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May 4, 2018 by Dean Galbreath
Smart cities are not an endgame. They’re a process, a plan, a partnership, a desire for economic development. They’re an open-ended philosophy to provide for the needs of citizens today and in the future. Read on!
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May 1, 2018 by Daniel Margolis
CompTIA’s awards recognize the full spectrum of those in the business of technology. We circled back to last year’s Member of the Year and ChannelChangers to learn how winning our awards have impacted them.
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April 27, 2018 by Emily Matzelle
As a steady stream of disruptive new tech goes mainstream, what will happen to our jobs? Find out here.
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April 19, 2018 by Yvette Steele
The tech industry as a whole does a great deal to promote diversity and inclusion. However, it’s no secret that the sector is challenged when it comes to successfully executing initiatives aimed at diversifying its workforce.
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April 4, 2018 by Estelle Johannes
The CompTIA UK Channel Community team facilitates meaningful and valuable encounters that help members in their profession, allowing them to share best practices and make the industry more successful. With that in mind, the team tried to answer the following four questions at its CompTIA UK Channel Community Regional Meeting in Bristol last month.
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March 23, 2018 by Daniel Margolis
CompTIA debuted its new CompTIA Community Forum in Chicago this month, with presenters and attendees alike speaking very openly about the state of our industry and where we’re headed. Read on to get nine highlights from CCF that had everyone buzzing.
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March 22, 2018 by CompTIA
While it’s becoming more clear there are potential downsides to technology, causing people and companies to be a bit skeptical, companies have evolved a better understanding of what they need out of a solution provider. This means opportunities are better than ever in tech.
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March 16, 2018 by Miles Jobgen
Opportunities for drone-based services are exploding. But as with any emerging technology market, the tech and its applications are moving faster than regulations and our own ability to comprehend potential repercussions can keep up. Getting ahead of this bisection is vital for the drone service industry – and the DRAC is here to help.
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March 14, 2018 by Michelle Lange
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we spoke with women working in emerging tech, like predictive data, 3-D printing and cryptocurrency.
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March 9, 2018 by CompTIA
It’s a great time to be in the technology industry, with emerging technologies such as blockchain, AI, AR and VR set to change the way the world does business. With that in mind, CompTIA UK Channel Community Regional Meeting explored the opportunities here.
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March 1, 2018 by Paul Meyer
Get a quick, illuminating overview of how and why trade associations are essential – and what membership in one does for you.
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February 21, 2018 by Daniel Margolis
By bringing so many thought-leaders in tech together in one place and creating a space to share best practices and dialogue, the CompTIA Community Forum will impact the tech industry at large. Far from business as usual, CCF has the feel of a working meeting – moving items straight into action onsite.
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February 15, 2018 by Natalie Hope McDonald
The battle lines in the potential legal war over encryption – privacy versus accessibility – have been drawn. Now the big question is what could happen next, and how could it impact consumers and cybersecurity overall.
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February 8, 2018 by CompTIA
Co-hosted with ChannelE2E’s Content Czar Joe Panettieri, CompTIA President and CEO Todd Thibodeaux chatted with Craig West, Senior Vice President of Channel Sales at Oracle NetSuite on the cloud ERP partner landscape and the opportunities ahead for integrators and consultants.
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January 23, 2018 by Catherine Park
With the beginning of the New Year, people look to make a fresh start. This holds true in life… and in business. If you set some realistic yet powerful goals for the year, your business can evolve in ways you could never imagine. Read on and consider these eight potential goals as you chart your path through 2018.
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January 19, 2018 by Estelle Johannes
IT security is a complex, continually changing field. Here are six ways in which it’s evolving and tools from CompTIA that will keep you, and your clients, safe.
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January 17, 2018 by Susan Kostbar
The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was held in Las Vegas last week, and CompTIA’s Susan Kostbar was on hand, learning about the latest in new and evolving technology, and finding that CES 2018 was truly at the pulse of futuristic implementations.
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January 10, 2018 by Daniel Margolis
CompTIA’s communities are great places to connect with like-minded peers and share best practices on a wide range of topics, and this spring they’re coming together at the CompTIA Community Forum (CCF), March 20, 21, at the Chicago Marriott Downtown.
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January 9, 2018 by Brian Sherman
After completing the Wounded Warrior Project's Transition Training Academy, Victor Johnston spent several years honing his IT skills before building his own successful consulting firm. The current vice-chair of CompTIA's Future Leaders Community now spends a substantial amount of his time helping fellow veterans and others in need.
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December 28, 2017 by Brian Sherman
The channel’s future won’t solely depend on IoT, cybersecurity and advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning. Core technology competencies such as remote monitoring and remediation, backup and disaster recovery, cloud management, and desktop/ mobility device support will be needed more than ever.
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December 14, 2017 by CompTIA
Co-hosting with ChannelE2E’s Content Czar Joe Panettieri, CompTIA President and CEO Todd Thibodeaux chatted with Tony Beller, ServiceNow’s VP of worldwide alliances and channels for this podcast interview. Beller describes the SaaS company’s partner strategy for IT service management and beyond.
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December 7, 2017 by Michelle Lange
CompTIA Member Communities Director Cathy Alper leaves an imprint of process and facilitation methods.
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November 30, 2017 by Brian Sherman
People buy and develop long-term working relationships with those they feel comfortable being around and know will do the right thing. That’s no secret, but in an era where almost anything can be procured, paid for, and delivered without a single human interaction, we tend to overlook the value of trust in business relationships. In the tech community, that confidence begins and ends with the solutions.
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November 16, 2017 by David Logsdon
At this month’s CompTIA Space Enterprise Council meeting this week, Jason Crusan, Director of the Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Division within the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) presented an in-depth vision for both deep space exploration and technology innovation at the November 14th SEC meeting.
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November 15, 2017 by Brian Sherman
With clients’ employees getting more control and technology coming from virtually every direction in today’s business environment, someone needs to help manage it all. The IT team may assume that role in larger organizations, but channel firms can serve as that guiding force in the SMB quite effectively
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