First time in SA: AIIM ECM Master Certificate Programme

Issued by NokusaEI

Johannesburg, 24 Apr 2006

Enterprise content management (ECM) in South Africa gets a shot in the arm with an internationally recognised professional certification programme. AIIM (http://www.aiim.org/), the international authority on enterprise content management (ECM), is running its ECM Master Certificate Programme (http://www.aiim.org/training) in South Africa for the first time.

Rob Cells, a director of NokusaEI, the leading South African ECM consultancy, states that NokusaEI is facilitating this course as a service to industry in an effort to improve the body of knowledge in this rapidly growing field of technology in South Africa.

ECM includes document, record, Web content and e-mail management and associated technologies. The ECM Certificate Programme provides complete coverage of ECM for professionals working in both the public and private sector. Participants will learn to plan, design and implement ECM projects based on case study exercises and expertise learned.

The training programmes are developed based on identified best practices from AIIM`s 50 000 members in North America and Europe. The content is defined and reviewed by Education Advisory Groups that consist of information executives and professionals, representing industries, solution providers, analysts and consultants. Members of AIIM include the FBI, US District Courts, CreditSuisseFirstBoston, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Gartner, Ovum, Adobe, Hummingbird, FileNet, EMC Documentum, SAP and Tower Software. The training programmes have then been developed in partnership with Cornwell Management Consultants and The Oxford Group.

The ECM Master Certificate Programme includes:
* Professional membership of AIIM
* Four-day classroom-based training course
* Pre-course access to AIIM Web site
* Post-course online case study
* Online examination
* ECM Master designation

The first ECM Master Certificate Programme course is to be held in Johannesburg from 19 to 22 June 2006. For more information, please contact Rob Cells at rob.cells@NokusaEI.com or (011) 791 1028.

AIIM

AIIM is the international authority on enterprise content management (ECM) - the tools and technologies used to capture, manage, store, preserve and deliver content and documents related to organisational processes. ECM enables four key business drivers: continuity, collaboration, compliance and costs.

For over 60 years, AIIM has been the leading non-profit organisation focused on helping users to understand the challenges associated with managing documents, content, records, and business processes. Today, AIIM is international in scope, independent, implementation-focused, and, as the representative of the entire ECM industry - including users, suppliers and the channel - acts as the industry`s intermediary.

NokusaEI

NokusaEI is a South African-based consulting firm, specialising in ECM strategy solutions and implementations. This includes all aspects of records, document and portals knowledge management, document scanning and data archiving, change control and information lifecycle collaboration.

NokusaEI is the winner of the SAP Partner Excellence Award for Service Partners during 2005, and is one of the foremost implementers of the SAP ECM functionality internationally. Among its customers NokusaEI is proud to include Sasol, Eskom, Engen, Caltex, Kumba, Mittal Steel, Petronet, PetroSA, SABMiller, Sentech, Randwater, Xstrata, Lonmin and Implats in South Africa; Saudi Aramco and NPIC in the Middle East; and Auckland Regional Council, WMC Resources, Zinifex, Tomago Aluminium and National Australia Bank in Australasia.

For more information, please visit www.NokusaEI.com or contact rob.cells@NokusaEI.com or phone (011) 791 1028.

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