VAR White Papers
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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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“We Have To Be More Creative” Say Cannabis VARs & ISVs
9/20/2023
The cannabis industry's growth stagnated in 2022 and remains sluggish in 2023, leading VARs and ISVs to reconsider their investments in the sector, as discussed in a recent RSPA Cannabis Community meeting.
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Are We Safe? A CEO’s Guide To Addressing Cybersecurity Concerns
11/3/2021
The best business decisions are often made based on senior leadership’s confidence in facts, figures and calculations made by appropriate parties within the organization. Relying on gut instinct—or worse, potentially false or incomplete information—is a dangerous road to travel, especially in cybersecurity.
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Cyberstates 2021: The Definitive Guide To The U.S. Tech Industry And Tech Workforce
4/8/2021
The tech workforce consists of two primary components, represented as a single figure by the ‘net tech employment’ designation. The foundation is the set of technology professionals working in technical positions, such as IT support, network engineering, software development, data scientist, and related roles. Many of these professionals work for technology companies (46.5 percent), but many others are employed by organizations across every industry sector in the U.S. economy (53.5 percent).
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Terminology: A Glossary For Beginners
11/5/2021
Learn the basic terminology for artificial intelligence technology. From adversarial machine learning to unstructured data—and everything in between—CompTIA’s AI Advisory Council compiled a comprehensive list of words and phrases that any professional interested in building an AI solution should be familiar with.
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Membership Has Its Privileges
1/3/2017
Lynn Souza, President and CEO of Connect Computer, has been an ASCII member for six years. Ask her why and she’ll tell you it’s because ASCII is a caring group that wants to help the industry. Furthermore, ASCII members helping each other ultimately results in individuals learning to help themselves. How is this possible? Souza answered this question and more when she took time to speak with me at the ASCII Success Summit held in October in Providence, RI.
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2022 RSPA Retail IT Channel KPI Study
5/24/2022
For the sixth annual Retail IT Channel KPI Study, the RSPA has compiled data that will help VARs and ISVs better navigate today’s ever-changing ecosystem.
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Business Opportunities In Emerging Technologies: 5G
4/2/2020
Each year, the members of CompTIA’s Emerging Technology Community produce a Top 10 Emerging Technologies list that reflects what key players in the industry see as the new technologies that are poised to be the most impactful to their businesses. In 2019, 5G ranked No. 3, moving up from its fifth position in 2018.
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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.