Accredited Standards Committee X3, Information Technology

WHITE PAPER: This quarters figures compiled by jobadswatch.co.uk show that during the fourth quarter of 2010 the IT jobs market for permanent staff being recruited by media organisations is up by 1.8%. This is the sixth consecutive quarter that has seen higher demand.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 15 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: As the IT industry standardizes its operations to solve business problems in the most efficient, effective, economical, and equitable way, ITIL v3 becomes a critical tool.

Posted: 06 Jul 2006 | Published: 01 Jul 2006

WHITE PAPER: This report reveals compelling examples of how organizations foster collaboration between finance and IT to ensure successful strategic planning.

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This resource examines IT skill shortages, how to minimise them within your company, and 7 deadly skills that your IT team should possess.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 | Published: 18 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource examines the 7 skills essential to employee success and how to keep your employees productive and satisfied.

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 | Published: 23 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: The Project Management Network Diagram (PM Network Diagram) provides a visual illustration of the project management life cycle (in terms of the chain of events that take place in a project).

Posted: 06 Jul 2006 | Published: 01 Jan 2005

WHITE PAPER: Join Gartner analysts from 28 February to 1 March in Dubai, industry thought leaders and a select group of your peers to find new answers to new questions - and learn how your IT leadership can create and follow the path to world class best practice.

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses leadership development and the role of technology-based learning in leadership development programs.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 | Published: 01 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: This standard is aimed at enhancing the integrity of commercial off the shelf ICT products and helping customers to manage sourcing risk.

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 | Published: 10 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: A common characteristic of people-certification programs in the marketplace is that most test or validate the existence of relevant knowledge. Few reach beyond this.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 22 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Check out this paper today to investigate how the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) has grown. Learn of the challenges it was designed to overcome and of the important role enterprise integration and data quality management technologies play in the execution of NIEM initiatives.

Posted: 01 May 2013 | Published: 01 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 22 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This resource explores how creating a single view of the citizen by consolidating and synchronizing data can empower government agencies to support enhanced, information-based decision-making, improve operational performance, and more.

Posted: 03 May 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource counts down 10 key steps that will help you build the business case for data governance in your organization. Also inside, learn about tools and tactics that will ensure your data governance project is a success.

Posted: 01 May 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

RESEARCH CONTENT: This report from the World Economic Forum remains one of the most comprehensive and authoritative assessments of the impact of ICT on each country.

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 | Published: 22 Apr 2013

BOOK: Brush-up you knowledge of the practical aspects of business continuity management with this book extract.

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 | Published: 13 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses the top 4 worst practices in business intelligence (BI) and provides you with essential strategies for how to overcome these common mishaps.

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: Business and IT professionals that work with data on a daily basis are well-versed in the value of data governance, but convincing the C-suite can be a challenge. Read through this paper to learn 10 critical steps to crafting a business case for data governance such as establishing funding requirements, and identifying tangible value.

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: This Strategic Outline Business Case sets out the opportunity to reduce costs and enhance flexibility of centralised ICT services, covering both information services delivered to citizens and staff, and the underpinning technical and physical Data Centre infrastructure.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 07 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This resource highlights the results of an electronic survey that gathered responses from 179 senior executives on how they plan to deal with the changes in lease accounting proposed by FASB and IASB. Additionally, hear from FedEx's Chief Accounting Officer, as he discusses the implications of this change.

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 | Published: 27 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: In recent years, more organizations have fixated on improving the quality of their data – but one of the major obstacles holding them back are the myths about what makes up an effective strategy. Review this paper to learn the top 7 myths and tips on how to craft an effective data quality management strategy.

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

EGUIDE: This E-guide from SearchHealthIT.com discusses the changing requirements of the new EHR certification standards. Read now to learn about the challenges and ways this new criteria will affect both health care providers and EHR vendors.

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 | Published: 05 Mar 2013

ANALYST REPORT: Analyst group Nucleus Research looks at the latest trends in enterprise resource planning (ERP) and discusses the best performing suppliers.

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 | Published: 30 Nov 2012

WHITE PAPER: According to IDC, predictive analytics has the potential to generate an average ROI of 145% -- but most companies today have implemented it incorrectly, thus preventing them from seeing any benefit. This paper explores the 5 common worst predictive analytics practices and provides you with 6 key steps to ensure a successful implementation.

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: The O-ISM3 is The Open Group framework for managing information security and information in the Open Information Security Management Maturity Model (O-ISM3) wider context. It aims to ensure that security processes in any organization are implemented so as to operate at a level consistent with that organization's business requirements.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 12 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Effective data governance can provide the peace of mind that your data will stand up to privacy policies, regulatory compliance, and financial reporting. Yet most organizations become overwhelmed by the undertaking and halt implementation. Read this paper to learn 7 practical steps to crafting a productive data governance plan today.

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

DATA SHEET: Running high-performance OLTP, DW and mixed workloads using Oracle databases requires the right foundation of hardware, database servers, storage servers and network technology. View this data sheet to learn what to look for in each of these crucial components in order to optimize Oracle workload performance.

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Businesses have been using data to improve decision-making for decades, but practicing legacy business intelligence strategies today can put you at a disadvantage. Read on to learn how the 5 hottest IT trends help you extract more sophisticated intelligence from your data, including: mobile computing, social media, cloud services, and more.

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 | Published: 19 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: Poor data quality can be harmful to your enterprise in more ways than one -- 53% of companies with poor data quality face serious problems when implementing new systems and applications and 29% experience income loss. Access this paper to discover how real-time data quality management can help mitigate these risks and give you peace of mind.

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: In order to deliver the most effective business intelligence (BI), IT must leverage the right set of tools to make information retrievable and easy to understand. Read this exclusive paper to learn 5 things you need to know about your users before deploying BI in order to ensure success.

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: Most organizations that have implemented master data management (MDM) are struggling to utilize it effectively. In fact, a recent survey reported that only 24% rated their MDM project a success. Read this essential resource to learn the 7 myths linked to MDM failure and the 7 steps that can lead to an effective MDM initiative.

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2011

DATA SHEET: View this data sheet to learn how the Oracle Exadata Database Machine delivers extreme performance for all types of database workloads including online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing (DW), and consolidation of mixed workloads.

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012