Comptia Staff Posts

On November 2, CompTIA and Women in International Trade (WIIT) partnered on a well-attended Capitol Hill program on priority issues on the digital trade agenda. Congressman Dave Reichert, Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, opened the program, which included a government panel on the U.S. role in the digital economy and a private sector panel discussing challenges and opportunities for technology in trade.

The 2015 EMEA Member and Partner Conference offers a host of business-improvement sessions, collaborative industry discussions and a number of peer networking opportunities.

The Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA) H.R. 235, is scheduled to be addressed by the House of Representative on Tuesday, June 9. Currently, the Internet Tax Freedom Act is set to expire on October 1, 2015, as extended by the “Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015,” enacted in December 2014. The original legislation banning Internet access taxes was first enacted in 1998, and since then has been extended multiple times, each time with overwhelming bipartisan support.

Although Florida’s Legislature adjourned its annual session, it failed to pass a budget, and returned for a Special Session June 1 through June 20, 2015. The agenda for the special session will include budget and conforming bills, health care reform legislative priorities and tax relief. The Legislature must pass a balanced budget by June 30th.

Since 2007, almost 9,000 companies have used the Export-Import Bank (“Ex-Im”) to finance export sales, including almost 6,000 small businesses. In 2014, Ex-Im made over 3,7000 authorizations and more than 3000-or nearly 90 percent-directly served U.S. small businesses.

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

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.