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Illinois has made some great progress in procurement reform over the past year and CompTIA’s State and Local Government and Education (SLED) Council membership gathered in Chicago last week to discuss the current business landscape as well as focus on some new innovative technologies being used in the state.

CompTIA Member Communities Director Cathy Alper leaves an imprint of process and facilitation methods.

Positive change fuels business improvement, and diversity hiring is one of those transformations that can help "lift all boats" in an organization. The trick is understanding the potential issues and taking the right approach.

The holidays are a time of cheer, but can also bring on a great deal of stress, and with it depression and anxiety. Thankfully, corporate leaders are changing the way emotional well being is addressed – particularly in tech.

CompTIA’s Human Services IT Advisory Group (HSITAG) met in New York City at the end of November and a transition in leadership was the major focus. Mike Coulson of Deloitte, who has served as Chair for the past two years, turned over the leadership position to Paul Hencoski of KPMG. Elected as HSITAG Vice Chairs for the next two years were Jacque Gombach of Captuva and Kim Shaver of Northrup Grumman.

South African IT pro and trainer Clinton Melusi's first exposure to the world of certifications was doing low-level non-tech work for a training facility. But with CompTIA A+ he's gone from a complete tech novice to an IT pro and a trainer himself; and his career is just beginning.

On the afternoon before Thanksgiving, the FCC released a highly-anticipated draft of the Restoring Internet Freedom Order its commissioners will vote on in the Commission’s December 14 open meeting. The order, which will likely pass on a 3-2 party line vote, follows through on Chairman’s Pai’s proposal earlier this year to reclassify broadband back to an “information service” and largely eliminates all of the net neutrality rules the Commission passed in 2015.

You studied hard, left sweat on the testing center mouse and BAM! you passed your certification exam. You’re officially certified as an IT pro — now what? Here are 4 ways to take immediate action.

For two summers in a row, CompTIA and Creating IT Futures, working with Chicago Public Schools, secured summer internships for more than 100 high school students, including Azzaria Douglas.

CompTIA publishes great content year-round through a variety of streams, bringing our membership and the tech industry at large insightful coverage of a wide range of subjects. Our member blog is no exception, and in 2017 we touched on all things tech, from how hackers interfere with health care to how generational differences affect the workforce. Take a look here at our 10 most heavily trafficked articles of 2017.

People buy and develop long-term working relationships with those they feel comfortable being around and know will do the right thing. That’s no secret, but in an era where almost anything can be procured, paid for, and delivered without a single human interaction, we tend to overlook the value of trust in business relationships. In the tech community, that confidence begins and ends with the solutions.

The tech industry has undergone a tremendous transformation in the twenty-two years since Jason Bystrak joined Ingram Micro. He started out as inside rep and worked his way up the ranks to the executive level of a Fortune 500 organization, taking advantage of the opportunities innovation brought his way.

As the construction industry adopts smarter, more intuitive mobile apps to exchange data from the ground up, the big question is how can IT teams keep up with the increased cybersecurity risks? Experts weigh in on what to consider, how to train users and ultimately what makes managing mobile so complex.

Whether you love or hate to cook, smart appliances and other IoT devices can dramatically simplify your life and boost the efficiency of meal prep.

The holidays are the biggest shopping days of the year – and can stress IT systems. As the dust settles on the season, retailers may be looking for a change, meaning big opportunities for SMBs.