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CompTIA’s Cloud Community met this week at ChannelCon, and one of the highlights of the meeting was a presentation titled “Crowdsourcing Cloud Insights: The Past, The Present and the Future.”

Two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Peyton Manning spoke at CompTIA ChannelCon at the Diplomat Resort & Spa Hollywood this week, stressing teamwork and adaptability in a speech that frequently drew comparisons between football and business.

Channel professionals typically use B2B as a reference to the general indirect model, but Austin McChord, founder and CEO of Datto, Inc. gave the term a whole new meaning in his keynote at ChannelCon 2016. In his case, it refers to the way he started his business 8 years ago, in his parent’s basement with $80,000 in debt. By the end of last year Datto was valued at a billion dollars and had become one of the exclusive "unicorn" club according to respected business experts

CompTIA IT Security Community members broke into three separate groups during their ChannelCon meeting to discussing the details of various security portfolio offerings.They discussed where each MSP sits on the security continuum (foundational, comprehensive or advanced) and then focused their efforts on defining that particular level of service.

The CompTIA Managed Services Community took their best practice discussions to the next level at ChannelCon 2016. The standing room only audience was treated to a unique experience as community leaders turned the tables and made them into expert panelists.

One of the toughest things for new IT services business owners is planning out their portfolios. What services do you need to offer to satisfy existing clients and attract new customers? Security has become one of the biggest differentiators for MSPs today and the topic of expanding those offerings created some interesting conversations in the CompTIA Partner Advisory Council meeting at ChannelCon 2016.

CompTIA partnered with nearly a dozen other technology organizations in hosting Innovation Nation events at the RNC Convention in Cleveland and the DNC Convention in Philadelphia. Innovation Nation brought public policy into focus at signature events, engaging congressional leaders, campaign officials, and industry leaders in conversations to explore how an innovation agenda might take shape in the next Congress under their party’s president.

Providers of cloud-based services and customized applications can do a great service by paying closer attention to how their customers do business; this according to the diverse group of technology end-users in the End User Commission Meeting held Monday, August 1, at CompTIA ChannelCon 2016.

The fourth CompTIA ANZ Channel Community meeting, held this month, brought together vendors, solutions providers and distributors for presentations on the theme of contending with change in the channel.

CompTIA Senior Director, Industry Analysis, Market Research Carolyn April weathers a car accident and a bank error -- but retrieves her laptop.

Seven CompTIA communities are holding sessions at ChannelCon16. Each of these groups is organized around a particular business model, a technical vertical or an industry cause. Regardless of your background, there is bound to be a community meeting relevant and tailor-made to your specific business needs.

For business owners, managers and C-level executives, a holiday can be a thing to be cherished or something that can cause undue stress. But it can be difficult to really make a break from work. Here are five ways to do it.

Most of us have, at one time or another, worked away from the office. We may have enjoyed a conference call during a commute, worked on a business plans on the plane and even built websites on the go. As telecommuting becomes more common for professionals within the tech world who may be zigzagging between meetings, conferences and conventions in different time zones, having the right arsenal of gear can mean the difference between getting the job done and getting left behind.