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Companies want to hire new employees, but seem a little slow on the uptake, perhaps because of the candidate pool. Here are a few ways to look at job applicants with a little less skepticism, without losing quality outcomes.

The IT industry’s over HP’s announcement that the company will split in two, and Brian Sherman breaks it down in this week’s ChannelTrends.

In honor of Veterans Day, we asked CompTIA members with military backgrounds to share insight on how the industry can help veterans transitioning from military service find viable careers in the IT industry. This is the second piece in our three-part series.

There’s no better place to see collaboration in action than a gathering of solution providers, vendors, agents and other channel professionals. The combined sessions of the CompTIA Advisory Councils was a perfect example of teamwork as providers, master agents and a variety of vendors all shared their points of view and worked through various concerns. “Everyone was on the same page in the discussions instead of coming up with separate ideas and trying to reconcile them later,” said Joe Infante, president of Dynamic Strategies. “It forced us to validate the discussions.”

Logan Murphy of Fort Collins, Colorado, is an IT consultant with Long View Systems. Just recently, he became CompTIA A+ certified and even more recently discovered that he was the one millionth IT pro to do so! We caught up with Murphy to talk about why he set out to become certified in the first place; how his A+ certification will help him in the next phase of his career; and how he feels about his one million certified status and the prizes that come along with it.

Veteran BBC broadcaster Maggie Philbin used her keynote address at EMEA to encourage the IT industry to fight harder than ever to attract the most promising young people. Tomorrow’s technology, she said, depends on new ideas.

Following two highly productive CompTIA UK Channel Community meetings earlier in 2014, the year’s final meeting in London on 5 November saw the largest audience yet, a diverse group that spanned the British IT industry spectrum.

Intel’s Frank Raimondi used the EMEA stage to present his three strategies for developing successful and profitable partner relationships, and invited a panel of guests to discuss their own experiences.

If you’re a veteran seeking to get started in or advance your IT career, read on to learn more about and get started on any of our various certifications; learn how the Creating IT Futures Foundation is helping veterans and others start careers in IT through our IT-Ready program; and learn about everything CompTIA partner U.S. Tech Vets has to offer.

In honor of Veterans Day, we asked CompTIA members with military backgrounds to share insight on how the industry can help veterans transitioning from military service find viable careers in the IT industry. This is the third piece in our three-part series.

Public speaking isn’t easy, but sharing the story of how you got into IT can be inspirational, especially to girls and young women looking for new career opportunities. Cristina Greysman of Sungard AS shares her experience with Dream IT, an initiative by CompTIA’s Advancing Women in IT Community, and why it’s important to spread the word, no matter the size of the audience. “It doesn’t matter if it’s eight people or 150 — it’s a valuable conversation,” Greysman said.

In honor of Veterans Day, we asked CompTIA members with military backgrounds to share insight on how the industry can help veterans transitioning from military service find viable careers in the IT industry. This is the first post in our three-part series.

Monster and LinkedIn may be among the most popular go-to sites for those seeking new career opportunities online, thanks to a big bank of job listings and networking potential, respectively, but in the tech and IT fields, there are even more specialized sites offering customized resources specific to the industry. We’ve compiled a list of the top five.

Cloud computing is starting to truly transform business operations, according to findings from CompTIA’s new 5th Annual Trends in Cloud Computing study. As companies integrate cloud, they’ll encounter a variety of challenges, but now’s the time to dive in and discover the new IT ecosystem that is being created.

Small business owners used to buy and install adequate AV software packages themselves without major technical issues, but the threats and the complexity of the protection schemes have risen beyond their capabilities. IT security is no longer just an annual install or occasional update — it’s an ongoing responsibility.