Replacing an employee costs 50-200% of that person’s annual salary. Succession development cuts these costs to less than 5-10% of salary if the right strategy, policy and culture are in place.

This solution set helps you begin your succession development rollout with staff contingency planning for critical roles, and then expand to include long-term career development.

Collaborate with candidates to map tailored career development plans. Different “manager versus tech guru” career paths exist across IT, so don’t limit options.
Offer diverse training mechanisms, including preparation for the political elements of future roles. Hold staff and supervisors accountable for hitting development goals.
Development does not stop once the promotion happens.

Set success measurement metrics, provide end-to-end transition support, and fix performance problems.

Mobile apps are fast becoming a vital offering from all businesses. This solution sets helps you understand the beneftis of developing mobile apps and how to go about it.

Although cross-platform Web apps will generally allow the organization to reach the broadest mobile audience, native smartphone apps still deliver a superior user experience and offer greater branding value and marketing potential.

This solution set will help you create analyze the options available and show you how to get started straight away

Discover the time and cost savings you can make from desktop virtualization

Learn how to control the Policy Management Lifecycle in your organization to bring greater efficiency

Server virtualization is a journey that starts with server consolidation where acquisitions savings is the main force promoting the business case. Combined with this a desire for demonstrated facilities savings and cost avoidances. 

Vendors position virtualization as a cost saver and utilization booster through consolidation. However, beyond server consolidation, tangible cost savings are more elusive. Real benefits derive from server management which can be more difficult to determine.

This set shows you how virtualization saves money and will lead to a more efficient and responsive infrastructure.

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Drive immediate savings while laying the foundation for nimble and efficient infrastructure

Balance achievement of immediate cost savings goals with creation of an efficiently managed virtual server infrastructure

Each data center project is unique and should have its own detailed budget. Planning upfront and establishing a clear project scope will minimize expensive changes in later project stages.

42% of IT leaders will face a data center build or upgrade in 2010 - one of the most expensive and complex IT projects, it can cost up to $1.6 M for a 1000 square foot data center.

This solution set will provide you with step-by-step design, planning and selection tools in order to define a facility design that minimizes costs and risk while supporting cost-effective long-term growth.

IT managers constantly need to justify their staffing and spending levels and strive to improve IT efficiency but when assessing comparative benchmarks, it is often hard to know which metrics to start with. This solution set will help you understand and pick the approporate comparative benchmarks to justify your staffing and spending, improve IT operations, and demonstrate value to the business This solution set will help you: Understand the budget & staffing benchmarks appropriate for your business Plan your IT metrics program Learn how to interpret metrics and demonstrate IT value Effectively communicate IT metrics internally and to the business

This solution set provides the tools you need to make sure every project is managed successfully.

It will help you:
Establish specific success criteria to meet stakeholder expectations

Assign project management tasks

Focus the project plan on major activities and resource requirements

Actively manage the project to detect and resolve problems early

Responding to disaster requires more than just IT skills. This solution set provides the tools you need to make sure you are ready to act when disaster strikes.

This report provides detailed insight in the Chinese mobile market - now the largest wireless market in the world with over 700 million subscribers.With just over 50% of Chinese using a cell phone on a regular basis, there is a lot of room for improvement in the Chinese wireless and mobile entertainment markets. This report provides vital background and real world data for any one considering involvement in the Chinese mobile space

Are you moving your IT department? This guide gives directions on how to effectively plan and execute a physical relocation. Every aspect of relocation that involves IT is covered in detail.

When the success of a project is critical, you need some insurance that it will be done right. The Best Practice Methodologies provide that insurance – they are step-by-step guides for specific IT projects, highlighting industry best practices, created by subject matter experts.

A step-by-step guide and integrated toolset, “Buying Right: Vendor and Software Selection,” will ensure you make the best technology decision for your department and organization.

The purpose of Business& IT Alignment is to optimize the value that IT contributes to the enterprise. Use this step-by-step program – rich with proven tools & research - as the first step to successfully outlining a strategic roadmap for your organization.

The first industry-wide look at mobile web strategies from the handset, carrier, mobile OS, and mobile browser standpoints. JBB Research predicts a robust growth in mobile web usage in the U.S. given the increasing openness in mobile networks, the growing popularity of smartphones (e.g. iPhone 3G S, Palm Pre, BlackBerry Storm, etc.), unlimited data plans, and mobile app stores.

This bundle will assist you to create a formal Disaster Recover Plan (DRP). The bundle contains all the templates you need to create a successful DRP - broken down into three steps:

Business Impact and Risk Assessment

DRP Document Creation

Testing and Maintenance

Writing IT job descriptions can be a dreaded task...Let us do the work for you!

Our IT job descriptions are a hit with our members (200,000 views this year alone!) - and now we're offering the top 50 to you for the special bundled price of $295 USD.

