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Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary committee held a hearing entitled, “Immigration Reforms Needed to Protect Skilled American Workers.” As the name suggests, the goal of this hearing was to undercut the claims being made by an entire industry— that they cannot find the skilled workers they need in America and thus need to hire foreign workers - See more at: http://www.techamerica.org/senate-judiciary-hearing-targets-high-skilled-immigration/#sthash.rzlId1af.dpuf

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing today entitled “FCC: Process and Transparency”. This hearing follows in the footsteps of the FCC’s historic ruling and subsequent release of their controversial open internet ruling. Chairman Tom Wheeler took the stand at today’s hearing to explain the process in which the Commission went through

From a single mother who was in dire financial straits now thriving at a distribution center for a large retailer to a student now working as a database administrator for tax service Hewlett Jackson, IT pros from all walks of life have gotten their starts at Manatee Technical College – with an assist from CompTIA certification.

CompTIA’s Managed Services Community is building on its new engagement model at AMM, as members dissect key findings in a comprehensive survey that covers virtually every part of an MSP’s operations.

For eight years, Blong Yang worked his way through retail management positions of increasing responsibility and importance. Yet despite his successive promotions — and multiple performance reviews saying he had exceeded supervisor expectations — Yang didn’t feel like he was getting anywhere. CompTIA's Creating IT Futures Foundations IT-Ready program helped him move forward, earning his CompTIA Network+, Security+ and Server+ certifications.

The Marketplace Fairness Act (“MFA”) was re-introduced in the Senate this week by Sens. Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.). This bill is similar to legislation passed by the Senate (69-27) in May 2013. The MFA would require all remote sellers to collect and remit sales taxes for products and services sold

Vendors and solution providers have been trying to crack the challenging SMB market for a long time. With the changes in technology, there are even more options available to smaller businesses and more opportunity to help them grow and compete on a larger scale.

Members of CompTIA’s Canadian IT Business Community got an education in innovation at their most recent meeting. With a strong list of experienced professionals leading the way, the audience received not only valuable channel-targeted information, but a wealth of specific ideas they could implement in their own businesses.

A virtual CIO needs to understand technology plus all of its data protection and management options—and whether they know it or not, many solution providers fit that bill. Learn what preparation and skills it takes to be the ultimate virtual CIO for your clients.

Learn about how Joshua Wragg went from struggling as a tech novice to owning his own tech support firm; a rising success he credits to CompTIA A+.

The most successful managed service providers understand they’re not solely technology companies, but rather people-companies in the business of technology.

CompTIA’s Dream IT initiative — designed to get more girls and women involved in the IT industry — is expanding to the UK, with redesigned resources and content that are specific to the UK Channel.

Mirus Solutions managing director Paul Tomlinson broke down the findings of the CompTIA’s 2015 IT Industry Outlook for the UK Channel Community and their recent meeting in Bristol. Covering trends like EaaS, IoT and looking at challenges like the skills gap, he dissected the most pressing trends likely to affect the channel this year.

We’ve seen a tremendous adoption of our website’s new capabilities since we relaunched CompTIA.org, and we’re planning several upgrades to the site. Here are some of the improvements we’ve added since launch, and how they can help you and your business.

While we have made great advancements in the tech field throughout the past few decades, State statutes struggle to keep pace with these changes. There are still several statutory requirements in the California IT Procurement Codes for submitting paper documents and posting of notices in public places. These practices require procurement professionals to process and