About ITscout.org

Web-based interactive version of the Flashmap Roadmap wall posters

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

Jeff Tash is the creator and the person responsible for populating the Flashmap Roadmap wall posters and everything that appears on this ITscout web site.  

Jeff develops cognitive roadmaps -- visual taxonomies -- that provide at-a-glance views of IT. Jeff collects, organizes, classifies, and categorizes all kinds of information that he discovers as he surfs the Web.  ITscout is where Jeff shares his research.  Come visit, discover, explore and learn.   ITscout is totally commercial free.

Why is ITscout free?

ITscout exposes people, like you, to the ITscout Roadmaps and the power of having a taxonomy to make sense out of the madness.  If you like what you see, then perhaps you might want to request a ITatlas demo.  Or, maybe you'd like to buy a Flashmap Roadmap wall poster. They make great reference tools!  

CAUTION:  ITatlas is NOT ITscout. ITscout is NOT ITatlas.

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Registration Required

Click here to register for ITscout.

ITscout visitors are identified by their e-mail address.  All visitors are required to register.  Flashmap Systems promises 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. 

Enjoy your visit! 

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