Simsa is responsible for course development and is officially authorized by the Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology to award the WPM diplomas. According to a Digicomp press release, the advanced training course to become a federally certified Web Project Manager is particularly geared towards developing generalist skills. The course lasts three semesters and trains specialists at the interfaces of IT, e-business, business administration and organization. It is aimed at communication and information officers, designers and graphic artists, marketing and advertising specialists as well as web and IT specialists who wish to develop their skills as Web Project Managers.

Overall responsibility for the course lies with Claudio Dionisio, Vice President of Simsa, President of the "Best of Swiss Web Association" and member of the Executive Board of Netzmedien.
 

Günter Tschan takes on the role of Product Manager for development courses and account management for the Basel area. He ensures that the range of courses for IT developers is always up to date and takes care of the customer-oriented expansion of the Basel region. Oliver Ryf takes over the position of Product Manager for Microsoft and security courses. He is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional and has been a Microsoft trainer for many years. Both Oliver Ryf and Günter Tschan will report directly to Bak-Heang Ung, Digicomp Manager Product Management & Sales and member of the Executive Board. Peter Kupper, Digicomp CEO: "We are delighted to be working with Oliver Ryf and Günter Tschan to further expand our offering and our market position. We are paying particular attention to business development in the Basel area."
 

The half-day basic course "Introduction to Social Media and Enterprise 2.0" will be held in Zurich from October and in Bern from January 2012. This course serves as a basis and overview of social media tools and their use, according to a Digicomp press release. Participants will learn how social media influences corporate communication and how social media tools require a new form of collaboration.

From November, also in Zurich, and from January 2012 also in Bern, "Social Media: Corporate Communication and Marketing" is on the program. In this three-day course, participants learn everything about the use of Facebook, Xing, Twitter & Co. in companies and organizations and can develop a well-founded social media strategy. The in-depth course "Social Media and Enterprise 2.0" also lasts three days (from November in Zurich, from February 2012 in Bern). Here, the topics and tools are explained in greater depth, but future trends and developments are also anticipated. Participants can create the conditions in their company to use social media channels in internal and external corporate communications.

These courses, which are organized in collaboration with Blogwerk Blogwerk.com The focus is on practical orientation: speakers with experience from day-to-day work impart the necessary knowledge in the form of theoretical input and real-life case studies. Social media is also used as an e-learning tool in the course, allowing participants to gain their first personal experience with it in a short space of time. The free monthly Aiciti events in Zurich also focus on social media tools and related topics: The specialist presentations Group Buying (September 1), Social CRM (October 6), Social Media and Law (November 3) and Trends in the Social Web (December 1) are on the program.

Bak-Heang Ung previously worked at Digicomp as Key Account Manager for major customers and as Product Manager responsible for training courses in the areas of Citrix, VMware, Lotus Notes, Security, Network, Office and Linux/Unix. In her new position, she is responsible for Office migrations for companies, SAP company training, all customized IT and management company training courses, the newly launched Digicomp partner program as well as marketing and communication.

Bak-Heang Ung joined Digicomp in 2006. Prior to that, she worked in various industries, including eight years in the IT education sector in various positions such as marketing, sales and training manager.