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This week marks an exciting time for the future of the tech workforce as the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee passed the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, a reauthorization and modernization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.

CompTIA ChannelCon 2018, scheduled July 31 to August 2 in Washington, D.C., is coming up fast. The top conference in the IT industry brings together IT pros, solution providers, vendors and distributors, featuring innovative sessions, networking opportunities and expert speakers. Here are just some of the reasons not to miss out. Read on!

Aaron Woods, vice chair of CompTIA’s Advancing Diversity In Technology Community, sat down with Jason Pryce, business development engineer at Datto and a member of ADIT’s Executive Council, to talk about Pryce’s career and what people can learn from it, as well as where the business of technology is headed. Read on.

Imagine you’re working in the IT security department and you’re just about to take your lunch when someone in accounting calls to say their computer is “acting strange.” That might sound like bad luck – lunch will have to wait. But in a way, you’re also lucky because not all attacks raise red flags. That is where endpoint detection and response comes into play.

Last week on June 21, the CompTIA Human Services Information Technology Advisory Group (HSITAG) explored all aspects of health and human services (HHS) and technology in Texas during a half day of meetings. Our HSITAG meeting brought together top HHS leaders as well as top technology and procurement leaders from the state government. Jennifer Sims, Deputy Commissioner with the Texas Department of State Health Services, gave members a rundown of the state’s efforts to combat the opioid crisis.

The recent CompTIA ANZ Channel Community meeting looked at how managed services providers can thrive in 2018 and beyond, even as the industry continues to evolve and customer expectations expand.

For the third year in a row, I was asked to give a couple of talks at Service Desk Show, commonly called SITS, which is co-located with the InfoSec show. While there, I presented on the state of the help desk in 2018, as well as about threat hunting.

CompTIA ChannelCon, scheduled July 31 to August 2 at Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C., is coming up fast and one of its biggest attractions – the event’s full roster of community business meetings and forums – is rapidly taking shape. Get fully briefed here.

CompTIA’s Elizabeth Hyman, executive vice president for public advocacy at CompTIA, penned an op-ed in the San Jose Mercury News on June 19 on “Why trade wars over tariffs are not the answer for tech.” The op-ed is below, and link available here.

This week, CompTIA held its fourth annual Excellence in Cybersecurity Award ceremony in Washington D.C. The ceremony recognizes Members of Congress and federal agency program managers who are making important strides to improve the federal cybersecurity workforce.

With its robust collection of employment trend data for the tech world, this year’s Cyberstates report can act as a broad foundation of data for the very personal and specific task of searching for a job.

Do you love the intersection of design and programming? If so, web administration may be for you. Web administrators use their technical background to code and their creative side to design stunning websites. Read more to see if web admin is right for you!

WiTS seeks to support the community of women currently working in technology and help pave the way for women, especially young women, to enter the industry. There was something for everyone here; with presentations on tech topics such as artificial intelligence, smart cities, wearable tech or implanted technological devices in medicine.

Career changers in your circle may have doubts about whether IT is the right choice for them, or they may be worried that switching to a tech job will be too difficult. Here are five essential things you should make sure they know to help them realize that IT is a great option and is a possibility for them.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is here – but that doesn’t mean self-aware robots. What it means is that computers can process communication, analyze data and even learn like never before. Here’s a run-through of what that could mean for people on all sides of the enterprise tech equation.