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This year’s UK Channel Community meeting, held in Manchester focused on how to build a better business. Alongside a packed agenda of keynote speeches and panel sessions that explored how this could be achieved, the Sales Genius Café brought together industry leaders to offer their advice for better sales.

If you have a knack for determining problems and wanting to find solutions, then a career as a vulnerability analyst may be for you.

The cornerstone event for CompTIA's Human Services Information Technology Advisory Group (HSITAG) is our monthly meeting which features Health and Human Services leaders from federal, state and local governments as well as “think tank” groups and other key industry organizations.

The mission of CompTIA’s Advisory Councils is to expand the association’s reach and relevance in emerging technologies and drive the adoption of innovative tech into mainstream business.

With more than 90% of all companies having moved at least some work to the cloud, now more than ever organizations need decision makers, analysts and process owners who understand vital cloud principles from a business and operations perspective.

When researching salaries and aiming your career at specific job titles, remember that you may see a range of salaries for one particular job. Salaries vary based on the company itself and geographic location and can depend on what other benefits are offered.

Smart devices for all applications are appearing more frequently in office environments. For businesses, this raises many new cybersecurity concerns. So how close are enterprises and SMBs to safely leveraging IoT? CompTIA’s 2019 Trends in Internet of Things gives guidance on where we are and need to be.

Read about how CompTIA’s 2018 Member of the Year, Inspired Business Innovations President Victor Johnston, pays IT forward. Then, nominate yourself or a deserving peer for the prestigious 2019 Member of the Year award, and like Victor, you could be featured in the next edition of CompTIA World Magazine! The application deadline is May 15. Apply today!

Information is the micro-lesson we learn from every hack or data breach, and wisdom is the life lesson we carry with us long after it happens. In IT, as in many sectors, our collective wisdom is what keeps us safe.

In a baby tech market on track to hit $16.78 billion by 2025, there’s a lot to choose from. Unsecured Wi-Fi, default passwords and weak code are vulnerabilities hackers love to exploit, creating a direct path to the whole family’s personally identifiable information.

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are technologies that are not only getting more sophisticated, but may soon be finding their way into regular usage in office environments and other professional settings. What does that mean for businesses? Here’s a look at what might be on the way.

IT professionals need to be very personable and easy to talk to. This is because they are required to interact with others all day long.

While many IT services professionals remain focused on infrastructure and closely related applications to support their clients, the emerging technologies are opening the imaginations ̶ and checkbooks ̶ of adventurous entrepreneurs. Based on current trends detailed in the CompTIA IT Industry Outlook 2019, the business case for these emerging solutions is quickly shifting from the speculative stage to one with real interest and revenue opportunities.

Since 2016, HSITAG has spearheaded an annual survey, The State of State Health & Human Services (HHS) Technology Programs, designed to gain and share insights from state and local HHS thought leaders relative to agency IT issues, challenges, trends, and perspectives.

It is a common stereotype work alone, typing away in a dark corner of the basement, but that could not be further from the truth! IT pros need to be able to communicate and collaborate well since they are constantly interacting with people who have a range of tech knowledge.