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In the midst of the recent recession, Adrian Genesir stepped into a faculty mentor role at Western Governors University and started helping students differentiate themselves -- partially through CompTIA certifications.

Last month, there was a “disturbance in the force” when it comes to your career. Representatives of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) signed the 8140 DoD directive. 8140 replaces the 8570 directive, which directed all DoD personnel and their contractors to be certified in their respective fields. What does this change mean to you? Well, in some ways, 8570 is dead, long live 8570.

Discover how to bolster collaboration online and offline, secure strong relationships among peers throughout the channel, bolster growth and increase visibility among partners.

Walt Jaqua and Kevin Kelly, two Indiana-based IT instructors, are doing hands-on work to get students certified and in jobs right after graduation.

AWIT's initiative helps girls discover their full potential in dream jobs within industries they may have otherwise never considered.

Sana’a Qaiser had only been in Washington, D.C., for a week on her first visit to the U.S. and she had already begun to start to feel at home. A rising senior at Kuwait’s Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), where she studies information systems, she took advantage of the school’s summer semester abroad and attended classes at George Washington University, while availing herself of the myriad exciting new cultural experiences a major U.S. city has to offer.

An effective and profitable MSP is as proactive building its own business as it is at managing its clients’ systems.

As students worldwide head back to school, learn about the Technical Support Internship (TSI), an Illinois-based tech support class in which students support their district, including all 3,600 Chromebooks in students’ hands.

The 2015 EMEA Member and Partner Conference offers a host of business-improvement sessions, collaborative industry discussions and a number of peer networking opportunities.

Even if a tech has worked for more than a decade as an IT professional, without a certification, recruitment specialist Dave Atherton can’t put them on the job.

So it’s finally time to put together a sales team and you’ve taken on the responsibility of heading up the hiring process. There's just one thing...

As a member of the Executive Advisory Board who has worked as a subject matter expert (SME) since before the 2003 overhaul of the CompTIA A+ certification, Ryan Frillman has influenced almost every important exam current certification holders have taken.