Here you will find books covering the subject of IT Governance, aligning IT with organizational strategy and achieving maximum ROI from IT expenditure. These books will aid you in creating, implementing & maintaining a viable IT governance framework.

Toolkits help you tackle complex projects, such as developing and deploying an IT governance framework. The products in this category are developed out of the practical experience of creating awareness amongst board members and then developing and deploying effective mechanisms for the governance of IT.

The importance of IT Audit and Assurance is here to stay, and the profession has now become complex and critical enough that you may need all the help you can get! Find essential IT Audit and Assurance titles here.

ITGP has a growing series of helpful and innovative pocket guides, that provide handy, usable explanations of key IT Governance issues and concepts; they provide quick introductions to specific issues.

CGEIT is the new qualification for IT governance professionals from the IT Governance Institute (ITGI). The CGEIT qualification programme allows IT governance professionals to demonstrate their high level of knowledge and skills within the IT governance arena. Here you will the official exam guide, plus the other books on the ITGI's recommend reading list for individuals taking the certification exam. 

Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology is the IT governance framework developed by ISACA and the IT Governance Institute in the United States. Increasingly taken up around the world, Cobit 4.1 is the current version.

Val IT is an IT Governance framework published by the IT Governance Institute. It provides a set of guiding principles & processes for IT portfolio management that allow business managers to realise value from IT investments. Val IT is closely entwined with COBIT.

The standards in this category cover the governance of IT within organizations, accessibility of websites, etc

The development of enterprise IT architecture is a fundamental strategic component of an IT governance strategy; and enterprise architecture is particularly important for ensuring that information security is appropriately assured. In this category, you can find books on TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework), as well as on information security architecture (eg SABSA) and other leading enterprise architecture frameworks.

Business process management (BPM) is an approach organisations can use to re-design and streamline their business/organisation processes. It covers both the use of people and of equipment. The book and standards in this category focus primarily on BPM within an IT environment. Learn more....

Cloud computing incorporates several different types of computing, including software as a service (Saas), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS). It is a range of technologies that have come together to deliver scalable, tailorable and virtualized IT resources/applications over the Internet. Here you will find books that cover cloud computing as well as some of the leading cloud computing applications, such as Google Apps, Zoho and more....

Data governance (also known as Information Governance) is an increasingly important topic for organisations, and includes archiving and data retention - this category contains information governance books and tools.

We offer a selection of cutting edge texts on a variety of topics within the Green IT arena, including ISO 14001 Environmental Certification. Which will support you in directing your organization towards becoming more environmentally sensitive, while maintaining an essential focus on increasing profits.

ISO/IEC 20000:2005 is the international standard for best practice service management. In this category, you can find the standard itself, as well as manuals, books, toolkits and training that is designed and selected to help you and your organisation implement and succeed with ISO20000.

The IT Infrastructure Library^® is best practice process for IT services; here you will find probably the most comprehensive ITIL and ITSM bookshop on the web - you can buy ITIL^® books, IT Service Management books, toolkits, itSMF titles, exam guides and distance learning products. See more...

Knowledge Management - defined in Wikipedia as "capturing, organizing, and storing knowledge and experiences of individual workers and groups within an organization and making this information available to others in the organization" - is a critical area for those organizations looking to define, structure and improve their intellectual capital. This section of our website makes available a range of books and tools that can help organizations with that objective.

Two key IT Service Management topics are metrics and quality - and Six Sigma is particularly relevant to the rigorous pursuit of quality. This category contains the books to help you tackle these subjects.

Here you can buy a wide range of project management books, guides and tools, including the complete Prince2™ and MSP range and PMBOK products, from leading publishers such as the British Computer Society, John Wiley, and The Stationery Office (OGC - Office of Government Commerce - titles) and Kogan Page. See more...

With any software package there is a need to test it to make sure it is as bug free as possible. The books and elearning course within this category will help you to achieve this goal, helping you to test software in to ensure it is stable, functional and fit-for-purpose.

Service Level Agreements, SLAs, are key to today's revolution in IT service provision, whether internal or external. Usually - but not exclusively - designed for setting out agreed levels of IT service, SLAs are only effective when they are properly managed; Service Level Management (or SLM) is therefore emerging as a key business management competence. This category contains checklists, books and tools for creating effective SLAs, and guidance on how to manage them.

In this category you will find books and guides covering the often misunderstood topic of service-oriented architecture (SOA). The book and guides in this category will help you with every step of SOA, from designing and implementing, to managing and governing an SOA. You'll find the books here.......  

Web 2.0 is the name given to a new wave of technologies sweeping the Internet that are enabling greater collaboration. Such technologies as AJAX, Ruby on Rails, ASP.Net, are being used to create social networking, wiki, blog and folksonomy websites. Here you will find management guides and technical books on the subject of leveraging Web 2.0 to the benefit of your organisation and the security aspects of Web 2.0 technology.   

In this section, you can find introductory texts on IT topics, including information security, IT management, IT networking, ITIL, Prince2, and many more...