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The field of IT is a versatile one that draws people from diverse backgrounds with different professional interests and goals. Get to know three IT professionals who all either moved into IT from another career, stepped away from IT and re-entered it or made a big move within the field.

CompTIA’s Annual Member Meeting at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park last week featured Power Talk Unplugged; a free-form session in which attendees drove the discussion.

Looking for hard numbers amidst the hype, searching for opportunity while staying grounded—takeaways from AMM 2016's Cloud Community meeting.

Explore the discussion at the heart of the IT Security Community's panel that took place at AMM 2016, where expert security practitioners debated the impact of the estimated $2 trillion protection-related losses businesses are expected to shoulder in the coming decade.

The Service Delivery to Solution Delivery panel at AMM 2016 explored the continuing importance of the user experience as a critical service component, and why the shift from a focus on clients to the specific needs of users is more than just semantics.

The joint HSITAG and SLED council panel at AMM 2016 delved into an exploration of improving quality of life through advancing and enhancing technology in public services.

At the Partner and Vendor Advisory Council meetings at CompTIA’s Annual Member Meeting this week, the PAC concluded that being a security expert is like being a weatherman and the VAC found the state of the vendor space strong – with some caveats.

Establishing a team dynamic through communication and collaboration that leads to benefits for both.

There’s a lot channel professionals can learn from Alex Sheen...

Learn what tools Batman has in his arsenal that could match Superman’s unbeatable powers and what lessons IT pros can take from this comic book rivalry.

Will cloud, the Internet of Things and big data lead to gains and growth or setbacks and stagnation?

Takeaways from the End User Commission meeting.

Read about how the networking skills gap was a running theme of CompTIA’s James Stanger’s recent tour of Asia, and how the association is acting to help.

CompTIA Members Raise the Bar with New, Easy-to-Follow Lifecycle Tool