Chris Talbot

Stricter regulations over the management of patient records combined with a technology world that is moving more towards the public cloud and managed services places additional hurdles in front of healthcare businesses and their trusted IT advisors, but with these challenges come rewards for integrators and MSPs. Regulations and a changing IT landscape are creating […]

The healthcare industry’s transition from paper-based records and legacy computer systems to modern electronic health records (EHR) is creating new opportunities for vendors and channel partners alike. Recognizing the emerging trend, some organizations are even developing certifications around healthcare IT skills and providing training and exams for EHR and other healthcare technology. However, the certifications […]

Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records (CPEHR) Health IT Certification provides training and certification in three different health IT areas. This certification provides courses and certification in EHR, which tests professionals’ skills and knowledge in planning and managing EHR. Certified Professional in Health Information Exchange (CPHIE) As health-related data moves fully into the digital world, […]

NEW ORLEANS — Cisco told channel partners gathered here this week for the Cisco Partner Summit that it’s not looking to become a cloud provider itself. Rather, Cisco executives said, the company wants to enable channel partners to build cloud architecture and develop cloud services to sell to customers using Cisco gear. To help, Cisco […]

With a growing need for IT professionals with experience and skills related to converged voice and data solutions, CompTIA is launching a new convergence technology professional certification in collaboration with Certification Partners. The adoption of converged communications technology is creating a skills gap that makes it difficult to find skilled converged technology specialists, and the […]

Is it safe for Cisco and HP partners to go in the water again? It may seem like the pressure is off, since Cisco and HP’s channel partner conferences don’t fall during the same week this year. But, really, is the pressure off? Or is the competition just as acute as last year. Lee Doyle, […]

Cisco Systems is bringing back three security specialist certifications it retired in 2008 and 2009 because, as two managers from Cisco told Channel Insider, businesses are having difficulty finding security professionals with specialized skill sets. The three specialist certifications being reintroduced are Cisco VPN Security Specialist (retired in March 2008), Cisco Firewall Security Specialist (retired […]

Although the economy isn’t quite the disaster it was two years ago, many businesses still aren’t ready to staff up in the IT department. Instead they are relying on IT talent agencies to fill the gap with contract workers for both short- and long-term projects.  And that’s not all. Vendors and solution providers looking to […]

IQ Tech Pros Originally founded as Saga Consulting, IQ Tech Pros provides resellers with a variety of IT consultants and integrators that can add capabilities and skills they need for IT projects.Founded: 2004 (changed name in 2010)Size of Database: 17,000+ IT professionalsWebsite: www.iqtechpros.com OnForce OnForce has grown in size and scope since it was originally […]

The HP Visual Collaboration videoconferencing portfolio was launched at the end of 2010 is making its way to HP channel partners by way of Ingram Micro. Now available through Ingram Micro, HP Visual Collaboration products will be jointly promoted to the channel by the two companies, starting with road shows and boot camps in January […]

Nine out of 10 organizations expect their data storage capacity to increase by at least 10 percent in the next two years, according to a September 2010 CompTIA survey. And one-third of organizations expect their data storage capacity to double in that same timeframe. The number of people needed to manage that growing storage is […]