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IT professionals worldwide can now buy certification exams directly from CompTIA, thanks to an expansion of the CompTIA Marketplace. The marketplace website now allows visitors to pick their country before browsing, which provides for more localized content and information. CompTIA customers in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong can now buy exams in local currency from sites with localized information. CompTIA introduced customized marketplace content for EMEA countri ...

Is there an active military member or veteran in your life who inspires you?The Troops to Tech Careers program wants to know about it — and possibly reward you for your story!The Veterans Inspire contest was created to show the huge impact military members and veterans have on the community, and individuals. The Troops to Tech Careers program wants to share these inspirational stories and create an outlet for military members and veterans to be given the recognition they deserve.All you need to ...

Is there an active military member or veteran in your life who inspires you? The Troops to Tech Careers program wants to know about it — and possibly reward you for your story! The Veterans Inspire contest was created to show the huge impact military members and veterans have on the community, and individuals. The Troops to Tech Careers program wants to share these inspirational stories and create an outlet for military members and veterans to be given the recognition they deserve. All you ...

Craig Pearce Craig Pearce Security Architect for e-Secure, Australia, working at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) Which exams have you helped develop? CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP), CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA Linux+ Powered by LPI. What do you get out of volunteering with CompTIA as a subject matter expert? For me, it’s the networking, the exchange of ideas and concepts between like-minded individuals. I also liked giving back to the industry. For me, it was also a ...

The IT industry has certainly been through its share of transformative business model changes. But what’s new about the current shift from on-premise to cloud is that it’s originating with end-users, speakers on a CompTIA Annual Member Meeting panel said on Wednesday.Speakers discussed what solution providers need to do to make the transition to a cloud services model. It doesn’t necessarily mean abandoning on-premise solutions completely, but more likely results in a hybrid model.For solution p ...

Are telemedicine, voice recognition and mobile applications emerging issues in healthcare IT, or current issues? What about dealing with fax machines – is it still an issue, or do solution providers not have to deal with it anymore? These were a few of the topics discussed at the CompTIA Healthcare IT Community meeting at the CompTIA Annual Member Meeting today in Chicago. The group began creating a roadmap of the healthcare IT industry, pinpointing emerging, current and fading issues ...

The IT training industry needs to stress the importance of hiring skilled workers and providing additional IT training to the employer audience, speakers at CompTIA Colloquium said on Tuesday.  It’s an audience that is sometimes overlooked, Terry Erdle, CompTIA executive vice president of certification; and Cushing Anderson, program vice president for research firm IDC, told attendees. “We haven’t necessarily sold this to the employing world, that if they get a skilled person, it’s much bet ...

The IT training industry needs to stress the importance of hiring skilled workers and providing additional IT training to the employer audience, speakers at CompTIA Colloquium said on Tuesday.  It’s an audience that is sometimes overlooked, Terry Erdle, CompTIA executive vice president of certification; and Cushing Anderson, program vice president for research firm IDC, told attendees.“We haven’t necessarily sold this to the employing world, that if they get a skilled person, it’s much better fo ...

In its second year, the CompTIA IT Business Growth Professionals Community is still working to cement its identity. The group, which includes consultants who provide coaching and business services to the IT industry, discussed its purpose and direction at the CompTIA Annual Member Meeting on Tuesday.“I think our value is in sharing knowledge,” said community member Larry Kesslin. “There are areas that each person in this room has expertise in that we can share to help us become better at what we ...

Chicago Tech Academy student Austin Lambert speaks at a reception before the Chicago Tech Academy Class of 2016 lottery on Thursday.Last year, Austin Lambert's goal of a career creating video games seemed far away. He was bullied at school and had low self-confidence.What a difference a year makes. After applying for and gaining a spot at Chicago Tech Academy, he's spent his freshman year learning all about technology. He's a member of a school club where he learns about video and graphics desig ...