Digital Jewels

Digital Jewels partners with Above Security to provide high proficiency, in-depth Information Security and Assurance programs to the African Region. Since 1999, Above Security has been proud to provide its customers with sound and practical advice enabling Internet and Information Security to become part of their organization and day-to-day business processes, rather than a department or special process. Above Security is the largest company in Canada specializing exclusively in Information Security.

Training seminars
Above Security offers customized training seminars which provide your employees with highly efficient IT decision making skills. Their certified expertise and specialized training ensures you will experience prompt autonomous decision making staff

Facilitators Profile
Above Security has served customers throughout 18 countries located in North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and Africa. The company parades a highly skilled and competent workforce; its international tutors provide updated & specialized knowledge and emphasize concise & practical notions. Its Information Security employees certified from the following organisations:

• International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium CISSP)
• Information Systems Audit and Control Association(CISA, CISM)
• System Administration, Networking & Security Institute (GSEC)
• Oversees the "British Standards Institute (BS7799 Lead Auditor)
• Disaster Recovery Institute (CBCP)

Digital Jewels presents the following programs in the African Region partnership with Above Security.

• CISSP BootCamp
• Penetration Testing

Digital Jewels partners with Switzerland-based Virak, a specialist international company offering to provide solid expertise, coaching and training in Project Management Skills. Specifically, Virak provides the Project Management Professional Fastrack leading to the PMP® Certification awarded by the US-based Project Management Institute.
The course is fast-paced, hands on, varied and interactive with maximum exercises, discussion and self awareness and minimum theory.

Facilitators Profile
The PMP Fastrack parades only Project Management Professional (PMP) certified teachers who have no less than 5 years experience in training, practising and coaching. Virak is a Registered Education Providers for PMI®.

Digital Jewels partners with Lausanne-based, STS, a specializesd provider of project management simulations to provide scenario-based simulation training and exam preparation to the African Region. Its programs are based on the newest education techniques and technologies, as a result of which training programs are more efficient and impactful.

In association with STS, we offer the following training tools:

• E-learning - a program that allows trainees to learn the technical aspects of Project Management individually and at their own pace.
• SimulTrain - a project simulator that allows a group of 3-4 persons to experience the way a project is carried out "in fast motion". For a couple of hours at a time, SimulTrain confronts learners with the situations and problems that arise in each project. This way, learners immediately see the consequences of the decisions they make. Furthermore, they can track the evolution of the costs, the schedule, the quality as well as the human factors.
  SimulTrain is an integral part of our Project Management Fundamentals Seminar.
• X-Am - an exam simulator for simulating the PMI examinations - an excellent way of preparing for them. The exam simulator X-AM allows candidates to prepare for the examination easily, by getting accustomed to the kinds of questions asked during the examination.

By combining different training methods such as e-learning, classroom training and coaching, our company allows candidates to prepare for the exams in an optimal way.

Digital Jewels partners with ILX Group plc to deliver PRINCE2 & ITIL training in Africa. ILX is unique in its core markets because it owns the intellectual rights to its course content and material.
The group's experience and expertise has come from delivering solutions and services to over 1 million users and 4000 customers across 16 countries. These customers include Vodafone, Cable & Wireless, Computacenter, CITI, the UK Home Office, as well as a number of major investment banks.
PRINCE2 Training
It is essential that you receive formal quality training to study the PRINCE2^TM methodology in order to be able to apply and implement this to your organisation's project environment. Having been accredited by the APM Group Ltd. for 10 years, ILX has helped to shape the direction of OGC Best Practice. In collaboration with The ILX Group, Digital Jewels offers the "complete solution", providing training and consultant in PRINCE2. We can evaluate your requirements - train your staff - organise exams - and help you implement the method.

Facilitators Profile
ILX facilitators are qualified and experienced trainers and have extensive experience and expertise in managing projects the PRINCE2 way and bring to bear the benefit of their experience to the course

Digital Jewels partners with MDE Enterprises to bring the globally renowned IT Leadership Institute to Africa.
MDE Enterprises began as a traditional consulting company but the vision of becoming an internationally recognized company that helps IT managers achieve more became a quick reality as the company migrated from a pure consulting company to more of an Internet content and training company in 2002.

MDE provides training and resources designed specifically for IT managers and CIO's (Chief information Officers). Its approach in helping IT managers is simple:
- Provide practical insight on what to do
- Include guidance on how to go about it
- Provide tools and examples to help you implement each concept quickly

MDE's flagship education program is the 5-day IT Manager Institute, which has been modified in this Region to the IT Leadership Institute. The program is heralded as one of the most comprehensive, yet practical IT management development programs in the industry and includes the opportunity of gaining MDE's IT Business Manager Certification (ITBMC). This award is an exclusive certification to those who have made a commitment to IT leadership and management by attending one of the Institutes to build a solid management foundation and have exhibited an understanding of key management concepts discussed in the program by passing the 5-part ITBMC exam. The program is validated by Belmont University's MBA program.

In 2008, Digital Jewels willtake MDE to Dubai, Tanzania, Gambia and SaoTome.

Analytix is a South African Professional Service firm specializing in the measurement and improvement of the organisational, individual and managment solutions performance.

Analytix assists organisations to translate, implement and manage strategy by linking objectives, initiatives and measures to an organisation's strategy.

They faclilitate the review of business processes and internal work flows that focus key employees on a common strategy to assist the organisation to enhance perfoemance and become strategically focused.

• IT Governance Masterclass
• Developing an IT winning strategy
• COBIT V4.1 Foundation
• TOGAF

The BSI Management Systems is a part of BSI group, a global independent business services organisation which deliver assurance to customers with standard based solutions.

BSI, the world's leading management systems, provides a range of registration and assessment services including BS25999 Standard.

The implementation and registration of this management system, helps and organisation achieve continous performance improvement and demostrates to the customers, competitors, suppliers, staff and investors that an organisation uses industry-respected practices.

Digital Jewels in partnership with BSI Management Systems, offers training on the BS25999 standard which give guidiance to companies to help them deal with unforseen disasters and circumstances which can bring these businesses to a stand still.

• ISO 27001 Lead Auditor & Implementor

The SCG is a Business process transformation and management consulting firm. They are in the business of helping organisations derive greater value from their processes by showing them how to "rethink","refocus" & "reengineer" their processes with the customer at the center.

Her expertise is in business process management and transformation and her vision is to provide African companies with cut-edge, tried and tested BPM (Business Process Management)methodologies and practices to move their business forward.

Founded to provide these businesses with the insights, methodologies and training required to produce "proudly" and world-class processess common only in truly great companies.

• Certified Process Professional

McGhee Productivity Solutions (MPS) is a leader in helping individuals and teams accomplish their objectives, increase productivity, and improve work-life balance. This is done by integrating our proven productivity methods andmodels with technologies such as Microsoft Office® Outlook®, SharePoint®, and OneNote®. MPS is led by managing partnerand author Sally McGhee, who has 25 years of experience inthe productivity solutions field, along with a strong management team of seasoned consultants and managers.

MPS provides high-level consulting that allows our clients to develop a culture of productivity by integrating anaccountability framework into the management structure of their companies. The services provided are customizedaround corporate objectives, roles and technology. Clientsare able to implement what they learn immediately through experiential learning during one to one coaching, group seminars and consulting services.