How is iContent different from the way I currently buy, manage, and integrate my content?
Easy Procurement of Content:
iContent provides the one-stop-shop and flexible procurement options for obtaining targeted and relevant content. Topics span across general business, technical and industry specific subjects. Users can search for content by topic, title, vendor, or keywords. iContent offers the flexibility to purchase by single titles as well as pre-packaged bundles - obtain only the content you need when you need it.
Seamless Integration:
After validation of custom content or purchase of new third-party content through iContent’s portal, all content is made available to your talent management application for easy access by your end-users.
Ongoing Management of Content:
iContent removes the administrative burden required to manage custom and third-party content.
Custom and pre-owned content: iContent provides the tools and expertise for ongoing management to allow customers to securely upload, validate, catalog and update custom content before it is deployed to iContent’s hosted environment.
Third-Party content: Content purchased via iContent’s portal is validated and ready for deployment to your talent management applications. iContent handles the management and tracking of entitlement rules and access to content by the appropriate end-users.
Rapid Delivery to End-Users:
With the combination of iContent’s hosting environment and Content Distribution Network, content delivery is fast, reliable and secure so that end-users all over the world receive the content they need when and where they need it.
Content Updates:
Revision management for third-party content is easy with iContent. All updates to third-party content are implemented upon customer approval, then propagated across catalogs. For custom content, simply use the validation service before the revised content is released across appropriate catalogs.
Superior Hosting Service:
iContent hosts all of your content, reducing your resource and infrastructure costs required to manage, store, and deliver content. iContent’s state-of-the-art hosting infrastructure and Content Distribution Network ensures optimal security, bandwidth, and performance for both third-party and custom content on a global scale. Supported by a world-class Service Level Agreement, customers are assured of security, reliability, and scalability.
Robust Security:
Security is a priority with iContent. A robust security layer prevents launch of any asset without the proper verification. This authentication layer will make sure that content is only seen by authorized administrators and end-users.
What forms of content can I find on iContent?
Content types go beyond just traditional online courseware to include simulations, assessments, online books, video, audio, podcasts, virtual labs, webinars, documents and more. If it is off-the-shelf content that your organization is looking for, but you don't have the time to find the right vendor with the right content to fit your employees needs – then iContent is right for you.
What content topics will I find on iContent?
Topics span across both general business and technical as well as industry specific subjects. You can search by Topic, Vendor and Keywords and will be able to purchase single titles as well as pre-packaged bundles. iContent will also recommend titles similar to those you have purchased in the past or currently have in your cart.
Examples:
Information Technology >> Internet and Networking Technologies
Title: "Networking Technologies Series: TCP/IP Concepts and Architecture"
Business and Professional Development >> Leadership and Management
Title: "Managing Performance: Establishing a Performance Plan"
Specialty >> Healthcare; Title: "21 CFR Part 11"
Do I have to have a login to browse all of the content on iContent?
No, but you must have a log-in to view content pricing. Browse content now.
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