with peers through the tools listed above based on topics of interest. They also contain content from third parties including vendor white papers, media news, job postings, and more. There are 28 Knowledge Bases: [http://businessintelligence.ittoolbox.com Business Intelligence] , [http://cio.ittoolbox.com CIO] , [http://crm.ittoolbox.com CRM] , [http://datawarehouse.ittoolbox.com Data Warehouse] , [http://Java.ittoolbox.com Java] , [http://windows.ittoolbox.com Windows] , [http://PeopleSoft.ittoolbox.com PeopleSoft] , [http://Oracle.ittoolbox.com Oracle] , [http://SAP.ittoolbox.com SAP] , [http://baan.ittoolbox.com Baan] , [http://erp.ittoolbox.com ERP] , [http://linux.ittoolbox.com Linux] , [http://unix.ittoolbox.com UNIX] [http://Networking.ittoolbox.com Networking] , [http://security.ittoolbox.com Security] , [http://webdesign.ittoolbox.com Web Design] , [http://supplychain.ittoolbox.com SCM] , [http://siebel.ittoolbox.com Siebel] , [http://database.ittoolbox.com Database] , [http://eai.ittoolbox.com EAI] , [http://visualbasic.ittoolbox.com Visual Basic] , [http://c.ittoolbox.com C Languages] , [http://wireless.ittoolbox.com Wireless] , [http://storage.ittoolbox.com Storage] , [http://hardware.ittoolbox.com Hardware] , [http://emergingtech.ittoolbox.com Emerging Technologies] , [http://projectmanagement.ittoolbox.com Project Management] , and [http://knowledgemanagement.ittoolbox.com Knowledge Management] .
*Professional Networking: Tools that allow professionals to create their own home pages, connect with other professionals, and communicate with the IT community.
References
*Wiles, Russ: [http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0409biz-goingglobal0409.html Valley firm serves world's IT pros] ,
The Arizona Republic , Apr. 9, 2006.
*Worlock, Kate: [http://www.outsellinc.com/store/products/412 20 to Watch in 2007] , EPS, an Outsell, Inc. Company, Dec. 14, 2006.
* [http://www.ittoolbox.com/Help/timeline.asp ITtoolbox Timeline]
* [https://www.marketingsherpa.com/barrier.html?ident=23867 How to Get Your Blog Read by 1.3 Million IT Pros Visiting ITtoolbox Monthly] ,Marketing Sherpa , Apr. 1, 2005.
* [http://www.ittoolbox.com/Help/presscenter.asp?i=64 ITtoolbox Press Center]
*Wood, Cara: [http://www.dmnews.com/cms/dm-news/internet-marketing/38300.html Social Networking Goes to Work] ,DM News , Sept. 20, 2006.* [http://ir.executiveboard.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=113226&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1030101&highlight= Corporate Executive Board]
* [http://www.toolbox.com Toolbox.com]External links
* [http://www.ittoolbox.com ITtoolbox]
* [http://www.executiveboard.com/ Corporate Executive Board]
* [http://www.toolbox.com Toolbox.com]imilar Websites
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