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This month, CompTIA’s Human Services Information Technology Advisory Group (HSITAG) participated and held its monthly meeting at the Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference (MESC) in Baltimore. Traditionally, HSITAG has been focused on Human Services programs such as social services, child care, child support, and temporary assistance for needy families (TANF).

In a recent interview, iRobot CEO Colin Angle mentioned that the maps built by iRobot’s Roomba could potentially be sold to other companies. Naturally, this heightens privacy concerns that have been steadily building around digital data and always-connected devices.

The CompTIA State Government Affairs (SGA) National Committee convened its annual mid-year meeting on August 7th at the Aloft Seaport Hotel in Boston. The meeting was held in conjunction with the National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL) Legislative Summit. The meeting kicked off with a session on several key activities that the overall CompTIA organization is undertaking, including an overview of the CompTIA Association for IT Professionals (AITP).

Some have reservations about mentoring others. Whether that lack of confidence comes from their own skills, or concerns about communicating with a different generation of workers, it may be keeping them from a highly rewarding experience. How can they overcome those stumbling blocks?

Linux powers bullet trains, supercomputers, submarines, Hollywood films and even the New York Stock Exchange. Staff from major tech companies like Intel, IBM, HP and Google as well as startups help to improve upon the Linux code. Whether you call them useless or interesting, here are five fun facts about the open-source software.

Business technology is no longer just about the components and networks. With the focus shifting to problem-solving, efficiency, and differentiation, it's creating opportunities for channel companies to partner with CPAs, attorneys and other specialists. That's why CompTIA Council members made it a major topic of their joint meeting conversation at ChannelCon.

When Bryan Amoroso was ready to move up in his IT career, he found that Wilmington University not only offered the program he needed, but that he would get college credit for his CompTIA A+ certification.

Executives from Spiceworks, the world’s largest community of IT pros, talk about what’s important to IT pros today and how their role will evolve tomorrow in an executive interview with CompTIA’s CEO Todd Thibodeaux at ChannelCon.

Thank you to our 2017 exhibitors for helping to make ChannelCon so successful.

Starting a new job can be overwhelming, challenging and even frustrating at times. But keeping a positive attitude can help you stay focused on what’s important and grow in your career.

From IoT to SaaS applications, the explosive growth of IT in business is opening new doors for cybercriminals. What are they and how can IT firms step up to save the day for small businesses? The cybersecurity panel at ChannelCon provided all the answers.

Microsoft’s month-old “partner first” strategy is a complete transformation of the company’s channel go-to-market model. The software giant’s channel GM, Alyssa Fitzpatrick, explained the basics to an audience of partners in an Aug. 1 keynote interview at ChannelCon.

When the IT manager at London’s Bute House Preparatory School for Girls needed extra IT help, HR Manager Janette Patterson found a very creative – and educational – solution.

The CompTIA staff have pulled together six great panel submissions for the 2018 SXSW Conference in Austin Texas. We need your help to ensure our panels are selected for next year's show. With more than 70,000 attendees at the festival, SXSW provides a great opportunity for CompTIA to showcase our expertise and thought leadership on a number of topics that are pertinent to the technology industry.

Adoption of the SaaS model requires IT professionals to strengthen their selling skills and widen their target prospect base, realigning their business models and tightening their focus on individual users. Is there a pay off for those efforts? And what advice do the experts have for those making the leap? Those questions were answered during a panel discussion at ChannelCon.