Teresa Sears guides the development of CompTIA’s portfolio of IT skills certifications. She led the latest refresh of the CompTIA A+ skills standard and the introduction of CompTIA career pathways.
Infrastructure is the bedrock of IT operations. Security, mobility, agility and resiliency all depend on a solid network architecture. The CompTIA Infrastructure Career Pathway aligns CompTIA certifications with the skill sets needed by today's IT pros to support and manage IT infrastructure.
A sure way to prompt eye rolls in a room full of IT professionals is to mention the phrase cloud computing. This knee-jerk cynicism aside, cloud models continue to transform the delivery of IT services despite our collective exhaustion over the catchphrases we use to describe them.
If you haven’t qualified for any CompTIA Stackable Certifications yet, take a look at which ones make the most sense for your career and make a plan to cross those certifications off your list.
If you took an earlier version of CompTIA A+ or have heard about it from people who did, you may be surprised to learn everything that it now covers. Here are five things you may not know about CompTIA A+ that help IT pros gain a foundational knowledge to launch their careers.
When the first version of CompTIA A+ launched, it represented a stamp of approval on a set of skills desperately needed in the IT workforce. Since then, A+ has grown to become the de-facto industry standard for new and aspiring IT technical support professionals. The ninth update to A+ reflects the rapid pace of change in the IT industry and the current skill-sets needed to support those changes.
