WHITE PAPER - When it comes to IT certifications, not all certifications are equally valued by companies. Find out the top 15 certifications most in demand for 2012 and what their corresponding salaries are on average. Discover which certifications will net you a 6-figure salary.
Posted: February 2, 2012 | Published: February 2, 2012


Topics:  Careers | Certification Programs | IT Workforce | Networking | Salaries and Wages | Systems Design and Development | Training

ESSENTIAL GUIDE - Learn how you can empower your employees to make the most of big data and data analytics in this executive guide from the Corporate Executive Board.
Posted: February 1, 2012 | Published: September 5, 2011


Topics:  CIOs | Data Analytics | Data Management | Data Visualization | Data Warehouses | Information Management | Knowledge Management | Leadership | Metrics | Productivity | Search Engines | Training

WHITE PAPER - What IT skills are fast becoming obsolete and useless? Find out 12 skills you can expect to shelve soon in this resource, including email, computer hardware support, COBOL and more.
Posted: January 30, 2012 | Published: January 30, 2012


Topics:  Careers | COBOL | Email | IT Industry | IT Workforce | Technical Support Staff | Training

WHITE PAPER - What skills are the most relevant and valued by companies in 2012? In order for individuals to succeed in this unpredictable economy, it's important to cultivate these top 12 skills ranging from technical to business to social.
Posted: January 5, 2012 | Published: January 5, 2012


Topics:  Careers | Certification Programs | IT Workforce | Network Management | Security Management | Server Virtualization | Training

IT BRIEFING - This benchmarking study from ESI International identifies the trends impacting the project management function in IT industry in three areas: PMO maturity, measuring and reporting on PMO effectiveness, as well as training involvement.
Posted: January 5, 2012 | Published: May 5, 2011


Topics:  Management Training | PMOS | Program Management | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management | ROI | Surveys | Training

IT BRIEFING - This global benchmarking study from ESI international identifies the key challenges and successes experienced by project and programme management offices (PMO) and draws recommendations for the future.
Posted: January 5, 2012 | Published: May 5, 2011


Topics:  PMOS | Program Management | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management | Training

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Programming is a journey between the real world and a computer. This article explains why object orientation is currently the best way we have of making the journey.
Posted: January 5, 2012 | Published: January 5, 2012


Topics:  Object-Oriented Programming | Object-Oriented Programming Languages | Programming | Programming Languages | Training

WHITE PAPER - What skills do you need to be a good manager? How does leadership differ from management? Get answers to these fundamental questions and relate the core skills of management to each other and to the art of leadership in this white paper. Find out how to delegate, negotiate, motivate, lead and more.
Posted: December 6, 2011 | Published: December 6, 2011


Topics:  Careers | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Workforce | Leadership | Management Training | Training

WHITE PAPER - The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions.
Posted: October 20, 2011 | Published: October 21, 2010


Topics:  Certification Programs | Open Group | Training

WHITE PAPER - The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions.
Posted: October 20, 2011 | Published: October 22, 2010


Topics:  Certification Programs | Open Group | Training

WHITE PAPER - A common characteristic of people-certification programs in the marketplace is that most test or validate the existence of relevant knowledge. Few reach beyond this.
Posted: October 20, 2011 | Published: October 22, 2010


Topics:  Certification Programs | Open Group | Training

EGUIDE - Something as seemingly trivial as a truck hitting a telephone pole can suddenly leave health care employees unable to access clinical applications and patient data. This tip discusses how providers can create, and update, business continuity plans to ensure that key systems and processes are maintained.
Posted: September 20, 2011 | Published: September 20, 2011


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Health Care Compliance | Health Care Industry | Health Care Security | Server Management | Training

WHITE PAPER - The question is no longer if your healthcare practice will make the transition to EHR, but when.  Careful planning and effective change management can help keep missteps – and the stress and costs that come with them – to a minimum.  This white paper presents strategies for avoiding common EHR implementation problems.
Posted: September 16, 2011 | Published: September 16, 2011


Topics:  Change Management | EHR (Electronic Health Records) | Health Care Compliance | Health Care Industry | HITECH | Risk Management | Strategic Planning | Training

WHITE PAPER - There are many factors to consider when rolling out an EHR implementation, and one of the most important is getting your people behind the change. This paper provides insight into where your staff may be in terms of resistance to or support for a new EHR system, and the necessary tools, training and support to transition successfully.
Posted: September 15, 2011 | Published: September 15, 2011


Topics:  ARRA | Change Management | Data Migration | EHR (Electronic Health Records) | Health Care Compliance | Health Care Industry | HITECH | Training

CASE STUDY - This case study highlights how one company used cutting-edge software tools and training to help streamline service management and turn it from a bottleneck into a smoothly running operation that was more responsive to users' needs but without bloating costs or stretching precious IT staff resources.
Posted: June 1, 2011 | Published: June 1, 2011


Topics:  IT Management | IT Management Services | IT Managers | ITIL | Manufacturing Industry | Training | Training Software