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Keep ahead of the game with these fantastic new and coming soon titles!

	Managing Business Transformation: A Practical Guide (eBook) By Melanie Franklin Price: £24.95 Released: 11th October This book will guide you through all the stages of change management and how to manage it for maximum effect!

	Compliance By Design (eBook) By Chong Ee Price: £39.95 Out Now! Reconsider how you view compliance – and your business will reap the rewards!

	Running IT Like A Business (eBook) By Robert E. Kress Price: £29.95 Released:18th October Uncover the secrets of an award-winning IT function and apply them to your business!

	iRiver Story HD eBook Reader Price: £119.95 Out Now! iRiver presents the worlds first HD eBook reader! This affordable lightweight reader reads ePub, PDF, DRM-protected and many more file formats!

	Greening Service Management By Ian Salvage, with Karen Ferris Price: £35.00 Out Now! Endorsed by itSMF International this book shows you how you can use service management to reduce the environmental impact of IT, whilst reducing costs!

	IT Tools for the Business when the Business is IT By Robert Falkowitz Price: £50.00 Out Now! Endorsed by itSMF International this book shows you how you to select the right service management tool and how to implement it!

	COSO Enterprise Risk Management, Second Edition (Pre-Order) By Robert R. Moeller Price: £50.00 Released:30th September A guide to managing an organisations risks using the Committee of Sponsoring Organisations (COSO) risk management framework.

	ITIL For Dummies By Peter Farenden Price: £21.99 Released:23rd December An easy-to-follow introduction to ITIL, fully aligned with the 2011 ITIL updates!

	A Manager’s Guide to IT Law, Second Edition By Jeremy Holt, Jeremy Newton Price: £29.99 Out Now! This manager’s guide provides a no-nonsense reference to English IT law.

Open Enterprise Security Architecture (O-ESA): A Framework and Template for Policy-Driven Security By Stefan Wahe, Gunnar Petersen Price: £29.99 Out Now! An essential guide to creating a best practice security architecture from The Open Group.

HMV are to close 40 stores this year as sales dive. UK clothes retailer Next has said the December snow cost it £22m in Christmas sales, and Mothercare and Clinton Cards issue profit warnings after the winter weather hit their businesses. UK VAT went up to 20% on 4th January (from 17.5%), putting additional strain on consumer spending, which makes for a gloomy outlook on the high street.

It’s not just consumer facing organisations that suffer with adverse weather conditions. Any organisation that depends on the movement of goods will suffer some kind of inconvenience when the snow causes havoc on the roads and stops airports from opening.

Although there is very little you can do about the weather, you can reduce the impact it has on your organisation by implementing a business continuity management system that will enable you to resume business quickly and efficiently and to respond to unforeseen events.
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Our range of IT Governance books and tools have grown rapidly this year so I thought I’d recap some of our newer products for you to enjoy:

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IT Strategic and Operational Controls This book provides a comprehensive guide to implementing an integrated and flexible set of IT controls in a systematic way. It can help organisations to formulate a complete culture for all areas which must be supervised and controlled; allowing them to simultaneously ensure a secure, high standard whilst striving to obtain the strategic and operational goals of the company. Vital information on how to systematically implement IT strategic and operational controls to support and enhance your organisation!

The UK has just seen the coldest November in sixteen years and with snow once again affecting people’s daily lives, now is the time to prepare your organisation for a long, cold winter.

Some organisations are affected more than others by adverse weather conditions depending on the nature of their business and their location. One common issue, which affects most organisations, is how to cope when staff are unable to get to work.

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Shopping at our PRINCE2 Bookshop is unique. One of the reasons people come back, time and again, is because of the special bundles we create. Our bundles save our customers time and money and are tailored to their specific needs.

If, for example, you are studying for the PRINCE2 2009 Foundation or Practitioner exam, our PRINCE2 2009 Study and Review Package contains the books and guides that give you the relevant knowledge and confidence to pass the exams first time. We remove the risk of you purchasing additional and unnecessary resources – saving you money!

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See unique bundles below:

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People skills, sometimes known as ‘soft skills,’ are personal attributes that enhance an individual’s interactions, job performance and career prospects.

One particular skill that everyone would benefit from improving is their presentation skills. The ability to present articulately to customers, management, peers and others can significantly enhance your credibility, clout, and professional status. Delivering presentations at work or professional events is an unbeatable way to gain a reputation as a valued employee and an expert in your field. If you have ever tried to get out of giving a presentation because of nerves, or if you feel there is room for improvement in your presentation techniques, then Presentation Skills for Technical Professionals is for you.

“… It’s an easy and entertaining read, and I learned a lot … There is lots more great information about all aspects of presenting in this book. I highly recommend it to everyone who ever has to make a presentation”

Lisa Crispin, co-author of ‘Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams’

People Skills – Books and Pocket Guides:

In our People Skills Bookshop, you’ll find ITGP books that will help you improve your skills, and which are of particular relevance to those dealing with people in the IT field.

All titles in our ‘People Skills’ range are available as a softcover and eBook!

Browse the Bookshop and Buy Today >>

As part of our IT Best Practice Autumn Sale, we have been busy adding new products to our website.

Visit the ITIL Bookshop

See our three latest products below:

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Business Continuity is an important issue for all organisations no matter their size or sector. All organisations face business continuity risks. Consider:

• 80% of organisations with a tried and tested business continuity plan are likely to survive a major business discontinuity; only 20% of those without a business continuity plan are likely to survive.
• Over 90% of organisations that suffer a significant data loss are not in business two years later.
• A Business Continuity Institute survey indicates that 30% of businesses still don’t have a business continuity plan.
• The data indicates that many of the existing plans are not comprehensive and that maintenance (testing and updating) is generally inadequate.
• ‘Backup’ is not the same as a business continuity plan, and terrorism should be specifically addressed.

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ITIL, or to use its full name, the Information Technology Infrastructure Library, is a methodology for managing IT as a service. It has a focus on the end user, rather than on the technology and is considered as best practice.

As the five core titles reflect the lifecycle of services, their appeal encompasses the entire spectrum of people involved at any stage of the framework. So, without being the prime audience, everyone involved will benefit from access to the entire library.

Access the entire Library in a format that works for your organisation:

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In austere times, IT leaders need to be more radical if their organisations are to succeed – this book helps you change the IT Leader’s mindset.

Changing the IT Leader’s Mindset (eBook) Successfully balance Transactional and Transformational Leadership Understand the IT Leader stereotype and how to alter its perception Utilise tools like action learning and co-creation.

By employing key steps and reflective points, this book provides useful tools and sound advice to help you get to grips with balancing soft skills with hard techniques, letting you break out of the IT stereotype and bring innovation into the inner sanctum of your organisation.
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