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There are endless ways to work tablets, smartphones and similar technologies into your portfolio, but their real value comes from how you implement them in your clients’ workplaces. Check out the mobility solutions offered up at this month’s Super Mobility Week and read how MSPs are using smartphone and tablet technologies to complement traditional PCs.

It’s no longer enough to simply build a better mousetrap — to succeed you’ve got to build out the entire business, according to CompTIA’s 4th Annual State of the Channel report. Read how managed services and cloud business models are impacting sales and marketing efforts, plus the nontechnology challenges the channel is facing.

Multiple advances in technology have drastically changed the scope of the burgeoning Internet of Things—in fact, the number of connected “things” is projected to skyrocket to 50.1 billion in 2020. Read CompTIA researcher Seth Robinson’s breakdown of IoT and download our latest study, Sizing Up the Internet of Things.

Gordon Russell, 24, wanted to move his career beyond updating, deleting and modifying data entry records, so he used CompTIA and CertMaster to help him earn the IT certifications he’d need to move up the career ladder.

Many students in the diverse student body of Hoover Elementary in Cedar Rapids come from struggling families and nearly a quarter of their population is learning English for the first time. A donation from one of CompTIA’s member communities has been used on technology buys that will help students stay on track and help the school close its achievement gap.

Onboarding a new client is the perfect opportunity to both set and manage expectations while nurturing and developing your professional relationship early on. From a welcome gift to salient points about necessary hardware upgrades, give your new clients what they need to trust you and your services.

Help us further our mission to drive the IT industry forward by shaping the future of the IT channel in Australia. We’ll be holding our first CompTIA Australia Community meeting on November 12, which is free for all solution providers, vendors and distributors working in the IT channel. Register now and be part of the conversation.

Students at Boston’s Mildred Avenue K-8 School and Community Center can thank CompTIA’s IT Security Community and the Boston Celtics for help in renovating the center’s computer lab and teen space. With help from the Creating IT Futures Foundation, the IT Security Community donated $5,000 to the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation, which allocated the donation to its Player Choice Grant, a grant that allows members of the Celtics roster to vote on where the money should go.

Whether you want to learn about disruptive trends in IT, business transformation or just find sales solutions, you’ll hear secrets straight from the top at the Oct. 21 and 22 IT Services & Support Fall Community Meeting in Philadelphia.

CertMaster came through for an Irish woman studying for her CompTIA A+ exam. Management consultant Olive Brennan Herbst said CompTIA’s new learning tool helped her not only memorize the material; it gave her a full understanding of the material being presented. “It helped me ensure I passed,” she said.

IT instructor Richard Tamme says the combined research from neurobiology, cognitive psychology and game studies used to create CertMaster will help hold students’ interest as they learn. “All those features are used in combination to create a very comprehensive learning tool that will work well for almost any student,” he said.

Prove your business is best-in-class by earning a vendor-neutral CompTIA Trustmark—and do it at half price when you attend EMEA in London.

From Fortune 500 companies to mom-and-pop stores, every organization needs solid IT security specialists who can audit current systems and policies, recommend and implement proper upgrades, and monitor and support it all. Explore our related security resources — including a trustmark, executive certificate and quick start guide — and make sure your solution providing organization is up to the task.

Solution providers who want to get the most value from their alliances delegate partner responsibilities to their most capable employees: trustworthy and creative individuals who understand what customers need. Finding someone who can uncover and comprehend the objectives and concerns of their colleagues can be tricky business. It takes someone with good listening skills, problem-solving capabilities and flexibility.

The value of a sales playbook — the comprehensive action plan designed to help build a better dialogue with customers — is proportional to the effort you put into it. Use this article to tackle the five key points you should first address when you’re developing a new sales playbook, from the plays to the equipment to the position to the team.