CompTIA Blog

IT touches every industry so it’s no wonder IT professionals are in high demand. But with the fight for employment being just as fierce, you need every advantage to land a job. With a CompTIA certification, you’ll have the skills wanted by employers around the world, giving you the boost over your competition.

Students at Uxbridge College in the United Kingdom can earn their CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+ and Cloud+ as part of their studies.

Students and faculty from Technológico de Monterrey in Mexico City talk about how CompTIA certifications set IT pros apart from the crowd.

Los estudiantes y profesores del Tecnológico de Monterrey en la Ciudad de México hablan acerca de cómo las certificaciones de CompTIA hacen destacar a los profesionales de TI entre la multitud.

OSZ IMT in Berlin, Germany, has incorporated CompTIA A+ certification into its Cisco Network Academy curriculum to best prepare its students for IT careers.

Das OSZ IMT in Berlin hat die CompTIA „A+"-Zertifizierung in den Lehrplan seiner Cisco-Netzwerkakademie mit aufgenommen, um die Schüler bestmöglich ihre Karriere in der IT vorzubereiten.

Michael Bays left the Marine Corps with job training and a college degree, but he soon found certification was critical to success in the private sector. CompTIA CertMaster helped Bays prepare for the exam and learn new skills that he now uses every day.

Earlier this month, CompTIA President and CEO Todd Thibodeaux spoke about the top 10 skills needed by today’s IT workforce. Take a look at the list to find the areas in which you excel and those in which you can focus your professional development.

On March 7, CompTIA hosted the first ever hill briefing on smart cities and communities. On March 16, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection held the first ever hearing on smart cities and communities.

CompTIA has joined the recently created Bipartisan Policy Center’s Coalition to Modernize American Infrastructure. CompTIA has stated that a 21st century infrastructure ecosystem includes transportation (roads, bridges and airports), water (public utilities) and energy (electric grid) that is layered by cross-cutting, secure, smart technology and enabled by ubiquitous broadband connectivity and sensors.

Of all the changes that have taken place in the channel over the past ten years, one the most significant transitions did not directly involve technology or business models. The new IT decision makers are now everywhere in an organization. How does that affect VARs and MSPs? Quite a bit, as most are finding out.

This week, the Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT) hosted a lunchtime panel discussion on the implications a negotiation of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could have on the tech industry.

Earlier this month, bipartisan legislation was introduced in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to help state, local and tribal governments more effectively counter cyber-threats.

Too often, project management certifications tend to have rather arduous experience requirements or are quite theoretical in nature. Students and instructors often become intimidated by the myriad requirements. The updated CompTIA Project+ solves this problem and gives individuals an easier way to verify their project management skills.

These days everything about the NCAA men’s basketball championship – from the way the games are officiated and televised to how the media covers them and fans anticipate and attend them – involves technology.