Resources for IT Managers
Safari Books Online has added the official Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) to its digital library service. This expands their titles focused on IT Service Management, Infrastructure and Development and Operations. Safari Books Online, the leading provider of on-demand digital libraries for technology and business professionals, today announced the extension of its collection to include [...]
IT Governance has launched a U.S. version of their online shopping web site. IT Governance specializes in books and tools in the areas such as Best Practice, Business Continuity, Compliance, Corporate Governance, IT Governance, Information Security, ITIL, Project Management and Risk Management. The new web site, www.itgovernanceUSA.com, will be a one-stop-shop service delivering highly relevant [...]
Despite a downturn in the economy research by Robert Half International shows some bright spots in the IT industry. With shortages of qualified candidates to fill critical positions, IT professionals with the right training and credentials will still be in demand in 2009. “Companies highly value employees who can identify cost efficiencies, develop long-range business [...]
CAI’s IT Metrics and Productivity Institute has launched an online library of recorded, educational lectures that will teach CIO’s and senior IT practitioners around the world how to leverage best practices to compete in the global marketplace while dramatically improving the productivity and quality of their software development and maintenance organizations. The “Software Best Practices” [...]
Are you looking to move up in your organization or move on to a better job? Improving your skill set will benefit you in both situations. There are many skills valued by managers, but which skills do they find most valuable? Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder.com recently surveyed 3169 hiring managers. One of the [...]
Cisco Press has released new print and electronic versions of their exam guides and learning tools to prepare candidates for the new CCNA concentrations. These new concentrations include CCNA Security, CCNA Wireless and CCNA Voice. Cisco introduced three concentrations to the popular associate-level career certification, CCNA Security, CCNA Wireless, CCNA Voice. These highly specialized concentrations [...]
A resume is your tool for selling yourself. With your resume you are marketing yourself to a potential employer. Only 10% of resumes are actually read in full by the hiring manager. The other 90% do not make it past the company recruiter or have so little initial impact they are briefly scanned, then tossed. [...]
The IT help desk was once seen as a low level entry position that offered very little skill development. With the evolution of the modern help desk and implementation of best practices such as ITIL this has changed. The IT help desk is now seen as an IT career launching platform. By working on a [...]
IT departments may be facing one of their biggest threats ever. It is not a virus, a hacker or a never ending expansion. It is the aging workforce. Yes, IT is graying and it is starting to show. As the baby boomer generation ages, so does the IT workforce. According to the U.S. Bureau of [...]
Any small business faces challenges when it comes to incorporating IT into their business. They lack the large budgets of corporations and often the training and know-how on how to use IT to improve their business. Microsoft Live Small Business is sponsoring five events nationwide aimed at women entrepreneurs. Called Vision To Venture the one [...]