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. 

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. 

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 expert guide helps you build a solid business case for ERP including important questions to ask, how to define your business needs, comparing in-house ERP to Software as a Service (Sass), upgrade options, and more. 

A successful enterprise resource planning (ERP) software implementation cannot happen without a clear understanding of your business needs and requirements. Read this guide to learn seven keys to successfully choosing and implementing an ERP software that will ensure benefits for your business. 

Virtualization is a presence in nearly all enterprise data centers. But that doesn’t mean all companies are using virtualization to its best effect. The results of this recent research reveal the common characteristics of virtualization success, what barriers companies face, and how to get the most from your virtualization efforts. 

Administering routine network processes can take time away from critical tasks. Dell™ Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM) software automates network connectivity, reconfiguration, and workload retargeting to boost data center efficiency. 

By turning to a virtual-ready infrastructure, IT has the opportunity to create a next-generation architecture that fundamentally changes the way data centers work for the future. In doing so, IT has the opportunity to transform its own value to the organization by making the infrastructure more flexible and ready to move at the speed of business. 

Leveraging Dell's Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM), the Virtual Integrated System (VIS) Self-Service Creator combines a self-service portal with policy-based provisioning and resource control. Download this InfoWorld preview for further details. 

Many companies struggle with the execution of self-service IT. Join us for a 60-minute interactive Webcast that explores the potential inherent in self-service IT and offers solid advice and examples of how to get there. 

This interactive webcast explores ways to simplify infrastructure management to achieve the next level in IT efficiency. The hour-long event focuses on how Dell's Advanced Infrastructure Manager eliminates the silos that encumber IT management, enabling IT groups to manage servers, networks and storage as a single pool. 

The next-generation virtual-ready data center infrastructure is being achieved through the implementation of innovative solutions such as the Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM), which helps to deliver significant improvements in ROI. Read this paper to learn more about this innovative solution. 

This white paper describes how the use of virtualization and the evolution of enterprise datacenter environments require IT infrastructure management teams to integrate and automate operations using state-of-the-art tools and best practices; and how Dell's Advanced Infrastructure Manager can help enterprise datacenters operate more efficiently.