CompTIA Blog

This week, CompTIA’s Ken Montgomery, vice president of international trade regulation and compliance, and Stefanie Holland, director of international government and regulatory affairs, attended a meeting of the Harmonized System Committee at the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Brussels, Belgium.

Wendy Howard had a computer science degree and years of working at IBM on her resume, but it wasn’t until she added CompTIA A+ certification that job offers started rolling in.

Having solid project management skills can open new doors for IT pros, both in and outside of IT. But do you know what those skills are? Check out this list to see if you have what it takes to move into project management.

MaximITy CEO Tracy Pound keeps her cherry red manicure in check, prefers fast cars and refuses to back down.

The role of IT in business transformation was a major topic in the ITSS (IT Services and Support) Community session at the CompTIA Annual Member Meeting in Chicago this week. A panel of channel professionals with intimate knowledge of the subject shared their insight and recommendations to a packed house. What did they have to say?

The CompTIA IT Security Community meeting at AMM this year was lively, even considering Star Trek as “a dystopic future where everyone has given up on security.”

IT touches every industry so it’s no wonder IT professionals are in high demand. But with the fight for employment being just as fierce, you need every advantage to land a job. With a CompTIA certification, you’ll have the skills wanted by employers around the world, giving you the boost over your competition.

Students at Uxbridge College in the United Kingdom can earn their CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA Cloud+ as part of their studies.

Students and faculty from Technológico de Monterrey in Mexico City talk about how CompTIA certifications set IT pros apart from the crowd.

OSZ IMT in Berlin, Germany, has incorporated CompTIA A+ certification into its Cisco Network Academy curriculum to best prepare its students for IT careers.

Das OSZ IMT in Berlin hat die CompTIA „A+"-Zertifizierung in den Lehrplan seiner Cisco-Netzwerkakademie mit aufgenommen, um die Schüler bestmöglich ihre Karriere in der IT vorzubereiten.

Michael Bays left the Marine Corps with job training and a college degree, but he soon found certification was critical to success in the private sector. CompTIA CertMaster helped Bays prepare for the exam and learn new skills that he now uses every day.

On March 7, CompTIA hosted the first ever hill briefing on smart cities and communities. On March 16, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection held the first ever hearing on smart cities and communities.

CompTIA has joined the recently created Bipartisan Policy Center’s Coalition to Modernize American Infrastructure. CompTIA has stated that a 21st century infrastructure ecosystem includes transportation (roads, bridges and airports), water (public utilities) and energy (electric grid) that is layered by cross-cutting, secure, smart technology and enabled by ubiquitous broadband connectivity and sensors.

Of all the changes that have taken place in the channel over the past ten years, one the most significant transitions did not directly involve technology or business models. The new IT decision makers are now everywhere in an organization. How does that affect VARs and MSPs? Quite a bit, as most are finding out.