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What is the CompTIA Community ISAO and how does it work? Executive Director MJ Shoer answers those questions and more, including how CompTIA members can join and start advancing the cybersecurity resilience of the IT industry today.

Emerging technologies, cloud, and cybersecurity have been a big boost to tech companies during COVID-19, according to IT leaders in a “Global Perspectives” panel during ChannelCon Online.

Even if you’ve been working in technology for years, earning an IT certification can bump your status, job title and even pay grade. Certifications show your coworkers and higher ups that you’re committed to the job, have special skills and are willing to keep learning to stay on top of your game.

CompTIA CEO Todd Thibodeaux moderated a town hall discussion about diversity and inclusion in the tech industry during ChannelCon Online. Learn what the panel had to say about hiring practices that promote diversity, how to have hard conversations about social injustice, the role of the media and much more.

Preparing your business now to take advantage of new opportunities and new markets will provide a competitive benefit after COVID-19, according to ChannelCon Online panelists in a What's Next for the Channel?" session.

Ready to find a new career? It can be exciting and scary, but as one of our alumni, Joe Sikorski, shows us, switching to IT for him is paying off in better long-term salary and work/life balance.

In July 2020, CompTIA podcasts offered a preview of ChannelCon Online as well as discussions about the future of the tech industry, cybersecurity during the pandemic, the launch of the CompTIA ISAO, and more.

New IT pro Steve Manhertz landed a part-time job just 60 days after IT certification. Learn how he did it alongside his full-time government sector job.

Every week MSPs ask how to find and secure new technology services opportunities. The third-party maintenance opportunity is real, right here and right now. So let’s talk business development.

IT pros are charged with taking care of data. These 7 skills help as they play an increasingly strategic role in organizations.

The original Payroll Protection Program funds that many MSPs received in the second quarter of 2020 are starting to run out and it’s time to start planning what’s next for your tech firm.

AchieveUnite's Bob O’Malley and Jessica Baker discuss why partner experience in the channel is essential and how creating a lifetime of partner and customer value is key to success.

Meet Damarn Carroll, an ambitious cybersecurity professional who has successfully made his own career path with hard work and IT certifications.

As emerging technology continues to be a hot topic, the benefits and potential of all these new things are best realized in the context of a modern IT approach.

Members of CompTIA's Human Services Information Technology Advisory Group (HSITAG) reflect on lessons the industry and government have learned during the ongoing pandemic.