Global Knowledge keeps up to date with trends in IT careers, certifications, and compensation. In this, our inaugural quarterly report, we offer a look at salaries for the top 25 IT jobs, organized by region. We also offer a look at the top certifications and in-depth analysis from our resident market research analyst. 

Bonus payments have long been a feature of the reward package for most IT professionals, but when the UKeconomy went into freefall during late 2008, many employers either reduced such payments or did away withthem altogether. 

This white paper explores employee performance in today's organizations and examines how poor data analysis is contributing to percentage increases. Discover the right way to measure performance by ensuring data validity through key tactics and realize how accurate measurements can help drive business success. 

With shrinking budgets and a number of employees set to retire, federal HR directors are having trouble with workforce planning. This white paper discusses how cloud-based workforce analytics and planning technologies can resolve these issues and help you regain control of workforce management. 

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 video discusses how you can avoid the pitfalls of poor information management and optimize supplier data for improved procurement, visibility, compliance and accuracy. 

<p>Read this report from procurement analyst firm Ardent Partners to learn the nuances of supplier Information Management, supplier performance management, and supplier risk management. Hear how each of these supplier management principles play a key role in mitigating risk and getting the most out of your supply base.</p> 

Businesses are seeking to increase bottom-line cost savings through sourcing and procurement functions. To generate value, forward-looking organizations are strengthening supplier relationships and  making procurement a more strategic focus in the organization. 

Nissen Chemitec America has utilized several different systems to manage enterprise operations but these systems weren’t designed to meet the specific needs of automotive injection molding suppliers. Nissen selected EnterpriseIQ because it meets manufacturing-specific functionality and automotive industry requirements in a single-database system. 

Organisations need to start getting to grips with imminent changes to the supplier landscape; that way, they will be ready to move if and when the time is right. 

This research from Freeform Dynamics, based on a survey of end users,  identifies the challenges faced by IT departments and suppliers on software licensing, and offers advice to organisations on dealing with software licensing. 

The present need to radically cut public expenditure provides a once in a generation opportunity to transform the efficiency of the public sector. In order to achieve this, the public sector needs to radically change its current business processes to achieve greater efficiency. 

<p>The proliferation of different mobile devices, operating systems, suppliers and services—coupled with a lack of mobility standards—leads to complicated management and support requirements. This webcast discusses best practices for establishing mobility excellence in your organization.</p>