Detailed IT job descriptions help you recruit and keep great staff - and build the right department structure. With a library of job descriptions focused on responsibilities and requirements, you'll be able to identify the best candidates and understand who is typically responsible for what tasks.

Writing RFPs a Headache? We have them done for you!

Creating a Request for Proposal (RFP) can be a time-consuming task. The RFP provides vendors with the relevant operational, functional, and architectural requirements of your unique issue. These editable templates include all the critical aspects to consider and save significant time in the RFP creation process when considering vendor offerings.

Looking to lay down the law? Dont write your IT policies from scratch use this Top 50 IT Policies to get the job done quickly.

This bundle of The Top 50 IT Policies are valuable tools designed to help you bank your most precious asset time. Their ready-to-use format means that you can download and edit these tools whenever you need them to suit your specific IT and business needs.

Need a head start filling out the paperwork? Dont start from scratch use the Top 50 IT Templates to get the job done quickly.


This bundle of The Top 50 IT Templates are valuable tools designed to help you bank your most precious asset time. Their ready-to-use format means that you can download and edit these tools whenever you need them to suit your specific IT and business needs.

A Big Help for Small Firms

As the IT manager in a small organization, you don't have time to design the templates and policies you need from scratch. We've compiled the essential tools you need to start your own download toolkit.

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Info-Tech uses common file formats, like Microsoft Word and Excel, to ensure the highest levels of usability. Simply download the tool, save it to your own drive, and change the contents or fill in the blanks as much as you like.

Directory of leading Industry Analyst Firms

Successfully managing software projects requires a deep understanding of the projects ultimate aims. In many cases projects fail because of fundamental confusions between software and project management itself. You can define a successful strategy by better understanding these risks. While it is impossible to prescribe rules for success there are steps that all project managers can take to avoid failure. This report analyses the reasons for cost and time over-runs in some high-profile software development projects in the UK. The differences between software management and other forms of project management are then outlined in order to show the inherent pitfalls and risks.

Make the most of worldwide networks that include the most influential analysts, influencers, AR, and financial experts. Reach out and get your message across via the group announcement feature. To purchase credit click the button below:

Successfully developing your business in the current climate means connecting more effectively with customers for less cost. Ensuring that users of your products are engaged and interested in the value you offer is more difficult than ever as traditional marketing methods are often ineffective.
Analysts and Influencers in your market are one of the most effective ways to drive sales and this reports analyses the main aspects of influencer marketing in the technology industry. It looks at how analysts can drive sales and provides data and recommendations on how SMBs can best take advantage.
This report will be of relevance to anyone seeking to influence buyers or understand the market.

Small and medium businesses are being squeezed in the current economic climate. Successfully marketing services in these turbulent markets has become increasingly difficult but intelligent use of resources can still produce effective results.
This reports analyses the main aspects of influencer marketing in the technology industry and provides data and recommendations on how SMBs can best take advantage of the industry.
This report will be of relevance to any seeking to influence buyers or understand the market.

Find the perfect candidate for your position by posting directly to over 2,500 financial analysts.

The Association of financial analysts is the best way to fill your next vacancy

October 2008 - 12 pages

The first signs are appearing that the credit crunch is seriously impacting the technology industry. With increased volatility comes increased risk and businesses must ensure they are making the right decisions now if they want to weather the storm.

The line between traditional analysts and tech pundits is blurring daily and understanding who is actually influencing your business is vital. Navigating the industry can be difficult and often those without experience fail.

With the relevant data it is possible to improve performance by engaging with the analyst community. This report looks at analyst influence, how this can affect buyers and how to use this information in the current economic climate.

This report will be of relevance to anyone involved in the technology industry seeking to influence buyers or understand the market.

July 2008 - 12 pages

Analyst advice influences billions of dollars of technology sales every year and understanding that influence is vital. In the modern online world opinions are cheap and differentiating between strong and weak advice can be difficult. In many cases navigating this industry comes only with experience and those without it fail but with the relevant data it is possible for any company to improve their performance by engaging with the analyst community.

This report analyzes the individuals and firms that shape the industry and provides key data on their online profiles. Citations, popularity and search term analysis give a detailed picture of the major analysts and their impact on the technology industry. This report will be of relevance to anyone involved in the technology industry seeking to influence buyers or understand the market.

The IT research and advisory industry is undergoing fundamental change. Successful implementation of analyst research requires a balanced understanding of the industry as a whole and clear limits on the scope of each project .

ATA research has surveyed users of analyst research to quantify the strengths and weaknesses of the leading IT analyst firms and produce a clearer picture of the analyst landscape . By accounting for user perceptions and bias analyst firms are measured and compared on the key technology segments that they cover and their characteristics analyzed.