Q.What can I find on the IT PRO site?

A. IT PRO brings you an exciting and engaging mix of enterprise IT industry and technology news, features, product reviews, group tests, how-to guides and tutorials, whitepapers, reader, industry and editorial expert bloggers, polls, interactive forums, competitions and special offers.
We also post regular webcasts based on topical issues affecting IT decision makers, as well as regular video interviews, event and product coverage, along with a weekly audio podcast.

Q.I want to subscribe to your podcast in iTunes?

A. Search for “The IT PRO Podcast” in the iTunes Music Store to subscribe. The IT PRO Podcast is free. Alternatively, click on this link which will open up your copy of iTunes and load the IT PRO Podcast page in the iTunes Music Store.

Q.Why should I register for IT PRO?

A. Registering with the IT PRO web site will allow you to comment on articles. In addition you will be able to choose whether you want to receive our regular newsletter, currently sent out on Tuesday and Friday mornings. The newsletter gives you an overview of all the latest news, reviews, features, tutorials, blogs, podcasts and videos on the site, with handy links so you can go straight to the content you most want to read, listen to or watch. You will also be able to access our whitepaper library, comment on blog posts and participate in our forums.

Q.My email address has changed, what do I do?

A. No problem - simply log into the IT PRO web site with your old email address, and go to Edit Profile (the link is in the top right hand corner of any IT PRO page). On the Edit Profile page, you will be able to change your email address, along with your password and newsletter preferences.

I use a BlackBerry, so I can’t read your HTML newsletter?

A. You can at any time change your newsletter preferences to receive either a HTML version or a plain text version. The plain text version has everything in it the HTML version has, except the images and the HTML code, so it is BlackBerry-friendly.

Using Our Social Bookmarking Links

At the bottom of all our articles you will find links to a variety of social bookmarking sites including Digg, del.icio.us, Slashdot, Facebook and StumbleUpon. If you want to add a link to one of our stories into your personal social bookmark list, or want to share it with other users, just click on any of these links.
A new window will open and will load the submission page for the bookmarking site you have chosen. Where possible, we will pre-populate the fields on the submission page with the headline, summary and URL for the IT PRO article you want to share. Remember, you may be prompted to log in to the social bookmarking site you choose before you can post a link.

Commenting on an article

At the very end of all our articles you will find the option to add a comment. In order to use this feature you will need to register with the IT PRO site and make sure you are logged in. Once you have done this, simply add in a title for your comment post and the actual comment you want to make, and hit submit, or preview if you want to check it first. You will be able to see comments from other people and be able to highlight useful comments on articles.

Downloading Whitepapers

Our whitepaper section contains a regularly updated list of useful industry whitepapers, focusing on new technologies and IT issues. To download these whitepapers, you will need to register with the IT PRO site and make sure you are logged in. Once you have done this, simply click on the Whitepapers link in the main menu of the site, and choose the whitepaper you want to download. You may be prompted for some additional information first before you can download your free whitepaper.

The search box is positioned at the top of the right column of every page and enables you to quickly search our archives.
Once you have entered a phrase you can then filter by 'news', 'reviews', 'features', 'how tos & tutorials’ or by 'all' types.