Louisa Fitzgerald Posts

MSPs worry about a lot of things—the changing customer, the need for employees with new and advanced technical skills and breaking into new markets, among others. And while these things may keep MSPs up at night, they also present business opportunities.

Even with ongoing uncertainty, managed service providers are looking for opportunities to grow their businesses. How to achieve that growth was the topic of the Managed Services Community meeting at the Communities and Councils Forum (CCF).

Throughout October, CompTIA will be releasing resources and thought leadership, hosting webinars and virtual events, and sharing videos and podcasts—all focused on the cybersecurity topics that matter to you, your technology business, and our industry.

The 2021 Emerging Technology Top 10 list takes a deeper dive into AI and IoT, illustrating how they are transforming business with the top five use cases for each technology.

MSPs must continue to evolve in order to stay competitive. Learn how your technology business can drive growth with new opportunities based on 2021 trends in managed services.

If you cultivate the employees you already have, you won't always need to compete for talent from outside of your organization. Here's how to recognize and nurture your organization's high-potential employees while also focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

Cybersecurity, emerging technology, solution selling, and workforce dynamics are the key trends tech firms should be embracing, according to Nancy Hammervik, executive vice president of industry relations at CompTIA, and CEO of the CompTIA Tech Career Academy, who kicked off the virtual 2021 CompTIA Communities and Councils Forum.

As the gender gap remains an issue in technology jobs, it's become critical to increase the accountability of programs aimed at bringing more women and underrepresented populations in the industry. Find resources designed to encourage women in tech.

You don't have to work in IT to benefit from living in a UK Tech Town. Two members of CompTIA’s UK Business Technology Community share how their careers in the tech sector have thrived in top UK Tech Towns Birmingham and Manchester.

While the CompTIA Tech Town Index can help IT pros identify where their skills are in demand, what does it mean for tech companies and other professionals working in the business of technology? CompTIA members discuss what living in a Tech Town has meant for their careers and businesses.

Amid unprecedented circumstances, CompTIA’s 2nd annual UK Tech Town Index looked at the landscape of employment opportunities, livability factors and opportunity costs to rank the top 10 cities for IT pros to live and work in 2020. Factors such as the number of IT job postings, projected job growth and cost of living were evaluated.

How has COVID-19 impacted the tech industry? The necessity of remote work has accelerated the speed at which technology is being implemented—ultimately creating opportunities. Here are five ways tech companies are adapting to doing business during the pandemic and beyond.

CompTIA’s IT team discusses the challenges that many companies faced when employees began working remote during the pandemic, best practices for IT departments, and recommendations to enable productivity and secure remote work environments.

With every step in her career, Nellie Scott, the 2020 CompTIA Member of the Year, has deepened her connection with CompTIA, not only to gain knowledge and new partners, but also to give back, contributing her time and expertise to the technology community.

CIOs are tasked with determining how emerging technologies will make an impact on business, but the way IT leaders are thinking about integrating new technology solutions has evolved.

CompTIA CEO Todd Thibodeaux moderated a town hall discussion about diversity and inclusion in the tech industry during ChannelCon Online. Learn what the panel had to say about hiring practices that promote diversity, how to have hard conversations about social injustice, the role of the media and much more.

In June 2020, CompTIA podcasts focused on a range of topics, including Volley celebrating a milestone episode, MSP mergers, inclusive remote work environments and the launch of the 2020 Emerging Technology Top 10 list.

To thrive in times of uncertainty, MSPs must consider how they market themselves, how they can pivot to providing high-margin services, and how partnerships can help them fill in the gaps.

The CompTIA Emerging Technology Community released its annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies list, focused on identifying emerging technologies that have potential for near-term business impact. AI takes the top spot in 2020.

In May, CompTIA podcasts tackled the current challenges and opportunities for MSPs, how employers can create productive teams, CompTIA's pivot to online testing, and more.

CompTIA has been tracking its member tech firms since late March in a series of surveys designed to assess the impact of COVID-19. Here, we highlight key takeaways from the second survey, which illustrate how tech firms have continued to see increases in both business opportunities and disruption.

Find out what it means to be inclusive, why inclusion is important to organizational success and how to foster inclusion for remote teams. Learn tips that managers can use to help build inclusive teams.

In April, CompTIA podcasts focused on the impact COVID-19 is having on the tech industry, including challenges and opportunities for MSPs, the IT employment report, productivity and teams, and more. Here's what we overheard in April.

How does COVID-19 impact emerging technology adoption and investment? CompTIA’s Emerging Technology Community tackled that question in a recent discussion.

A survey of CompTIA member tech firms found that 75% of respondents had seen an increase in business opportunities since COVID-19. Here's what is driving business for managed service providers, vendors, distributors and solution providers.