Lisa Fasold Posts

The creator of a tool that made it easier to send and receive large volumes of data; a leader in bringing racial diversity to the IT industry; and the team that developed a credential that’s helped hundreds of thousands of people embark on careers in high-tech are the newest members of the IT Hall of Fame, administered by CompTIA.The IT Hall of Fame Class of 2011 includes the late Phil Katz, creator of the .ZIP file format, and Earl Pace, founder of Black Data Processing Associates. Both men wer ...

After uneven gains in 2010, our market research points to an improving landscape for the global IT industry in 2011. We project industry growth of four percent, with upside potential of slightly over six percent. This equates to approximately $1.5 trillion in global sales of IT hardware, software and services, according to the research firm IDC. Add in the telecommunications sector to cover the full breadth of information technology, and the industry scales to a $3 trillion economic and innovati ...

At our Annual Member Meeting (AMM) this April in Chicago, we want you, our members, to walk away with solid advice on how to grow your business and find new market opportunities.  Through our community meetings and market research presentations, we know you’ll find some answers.  But the icing on the cake will be the keynote address by Daniel Burrus, CEO of Burrus Research.Don't miss keynoter Daniel Burrus at AMM.Burrus is one of the world's leading technology forecasters, corporate strategi ...

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As of December 13th, CompTIA’s new address will be 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 100, Downers Grove, IL 60515.  We’ve been an ardent Chicagoan for 25 years – so we’re not moving far.  In fact, our new office is only 3.5 miles from our former headquarters in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.  But as the Jeffersons said in their iconic TV show, we’re truly moving on up.Why move?  It’s simple.  Our new office space will allow us to better serve you, our members and the larger IT channel.With our new space, we will en ...

This month the CompTIA Educational Foundation awarded IT Merit Award Scholarships of $250 each to 25 students who are pursuing careers in the information technology industry.  These are kids and young adults who want to make our industry their own. The scholarships are to reward them for their extra efforts in studying for and passing their certification exams and to encourage them to keep going in their studies.  As an industry, we need to cheer on these students and others who want to become p ...

From Valley Forge to Normandy to Vietnam to Afghanistan, brave men and women, from all walks of life, have left the comforts of the familiar, leaving family and friends, to defend our way of life and the freedoms many take for granted.  Today, Veteran’s Day, let’s give thanks to all our veterans.CompTIA has a specific program to help military personnel and their spouses get the training they need to launch an IT career.  The big bonus – it’s free.  It’s our simple way of saying thank you to thos ...

by Ray Barber, guest blogger from KaseyaServices providers (SPs) traditionally provided clients with a mixture of the break-fix model, point solutions and out-of-the-box products that tied clients down to vendors for extended periods of time, even when those products didn’t necessarily work. But, the days of single-minded inflexible quick IT fixes are fast coming to an end.During the last five years, there has been a dramatic shift in the way people consume IT products and services, and the SP i ...

The CompTIA EMEA Member Conference at the Radisson Edwardian London Heathrow Hotel opens this week, and nearly two dozens vendors will showcase their latest tools for the IT channel to more than 300 attendees.Prometric, a global leader in testing and assessment services, has two improvements that will impact and benefit its IT test center partners around the world. TCFlow 2, the newest version of its proprietary test center administration software, is rolling out to global test center partners. ...

Last year, Andy Havens, a former airman with the U.S. Air Force, took his first step to making his dream of an IT career a reality. He had read on Military.com that the CompTIA Educational Foundation’s Creating Futures program gave free training to military veterans. “This was an opportunity beyond belief for me since I really wanted to get into the IT field. I have been fascinated and intrigued by computers and their application to real world needs since I had taken a programming class in colle ...