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In July, CompTIA filed comments with the FCC in response to its Restoring Internet Freedom NPRM. As you may know, the FCC released this NPRM in May, and its primary point of focus was a proposal to reclassify broadband internet access service (BIAS) as an information service.

The help desk role has become more sophisticated, and today's help desk workers need to serve as the first line of cybersecurity defense.

IT service management (ITSM) consists of the activities, processes and policies that businesses and other organizations use for delivering IT services. While many of the best practices are beginning to spread to other departments, IT remains the dominant use-case for service management frameworks.

Why complain about low margin cloud sales? Use those platforms as a lead in to higher profit service sales.

At Austin’s Capital Factory last week, CompTIA attended Apple CEO Tim Cook’s announcement that the App Development with Swift curriculum will now be offered at Austin Community College (ACC), one of the nation’s largest higher learning institutions.

Last week, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) released their list of approved industry-validated certifications that will count toward the state’s public school accountability ratings, which includes CompTIA certifications A+, Network+, and Security+. The announcement follows the passage of House Bill 22 in which the Texas Legislature requires the state to adopt a set of indicators to measure and evaluate school districts and campuses.

Our Linux guru, Jason Eckert, is back to “Talk Tech to Me” about Linux foo. Can your moves stand up when everyone is Linux foo fighting?

This week, CompTIA’s California State Government Affairs held its monthly policy meeting in Sacramento to review current and pending legislation. Assemblyman Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) joined CompTIA on Wednesday, August 23rd as a guest speaker. As a freshman member of the California State Assembly, CompTIA members were interested in hearing from the Assemblyman on his first full year in office.

Are you organized, security focused and able to understand structures well? If so, then database administration may be the next move for you.

IT companies are adopting eco-friendly tech solutions. Learn how here.

While researching other certifications to build his IT career, Leonard Waker realized that he only had a few days to keep his current ones from expiring. CompTIA CertMaster CE let him prove his skills quickly and conveniently without disrupting his busy schedule, and taught him some valuable new IT tricks.

Few great leaders are born with those skills. But with hard work and a positive strategy in place, IT business owners can acquire the aptitude and attitude needed to ensure the success of their organizations.

With more than 70 percent of businesses using cloud services today, there is enormous potential for channel partners to grow their businesses through SaaS. Find out how here.

If you aren't familiar with zpool and zvol, don't fret. Our Linux guru, Jason Eckert, is back to “Talk Tech to Me” with a crash course on configuring ZFS.

John Byrne, president of global channels at Dell EMC, talks about Dell EMC’s unified partner program – including its sought-after titanium-black tier, and the opportunities around incorporating services as solutions.