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This sponsored blog entry was submitted by Chris Gonsalves of ChannelNomics. In a bygone era, the little blue “Intel Inside” swirl stood as the tech industry’s version of an Underwriters Laboratories logo: a badge that assured hardware buyers and sellers they were getting leading-edge processor technology. Intel Corp. would like those days back, thank you very much. In this age of cloud, with infrastructure largely decoupled from business computing, the speeds and feeds that ...

During CompTIA’s Colloquium conference in Washington, D.C., last month, executives from over 30 leading IT training companies heard from some of the largest tech companies on how they’re training their own staffs. How are they setting an example for their partners? How are they inspiring their employees to continually learn and improve their skills? CompTIA Executive VP Terry Erdle led off the conference and gave a quick rundown on the core education trends.

Steven Holcomb isn’t just an U.S. Olympic gold medalist; he’s also a former combat engineer and self-described computer nerd. While training for the Olympics as part of the U.S. bobsled team, he earned his CompTIA A+ and CompTIA Security+ certifications, and even worked to maintain the network in the IT division of the U.S. Olympics. Along the way, he’s maintained his successful athletic career and battled severe health issues and depression.

Wednesday’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee underscored the complexities of determining a solution for the Internet sales tax issue that will allow states to collect sales taxes from out-of-state vendors. While the hearing showed only minor dissent amongst the panelists about whether these taxes are payable to state treasuries, which seemed to be largely a matter of semantics, there was no clear consensus on how this could be accomplished with the least burden for sellers, ven ...

For some managed services providers, simply presenting a line card of IT products and services and pointing to a collection of manufacturer certifications works to cultivate and retain clients. But for CMIT Solutions of Denver, nothing could be further from the truth. Here, a vendor-agnostic credential serves as a key business differentiator and a linchpin for fostering clients’ loyalty and trust. From Break-Fix to MSP Founded in 2004 by Debi and Phil Bush, CMIT Solutions of Denver is one ...

A grassroots event to educate the IT industry on tech-related legislation brought out about two to three dozen entrepreneurs, educators and parents Monday morning to the downtown office of the Illinois Technology Association (ITA). The TechVoice Illinois briefing, hosted by ITA and CompTIA, and sponsored by Google, was an informal forum that touched on patent litigation reform, immigration, cybersecurity, taxes and STEM education. The forum was moderated by Andrew Hoog, chief executive officer o ...

Every time you look at the user interface of an Apple product, you are looking at the legacy of the work of graphic artist Susan Kare, one of the latest inductees to the CompTIA Hall of Fame, IT Innovator Wing. In the early 1980s, when Kare was sought out by the then-fledgling Apple Computers, personal computing was pretty much a keystroke-only experience. Steve Jobs and his team wanted to change all that and make it a graphically user-friendly environment. At the time, Kare had just finished Ph ...

Can your business be truly successful if revenue remains steady — or even suffers a slight decline? Can your company be in top form when you haven’t hired a new employee in years? Achievement is best judged by those whose blood, sweat and tears went into building the organization, plus of course the stakeholders who’ve helped support the operation along the way. As any business owner knows, revenue declines coupled with cost reduction might actually lead to profit, so if client ...

Robert (Bob) Faletra, an active and influential member of the IT channel and 25-year advocate for the industry will be inducted during CompTIA’s Annual Member Meeting into the 2014 class of the IT Hall of Fame. Faletra influenced and supported our industry through a variety of publishing and executive management roles with the former CMP media group. Considered one of the top experts in the indirect technology field, he has advised solution providers, vendors and distribution professionals ...

Young and energetic Christopher Brito wasn’t interested in school when he was a student — just ask his family, he says — but 12 months at a Washington, D.C., career academy changed both his mentality and his career path.

Fiberlink Communications made headlines in late 2013 when it was scooped up by IBM, and the mobile device management provider keeps making noise with the help of CompTIA’s Mobility+ certification. Last month, Fiberlink unveiled a new certification for its partners called the MaaS360 Partner Certification Program. As a prerequisite, anyone entering the MaaS360 Academy must first earn the CompTIA Mobility+ certification.

When Heng-Chuen Mok was a child, his father would bring home technology and together they would tinker. This love of technology led Mok to a bachelor’s degree in information systems and a career in IT. Today, he’s a security architect at the National Bank of Australia and a CompTIA subject matter expert. His focus: delivering security solutions to core banking transformation programs, which involves various aspects of security to meet the business requirements and needs of his institution.

In just a few months’ time, an Alaskan woman with a dream of an IT career — and the energy to chase it — moved from working the front counter at a small-town computer shop to handling PC diagnostics for Alaska’s second-largest public school district. Thanks to CompTIA’s IT Certification Roadmap and mentoring through CompTIA’s Advancing Women in IT community, Mariah Sexton found an IT career that not only pays the bills, but also offers health insurance.

This is Women’s History Month — a time to recognize the often overlooked vision, courage and accomplishments of our nation’s women. To kick it off, did you know that a famous Hollywood actress of the 1930s and ‘40s, Hedy Lamarr, was also a pioneer for women and technology? She co-invented spread-spectrum broadcast communications technologies. There are many wonderful examples —from Hedy Lamarr to Meg Whitman — of women leading the way in technol ...

We have noted many discussions over the last few years concerning the need for tax reform. Almost everyone is in agreement that tax reform is needed, as annual additions and edits to the tax code have left us with overly complex and burdensome compliance requirements for individuals and businesses alike. However, once the conversation gets past the general agreement that reform is needed, we come face-to-face with the complexities of crafting real tax reform that can be passed by Congress. Ways ...