WhatIs.com Honor Roll  | We wish to honor those readers who write in to tell us they've done well on one of our quizzes. We humbly acknowledge their genius and officially pronounce them Know IT Alls. |
Kevin Perry Chief Underwriting Officer, Travelers Boiler & Machinery Chuck Sallee CIS Manager, Lexington Division of Police Karen Cote, MS Lead Technical Analyst, University of Rochester Medical Center Kathie Williams Usability Sciences Geek of the Week contest winners at Manpower, Incorporated Sue Huhn - Senior Software Developer Sara Baker - Manager for Application Development Debbie Siegel - Associate Software Developer Ronni Nivala - PowerBase Payroll Manager Kathy Conatty - Manpower Help Desk Technical Specialist Darlyne Emerick - System Support Analyst Chrissy Luke - Systems Administrator Robbin Hill - Change Management Supervisor
We women use your quizzes to have a little fun by having a "Geek of the Week" contest. We're all employees at Manpower International Inc. (one of the world's largest staffing firms) at the Home Office in Glendale, Wisconsin. The person who scores the highest on the quiz is required to bring treats for everyone and receives a floating "Geek of the Week" trophy. (The trophy is actually an old bowling trophy.) Greg Ackerson Principal Systems Analyst, NASA Daniel Arauz Asencio Instructor/SYSOP; Valley View School, Richmond, CA Kirill Azhitsky Technical Lead, MacDonalds Jyoti Bhatia Software Developer It is very important to keep abreast and have a clear understanding of the ever-changing terminology, and that's exactly what these quizzes help me do. Sally Carpenter ESL Instructor Nic Cary Technical Director, Cary Design Ltd; London Whatis.com offers an entertaining way for me and my staff and clients to expand their knowledge of the known IT universe. Hardly a day goes by without a new crop of acronyms sprouting into existence. Rather than die under their weight, we use whatis.com quizzes to harvest them and dazzle others with our geek chic. Nazeem Cassiem Account Manager, HP-Financial Services Division Mr. George R. Clark Information Systems Security Manager, U.S. Navy Manpower Analysis Center Testing oneself is the surest way to increase your desire to learn more! Paul Cochran Business Consultant, BlueCross BlueShield of Massachusetts I use the quizzes to test my knowledge in a variety of areas. The quizzes show me where I may need to read up on new technology. James A. (Jamie) Dennis I use these quizzes to test my knowledge and my areas of weakness so I might improve my knowledge of all areas of IT. Edgar Enyedy Senior Consultant, ISIC, Spain I'm surprised how useful a quiz can be. Some sort of killer app. Not only entertainment but also knowledge hidden somewhere on whatis.com pages. It's funny mixing trivia and up-to-date knowledge. Tim Finamore Nucomm Marketing International; Ontario, Canada We use the whatis.com site as a tool for our Help Desk here. The tests keep our reps on their toes and help further their education. Clayton Flood IT Administrator , BKR Walker Wayland; Brisbane, Australia Michael Friend Sr. Database Analyst, PACCAR Parts Division Jack Ganz CTO, NACS Inc., Brooklyn, NY Giampiero Giacomello, Ph.D. Researcher, Department of Social and Political Science; European University Institute, Florence, Italy I work on cyberwar and cybercrime, so I have to test my knowledge about computer security and whatis.com is a great help. But no matter how hard I try, my students are always, always ahead of me! They should teach me. Moira Heffron P.M. High School, Minneapolis I use the quizzes to remind myself of what I know, as well as to direct further reading and to pick up fun facts to share with interested students. Darin Johnson AtHome Data Technician/Installer, Mediacom Communications Taking the quizzes has helped me find my strengths and weaknesses. Whatis.com has been a major asset to me and to many other employees from my area. Graham King Technical Analyst, ETIS Trading Support Team; Yorkshire Electricity,UK I use the quizzes to reassure myself that I still remember more than I've forgotten! They're also good for expanding knowledge on a topic that I already know a bit about. This morning's Peripheral's one was a good example - with loads of new interfaces and techniques mixed in with old ones. William Knox United States Navy
Darrin Lee Unix Administrator, Cargill
Theresa Locke All ten correct! And I thought I'd lost my touch! Michael Lockett Technical Services Consultant, Abacus II I have used the quizzes to test my knowledge of current technologies. Given that I work as a "consultant", these quizzes help me prepare for questions that I might not anticipate from clients. M. J. Minero
Gerry B. Owens Contracts Manager, TEKsystems, Inc. Jim Pullen Vice-President/Market Research Manager, Atlanta, GA Babu Rathinam Pfizer Pedro Sandoval Programmer Analyst, CCN Managed Care I use the quizzes to test my IT knowledge. Khaled Shawky Cairo, Egypt Your exams...are really great. Drew Shubel Director, Operations; Versatile Mobile Systems I use the quizzes to keep current and to keep my geek co-workers honest. David Stewart Programmer Analyst, BD The quizzes are great for pointing out weak spots and just picking up a little extra information fast! Tim Streng Network Technician, Benton County Emergency Services Lucy Summers Web Designer, DamnPuters.com I use the quizzes to keep up on what is going on in IT and that helps me help others when they need someone to resolve computer problems. In a very small rural community (pop. 1800+); there aren't many people with a lot of knowledge about IT, so I get help calls from friends and neighbors on a regular basis. Mike Trax Unix System Administrator, Purolator Courier Ltd., Misissauga, Ontario, Canada I got 100%. Whoooo hoooo! :-) Richard Traynham ...took one quiz last year and got ZERO right. I'm doing better these days. Christophe Verhaeghe CSC, Belgium We live in a world where people need to know a lot in a minimum amount of time. Therefore, I consider taking the ten questions quiz as a quick and efficient training course on its own. Shailesh Vidyarthi Sr. Manager, BHEL-Piping Centre The quizzes were a surprise. They help us to know our areas of interest better and to identify shortcomings, if any. Reginald Wheat Senior Programmer Analyst, Georgia Pacific Corporation David Washington White Director of MIS, Ministry of Health, Jamaica You articles were a daily e-mail diet for me. In addition, I referred a lot of my junior staff and friends to your site. Frank Whelan Technology Project Manager, Reinsurance Service Projects, London Neil Winston Business Analyst, Opus Software Solutions; Chennai, India Mike Woodward Strategic Business Consultant, SAP UK Donna Young Information Systems Specialist, Washington State Arts Commission Sang Young Engineering Manager, IT Guardian Ltd Ms. Fizulin Zin Senior Technology Analyst, FirstFloor Capital
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