Join the CompTIA Benelux Business Technology Community on 3rd June for our first virtual community meeting. The event will focus on overcoming the immediate challenges facing tech companies during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as how we succeed in a new business environment.

Register today to hear insights about the workplace and building productive remote teams during this time. We will also explore strategies that will help you succeed in today’s very different market as you prepare for a post-pandemic world. Finally, we’ll take a look at the future of technology, including the opportunities and challenges we face moving forward.

330pm BST /  430pm CEST
Top Tips and Open discussion on:

• Sleep and why it’s so important,
• Which foods to eat to boost your immune system
• How to keep fit at home in the smallest space
• Coping strategies to use if you’re feeling really stressed at the moment

It is needless to say that the current environment is having a profound impact on our employees in more ways than one. How we respond, as an employer, is critical to ensuring that our employees remain engaged, focused and healthy during and post- covid-19 world. In this session, Camille Wilson (Founder, Grow Together Now) exploresthe mental health impact on employees physically, mentally and cognitively, as well as share some key strategies that leaders can implement to help employees respond to the changing environment around us.

11am ET / 10am CT
Join CompTIA for a discussion on the federal government’s latest efforts on IT modernization, featuring Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11).

330pm BST /  430pm CEST
Top Tips and Open discussion on:

• How to make working remotely and virtual collaboration work
• Customers require guidance, how to be their trusted advisor
• Working towards a new normal

Our first session will focus on overcoming the immediate challenges facing MSPs and VARs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our keynote speaker - Emma Baxter (CEO, YOUtax) - will share best practices on managing cashflow, navigating government benefits, retaining people and explain the work from home deductions your remote workforce can claim, before wrapping up with her top “5 Tips in 5 Minutes”. We’ll then invite members from our community to share stories and ask questions, just like we do at our live events.

330pm BST
COVID-19 is having a massive impact on the world, including how we interact and do business. We want to ensure the tech industry is up to date in order to keep your business and your clients’ businesses running as smoothly as possible.

Every Friday, we will be hosting an informal, online session for 30 minutes to discuss current issues to help one another manage this unprecedented moment in history.

Each week we will feature an expert from different business functions, such as insurance, legal, HR, leadership, etc., who will provide advice and answer any questions you may have regarding the current situation. This week’s session will focus on how to manage your workforce remotely over a long period, as well as how to keep them motivated and productive.

3:30pm BST
COVID-19 is having a massive impact on the world, including how we interact and do business. We want to ensure the tech industry is up to date in order to keep your business and your clients’ businesses running as smoothly as possible.
Every Friday, we will be hosting an informal, online session for 30 minutes to discuss current issues to help one another manage this unprecedented moment in history. Each week we will feature an expert from different business functions, such as insurance, legal, HR, leadership, etc., who will provide advice and answer any questions you may have regarding the current situation.
This week’s session will focus on cybersecurity, How to keep your clients safe and company, could retrospectively and use case studies from the previous weeks.

1:00pm - 2:00pm (ET)
Over the last few years, South America has emerged as a hotbed for small satellite innovation. The growth of the small satellite sector in South America has allowed several countries- including Argentina, Brazil, and Chile- to grow their space ambitions while addressing several different indigenous market needs. Leading companies from South America will discuss the small satellite marketplaces in their countries and highlight many of their companies' recent innovative advancements.

1200pm CT / 100pm ET
As your trade association, CompTIA is uniquely positioned to bring you access across the industry. Join our panel of vendors from the Community Executive Councils on Thursday April 16th at 12:00pm CST to take a moment to appreciatethe pivot the industry has made, highlight some of the successes and challenges we still face, and share what they’re hearing from their partners.
Thursday’s panel will also provide the opportunity for you to ask questions of this great panel. If you have something you would like the panel to speak to, please email Miles Jobgen (mjobgen@comptia.org), Community Director with CompTIA withyour question or topic. We’ll also be fielding questions during the open forum portion.

4pm BST

It is important for MSPs to readjust their strategies and business processes to reflect the new normal. COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on the world: the way we work, the way we communicate, the technologies we use, and how we look at things. In this webinar, we will be reviewing some ideas and techniques to adapt with SKOUT President and CTO Jessvin Thomas. Jessvin has first-hand experience combing technology, business process, and sales to operate a distributed workforce. He will not only cover some strategies and tactics that are applicable right now, but also discuss what he thinks the future will hold and how businesses can adapt accordingly. 

300pm GMT

With all this chaos, do you wish you had a proven game plan to follow to get you through?

I get it. I’ve been a business owner who made it through 9/11, doubled my revenue and profits during the great recession, and had to overcome a business lawsuit that threatened everything I had.

Times like these are so difficult on leaders that I’ve put together what everyone that has the responsibility for a company or team needs to know to not only get them through these times, but to thrive.

330pm GMT
COVID-19 is having a massive impact on the world, including how we interact and do business. We want to ensure the tech industry is up to date in order to keep your business and your clients’ businesses running as smoothly as possible.
Every Friday, we will be hosting an informal, online session for 30 minutes to discuss current issues to help one another manage this unprecedented moment in history.
Each week we will feature an expert from different business functions, such as insurance, legal, HR, leadership, etc., who will provide advice and answer any questions you may have regarding the current situation.

330pm GMT
COVID-19 is having a massive impact on the world, including how we interact and do business. We want to ensure the tech industry is up to date in order to keep your business and your clients’ businesses running as smoothly as possible.
Every Friday, we will be hosting an informal, online session for 30 minutes to discuss current issues to help one another manage this unprecedented moment in history.
Each week we will feature an expert from different business functions, such as legal, HR, leadership, etc., who will provide advice and answer any questions you may have regarding the current situation.

1pm CT / 2pm ET
Given the rapid spread of the Covid-19 virus and the possible impact that it will have on government services in communities across the country, this is an appropriate time for technology executives to plan for the possible disruption of government services and how government employees will deliver services during that time.

Like it or not, Kali Linux (a version of Linux that already has many security tools incorporated within it) has become the poster child for penetration testing.. It’s used throughout the industry by cybersecurity professionals and “script kiddies” alike. In his next Office Hours session, CompTIA Chief Technology Evangelist Dr. James Stanger will take a more in-depth look at the tools Kali has to offer. More importantly, James will investigate the techniques and procedures that tend to set the cybersecurity professionals apart from the rest. He will also spend time contextualizing these tools in the larger activities of the penetration tester, as well as the in the duties of other job roles, such as the security analyst. For example, James will explain how to configure tools such as Shodan, Nmap, Maltego and Metasploit to work together for passive and active scanning. James will also profile tools such as BeEf, Netcat and John the Ripper.

Are you ready to start your IT career but find yourself wondering what skill level today’s IT pros need? Join CompTIA Chief Technology Evangelist Dr. James Stanger as he partners up with ITProTV in this upcoming live IT Pro webinar event. We’ll be discussing essential technical skills, including essential cloud, Linux, Windows and IoT management tips.