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By Alexander Ziegler on 19 November 2020
A case study from IBM: NPS
A case study from IBM: The Value of a NPS in Driving a Company’s Bottom Line There is a lot of research from within IBM and also from academic researchers on this subject. I observed that case studies, created by IBM researchers especially, are getting a lot of visibility. For example, articles like the following: […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 14 September 2020
IBM Channel & IBM Learning Subscription
IBM Channel IBM Partnerworld is the one single place for all Partners who resell IBM products and Services. If you’re one of IBMs clients or an interested party and not part of IBM Channel please do not stop reading this blog. There is a key fact that I want to point out in this blog. […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 19 June 2020
TSIA Exchange: Navigating Help in a Pandemic
What is TSIA Exchange TSIA created TSIA Exchange as a community platform to help services companies and services units to react to the current pandemic. The platform is taking the insight that TSIA is usually offering to the next level. It helps to react in an agile way to current challenges. Instead of formal research of […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 26 May 2020
New IBM Subscription
The new IBM Subscription Until now an IBM Subscription could only be purchased relative to Cloud and Data/AI product areas. Dependent on the software products a client is using (Cloud or Data/AI) there is a subscription that fits for all. To find out more information around these two Subscriptions and the different types (single-user and […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 6 May 2020
Tech Data Academy wins Global Training Excellence Award
During Think Digital 2020, IBM Business Partners were recognized for their outstanding business solutions & excellence. Included in these was Tech Data Academy, an authorized IBM Global Training Provider who won the Global Training Excellence Award and for the second year in a row. Tech Data Academy, The IT training division for Tech Data, is […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 25 March 2020
European Commission: Digital Learning Stakeholder Workshop
European Commission Workshop with Stakeholders Experts from all over Europe and from a wide range of domains related to digital education discussed the future of digital education and learning. They met during the European Commission stakeholder workshop that took place on 3-4 March 2020 in Brussels. During the workshop, the stakeholders explored and identified opportunities how […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 24 October 2019
IBM Training Provider Advisory Board
. IBM Global Training Provider It was in the middle of 2013 when IBM moved to a Partner-led Training model. A lot of things have happened since then. At that time IBM covered around 60 countries with Education, and hardly had any Digital Learning Offering. Today, from working for six years with our five Global […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 28 June 2019
IBM Digital Learning Subscription: Update
What is a Digital Learning Subscription IBM started last year to introduce the first Digital Learning Subscription. Of course, you can still buy a single Digital Learning. But the overall need for continuous learning and fast product changes making a subscription the right choice for lots of people. And aren’t we all used from other […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 2 April 2019
Access IBM Skills directly through IBM Marketplace
IBM’s Marketplace As of this week you have access to the IBM Digital Learning Subscription for Cloud in the IBM Marketplace. IBM’s Marketplace is a central place to find IBM’s and IBM’s partners products and services. In their view on marketplaces, Forbes stresses that it is important to have the right content. They are not defining what is right, […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 12 February 2019
Mainframe Skills: A review
Why talking about Mainframe skills Those following my blog know that I’m covering from time to time mainframe topics. I just think it is an interesting area to keep an eye on. Some key topics I covered in the past were Successful Skills, z Scholarship or Cobol. So, as I got pinged last week from a client around […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 18 September 2018
Macro- and Micro-Credentials
Overview The terminology of Macro-Credentials is not as often used as Micro-Credentials in the industry. Google shows only 392 matches compared to more than 99000 for Micro-Credentials (August 2018). Looking into both helps to understand the bigger picture. And this will help you. Today it is important to be able to decide which learning and […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 25 June 2018
Evolution of Badges – Labor Market Insight and Talent Search
Badges Most people dealing with education know the terminology. Discussions around digital credentials and badges are everywhere in the internet. I want to show you in this blog that today’s usage is only the start. The evolution around micro credentials will be huge. The newest evolution is far beyond giving a recognition. You’ll see below that badges […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 15 June 2018
Net Promoter Score: Impressive and helpful even in Training
Net Promoter Score In the case you never heard about Net Promoter Score (NPS) then please first have a look to the NPS entry on Wikipedia. You’re wondering why I’m writing about it? The answer is simple: It is a great approach. And improves services and products. The biggest route to market for IBMs training are […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 7 February 2018
Badges: psychology, usage, future
Badges example: my son My son is too young for all IT industry discussions around badges. But he has shown me last year the power of a badge system. It was during our winter vacation. My son is skiing with me for eight years. I assume it was due to doing lots of sports he is […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 15 January 2018
Measure Education Coverage
Today, I want to share some thoughts around coverage. In general, there are lots of discussions around the question “Is your company having a good education coverage?” Most responses are negative. People do not have a clear definition on what education coverage is exactly. In the end, everybody has his own definition. Let us reflect a […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 29 November 2017
Free training: what is the right amount?
We all want something for free I like things that are free and I have to be honest, when you offer me something for free I’ll take it. Why should I pay for something if the same exists free of charge. Following up on this thought, is there really anything free in life? When discussing […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 21 November 2017
Sponsor Users: an opportunity for networking
Education Offerings in IBM If you follow the blog entries in our IBM Training Blog regularly you realize that we’re doing a lot around transforming our Education. We completed the transition some years ago to use a Global Partner Network for Delivery and Sales. This year we’re working a lot on Digital Transformation and Offerings. […]
By Alexander Ziegler on 4 July 2017
Review: IBM’s Training Country Coverage evolution
What is country coverage When working on a Global Training Model the reach of this model is key. Selling hardware or license without driving skills can’t work. This is a proven fact. IBM changed its model in 2013. Looking back one reason was a country coverage which was not big enough. Reason for this was […]