The average small business is becoming highly dependent on multiple forms of digital communications, but the technology choices are increasingly complex and come at a cost. 

Somewhere between our in-depth consultants’ guides and our short AnalystNotes that discuss specific aspects of IT careers, there is a need for an up-to-dateoverview of IT career structures. This is it. 

This webcast examines methods for driving business execution through HR initiatives and how it can lead to increased revenues. 

Customers rely on us to deliver quality learning products and services featuring superior instruction and training. Cisco trusts Global Knowledge, the world's largest Cisco Learning Solutions Partner, to deliver expert instruction to a worldwide network of learners and to be the primary training provider for their Associate Sales Engineers. 

In this paper, learn why centralized policy management, automated order processing and asset management, and end-user self-service are key ingredients for any organization trying to control the proliferation of wireless mobile devices and spiraling costs. 

Without best practices to address the unique challenges they bring to IT teams, mobile apps can do more harm than good for today's enterprises. Read this white paper to learn how to approach development testing, systems performance, application and data security, and the end-user experience when introducing mobile apps into your IT architecture. 

Inside this exclusive podcast interview, hear how Paul Harder, director of technology of the nonprofit agency The Arc Greater Twin Cities, was able to act as an industry role model by taking advantage of the benefits of social media and foster positive relationships with the business. 

<p>When a large international hospitality company, Hilton Worldwide, needed to boost the efficiency of its global operations it turned to a workforce performance and compensation system. Read this case study to learn how Hilton controlled its accelerating growth while effectively managing a diverse, global workforce.</p> 

Software developers write code to power applications that drive today's businesses. Whether you are looking at ubiquitous applications such as Microsoft Word or your own in-house software, chances are that they are not very WAN-friendly. The focus of this paper is to highlight the TCP protocol's shortcomings for WAN transmission purposes. 

Events such as the financial crisis and the Gulf oil spill have provided fresh impetus for efforts to gain better oversight and coordination across risk and compliance functions. Read this white paper to learn how the integrated management of risk and compliance has developed among corporates in multiple countries and industries. 

This report from the Corporate Executive Board, based on extensive research with Chief Information Security Officers, identifies the top 10 security imperatives for 2012. 

Although pay levels are unlikely ever again torise as fast as they did at the end of the 1990s when fears about the “millennium bug” stoked thefires of an already over-heated job market – or to fall as fast as they did when the bug failed to bite– employers are acutely aware of the need to keep a close eye on short- and long-term pay trends. 

As outsourcing, global commerce and constantly improving technologycontinue to change the business world, specialized professionals like scientists,engineers and information technology (IT) workers are increasingly beingasked to take on more business-oriented tasks.