VAR White Papers
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Leadership Is Recognizing You Serve The People You Lead
12/20/2016
Alan Weinberger founded The ASCII Group, a community of technical companies that install IT networks and full IT solutions in the business, government, and educational verticals, in 1984. At the time, there were 40 members, but ASCII now claims members in every U.S. state and throughout Canada. You no doubt already know the story of ASCII’s rise to nearly 1,500 members over the past 32 years. What you may not know, as Paul Harvey would say, is the rest of the story.
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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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RSPA Today: Your Place For Partnerships
3/1/2023
In addition to hosting the Inspire conference, the RSPA is doing a number of things to help you accelerate your success through partnerships.
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CompTIA Tech Buyer's Journey
6/17/2019
Technology Buyer's Journey, Developed by the Channel Advisory Board and the Business Applications Industry Advisory Council. This graphic shows the journey of a technology buyer including the key elements that a buyer (end user company) experiences when making a technology purchasing decision.
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Where’s Our Industry Heading? Follow The Distributors
3/1/2023
Jim Roddy, President & CEO at the RSPA, discusses his prediction for the future of UCaaS (Unified Communications as a Service) and EVCaaS (Electric Vehicle Charging Stations as a Service).
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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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From Inspire 2023: Want Exponential Growth? Grab Your Partner, Do-Si-Do
3/1/2023
Jim Roddy, President & CEO at the RSPA, provides some insights and takeaways stemming from Insight 2023, the RSPA's annual leadership conference.
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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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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.
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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.