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Janet O’Sullivan, channel marketing manager at StorageCraft, shares her advice on how to grow revenue and migrate from backup to disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS). Having worked in the channel for many years, Janet currently help partners to overcome challenges and help develop business.

What many providers fail to remember is that their customers’ protection concerns often go beyond the network. Ensuring a safe and secure workplace is just as important of a responsibility, and not something they would just hand off to anyone. They look to those they not only trust, but who have the necessary skills to support their physical security systems and strategies. The question many in the channel continue to ask is if these technologies present a viable opportunity for their business. In many cases, the answer is a resounding "YES."

The importance of vendors courting their partners means more than ever now. With that in mind, here are four ways managed service providers and vendors can become best friends forever!

From roadshows to the security initiative, 2016 has been a busy year. Read a roundup of the highlights of the UK Channel community.

In celebration of Veterans Day, we’re taking a look back at three of three military veterans whose time in the service led them into successful careers in IT – with some help from CompTIA certifications.

CompTIA is a true, member lead organization. Those tech industry professionals play a major role in driving initiatives and strategy, ensuring that the association focuses its resources on the right things at the right time. That’s how a trade association works. From the board of directors to peer community and advisory council chair positions, CompTIA members are leading the way. That was readily apparent at the recent meeting in Kansas City, MO where a large contingent of these industry professionals gathered to shape their groups' plans for 2017.

Towards the end of September, Cedar Rapids, Iowa experienced a flood that displaced GreatAmerica Financial Services from its office and put its business continuity plan to the test. Their story offers solution providers an instructive inside look into the mechanics of disaster recovery planning.

Every year, Everyone Counts, a software solution provider with U.S. headquarters in La Jolla, Calif., ensures that voters around the world that are legally entitled to vote can do so securely.

Businesses are becoming highly dependent on the cloud today. So much so that many of the activities they’re involved with come to a grinding halt when it’s not available. For IT services providers that's both a blessing and a curse, depending on their capabilities and bandwidth. What are the real opportunities and concerns?

On October 27, CompTIA submitted a report to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative as it works to compile the annual National Trade Estimate (NTE) on foreign barriers to trade. CompTIA used this opportunity to provide the federal government with information on the foreign barriers member companies face when exporting their products and services.

Is it time for a cloud reality check in the channel? Have you considered if this technology model is having a positive or negative impact on your business? According to the CompTIA 6th Annual State of the Channel study, there are no black or white answers. In fact, the latest research actually exposes more confusion than conclusion.

CyberSeek is an incisive, data-driven heat map and interactive graphics to break down career paths, salaries and hiring trends in cybersecurity. Get hyperlocal intel on IT security jobs with CyberSeek’s Heat Map and Interactive Graphics.

What ghastly horrors are lurking behind firewalls and in dark corners behind flickering monitors this Halloween? Read on to face the frighteningly dark realms of cybersecurity and get five steps you can take to protect yourself today – as well as a particularly useful tool for you and your company.

Last week, I testified in front of the Idaho Legislature’s State Procurement Laws Committee on the need to modernize IT procurement. Idaho, like many states around the nation, has modeled IT procurements according to legislative direction but that direction is intentionally broad and allows considerable policy-setting flexibility to the procurement oversight agency within the state. The state agency and administrators set the standard terms and conditions that dictate which companies will bid on contracts and thus, influence the technologies implemented within the state.

We are very excited to announce our panel 'Apprenticeships and Solving the IT Skills Gap’ has been selected to present at the 2017 SXSW Conference in Austin. The panel will be moderated by Charles Eaton, CEO of the Creating IT Futures Foundation. We are extremely fortunate to have United States Senator Orrin Hatch joining him on the panel.