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With our new radio adverts we are trying to make our marketing 'a conversation', and we are trying not to take ourselves too seriously.

In other words we want to skip the hard sell and to open a conversation with our customers and potential customers. Hopefully you will engage with us through new social media tools, the traditional telephone line and or a meeting with one of our team!

Oh! Our new website? Well you're almost in it!

Tags: news, accreditation, radio, campaign, website

PEOPLE, PROCESS & TECHNOLOGY - the effective use of resources & budgets for your business post event video link.

http://www.sureskills.com/ppt2011_post_event_media.html

Tags: people, process, technology, event, itil, service management, managed services

Recently I noted this article - I have copied the key takeaways here, but it's well worth a read by clicking: http://www.gartner.com/technology/research/new-realities-of-it/index.jsp

Innovation And Growth
Business growth and progressive change are perennial goals of every organization. While day-to-day management enables incremental growth and progress, innovation is aimed at organic growth such as new products and services, step-changes in effectiveness, and new ways of working. Innovation must also address transformational changes in productivity, cost reduction and "spending differently." 

Cost And Value Optimization
Most IT organizations are out of heavy cost-cutting mode, but the focus on cost management remains. Optimizing costs and value requires a continued focus on efficiency, as well as the exploration of new processes and delivery models that can help the IT organization deliver more value to the enterprise.
Risk Management
The line between IT risk and business risk is disappearing. Risk management increasingly plays a central role in business decision making, but many organizations' commitment to operating this way exceeds their ability to execute. Act now to formalize your risk program and facilitate a risk-aware culture.
Governance
For many organizations, decision processes that have been "good enough" in the past will not be sufficient during economic recovery. In an economic recovery that is likely to be spotty and weak, fast, effective decision making and the ability to quickly act on those decisions could be the different between success and failure. A new, more effective approach to governance, "business change governance," is required to enact improvements necessary for ongoing business success.

Tags: Gartner, Managed IT, Governance, Cost and Value, Risk Management, CIO

As you know, SureSkills are Ireland's leading skills resource for VMware (training and consultancy) and in this regard we are delighted to announce that Andrew McDaniel has once again been acclaimed by Pearson VUE for his work as the top Instructor in Europe for VMware exam passes.

Andrew is a long serving senior member of the SureSkills team and is currently ranked 5th in the world (the highest ranked European instructor). SureSkills are delighted that Andrew continues to lead the way in VMware training and accreditation not just in Ireland but in the world.

Tags: VMware, SureSKills, VUE, Exam Vsphere, virtualisation

SureSkills offer a comprehensive range of Professional IT & Business Skills training services. In addition to its highly acclaimed training division - the SureSkills Consulting Division has a number of core competencies including -

• Virtualisation,
• Complex Infrastructure Migrations,
• Storage Solutions Design and Implementation,
• Disaster Recovery
• Messaging Solutions
• Project Management
• Systems Migration
• IT Outsourcing & Training Soltutions

Contact Brian Kinsella / Ross Bolton at SureSkills for futher details - 01 240 22 22 / 01 240 22 28 / Brian.Kinsella@SureSkills.Com / Ross.Bolton@SureSkills.Com

Tags: SureSkills, Virtualisation, Professional IT, Business Skills, Disaster Recovery, IT Outsourcing, Project Management, Messaging Solutions

Did you know that SureSkills can assist and work with you to achieve your individual needs and organizational goals in all of the following areas -

1. Business Skills Training – Tailored Training, Personal Effectiveness, Sales & Finance, Leadership & Management, Project Management, FETAC & ILM Certification.
2. IT Training – Microsoft Applications, & Technical Training, VMware, CommVault, Cisco Training, ITIL, PRINCE2.
3. Online & Digital Marketing Training – Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay Per Click Marketing (PPC), Website Analytics, Organic Search Engine Growth, Website Development, Social Media, Online PR.
4. eLearning & Online Training Solutions – eLearning and Interactive Training Solutions that work for all your training requirements are now available from SureSkills in association with ThirdForce & MindLeaders.
5. SharePoint Training - SharePoint 2007 & 2010 technologies which cater for all types of SharePoint users from administrators right through to power users.
6. IT Consultancy – IT Infrastructure Design & Implementation, Email Solutions (MS Exchange), System Management Solutions, Data Management & Storage Solutions, Virtualization Solutions, Security & Encryption.

See our website at http://www.sureskills.com/ for further or to discuss any of the above, to schedule a call, or a meeting please contact me at Steven Long – 01 240 22 38 / 0879896656 / Steven.Long@SureSkills.Com.

I look forward to talking to you soon and should you have any questions or queries in the interim at all please don't hesitate to contact me.

Tags: SureSkills, MindLeaders, SharePoint, IT Training, FETAC, ILM, ThirdForce, IT Consultancy, Online and Digital Marketing Training

Our blog page covers topics related to the training (Business Skills & IT Training) and IT services businesses. So whether you are looking to earn your technical qualifications, brush up on your management skills or review your IT infrastructure strategy we hope to have great information via our blog for you!

Here you'll find information on a variety of interests, such as current trends, industry updates, new products reviews, customer case studies and webinar invites - all designed for you, the busy professional! To find specific blog articles, either view the blogs posted below or search by categories using the search box below.


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