VAR White Papers
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The HR Manager’s Guide To Hiring IT Pros
5/10/2021
Over the past decade, there have been dramatic changes in the use of technology within businesses. For many years, technology was primarily a tactical endeavor, with IT infrastructure and applications supporting the main activities of the organization. Now, technology has strategic importance, with companies being more proactive in leveraging technology to meet business objectives. This has a significant impact in the way that companies view technology investments and hiring.
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A CEO’s Guide To Choosing An IT Service Provider
10/21/2022
The decision to select an IT service provider or managed service provider (MSP) is critical to any organization. As a business or technology leader, you need to be prepared to ask the tough, important questions to ensure that your IT provider is qualified to meet your needs. Along with legal and accounting, there are few service categories that require a trusted partner to handle and manage sensitive information as your technology provider. Choosing an IT partner requires someone who can be trusted to design, access, administer and secure your computer networks and data.
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It’s Show Season! ISVs Share Effective Event Strategies
9/20/2023
Trade shows are effective for recruiting retail IT software partners, with software executives discussing successful strategies at an RSPA Niche & Startup ISV Community meeting.
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Top 20 Best Tech Cities For IT Jobs
1/30/2020
The CompTIA Tech Town Index illustrates that IT pros are in demand and have nearly endless options when choosing where to live and work. With overall cost of living an essential to 82% of tech workers, and nearly two-thirds citing weather and commute times as important factors as well, the good news is that tech workers have the opportunity to write their own stories.
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4 Trends To Help MSPs Maximize Business Opportunities In 2021
8/30/2021
Learn four trends MSPs need to know, along with tips and advice to help you evolve your business—based on CompTIA research.
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Skills For Successfully Implementing Smart Cities Solutions
6/17/2019
CompTIA's Smart Cities Advisory Council has identified these 4 critical skills needed for successfully implementing smart cities solutions. Check out this inforgraphic to discover these critical skills along with other hard skills, soft skills, and management skills.
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Business Opportunities In Emerging Technologies: AI
4/20/2020
Members of CompTIA’s Emerging Technology Community annually produce a list of Top 10 Emerging Technologies that highlights the products and services that offer the most near-term business opportuni- ty for the IT channel and those working in the business of technology.
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The Cloud Applications Playbook: Success Strategies For SaaS Vendors And Solution Providers
7/14/2021
The world is changing, and technology is leading the charge. Digital transformation, long a buzzword, is now in full effect. As a result of the pandemic in, many more companies support a distributed workforce and rapidly transitioning to cloud applications, also known as Software as a Service (SaaS), to provide anywhere access at any time.
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What Do Vendors And ISVs Want From Each Other?
9/20/2023
At a recent RSPA Niche & Startup ISV Community meeting, vendor and distributor executives engaged in a lively one-hour discussion with software executives, exploring what each group wants from the other.
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Fundamental Cybersecurity For Managed Service Providers
10/21/2022
Developed by subject matter experts who are members of the CompTIA ISAO, this whitepaper provides the fundamental aspects of cybersecurity that a managed technology solutions business serving small-to-medium businesses needs to understand and implement. It is meant to help anyone seeking guidance—or is maybe overwhelmed by—implementing sound, best practice cybersecurity operations, technology, and behavior.