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| Your Top Association News to Use this Week — April 25, 2012 |
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Mobility Trends in 2012 and Beyond  You know you need to be in the mobility market or at least embrace it for your customers, but are you struggling with how to capitalize on the opportunity and challenges mobility presents? A panel of mobility experts at CompTIA’s Annual Member Meeting offered some answers for IT solutions providers struggling with that question. Mobile device shipments eclipsed PC shipments for the first time 2011. Read more. |
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CompTIA Lays Out Principles for Reauthorization of Perkins Act  U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan released a proposal last week to reauthorize the Perkins Act. CompTIA agrees with the need for improvement and change for the Perkins Act and we are supportive of the Administration’s overall direction in the proposal. Nevertheless, CompTIA is concerned with the Administration's proposal to use some of the current Perkins funding for a new Innovation Fund, which could actually lessen funding for many states. Nor do we agree with their proposal to alter distribution of those funds from a formula to States to a competitive grant process. In addition, while we welcome focus on data collection and assessment we urge caution to ensure that thisprocess is sound before action is taken that could create inequities with respect to access to Perkins assistance. Our goal is to work with the Administration, Congress and other key stakeholders to increase the quality of career and technical education (CTE). Currently we are leading the way to improve the ability for IT certifying bodies and state boards of education to share performance data on certification exams, and we are working with the Department of Education to increase awareness of these efforts and expand the model to other industries. Read more. |
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Selling the Importance of IT Training to Employers  The IT training industry needs to stress the importance of hiring skilled workers and providing additional IT training to the employer audience, speakers at CompTIA Colloquium said this month. It’s an audience that is sometimes overlooked, Terry Erdle, CompTIA executive vice president of certification; and Cushing Anderson, program vice president for research firm IDC, told attendees. While some employers worry that additional training and certification will lead employees to pursue a new job, the data shows the opposite – that employees who get professional development stay at their jobs, Erdle said. Read more. |
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Your Opportunity to Speak at Breakaway  We issued a call for speakers for Breakaway 2012, the IT channel’s premier annual education event, scheduled for July 30 through August 2 at the ARIA Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The 2012 conference will cover the markets, solutions and technologies impacting the IT channel today. Once again this year, conference attendees also have the opportunity to select a conference topic by voting for the Breakaway 2012 Wild Card Session. Speaker and Wild Card submissions are being accepted through May 18. |
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60-Minute Deep Dive into Market Intelligence Gain insights into the latest industry trends. Join us for a 60-minute dive into the most recent research and market intelligence from CompTIA. This webinar on April 25th is designed to provide key takeaways and guidance in areas of mobility trends, social media in the enterprise and the state of channel partner programs. Register. |
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