CompTIA and OnForce Team to Raise Skill Levels of IT Service Professionals

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), and OnForce, a marketplace for IT service
professionals, announced today that they are working together to bring training
and certification opportunities to more than 12,000 IT technicians.

The pair

will collaborate on a number of programs aimed at raising the certified

technical skills of IT professionals and helping them grow their

businesses.

The cooperation between

CompTIA and OnForce will combine industry-leading skills development and

professional certifications with the industry’s largest source for contract

service professionals, according to officials.

“

CompTIA certifications

provide IT workers with internationally recognized, respected credentials that

validate their technical proficiency and professionalism,

”

said Richard

Rysiewicz, vice president of services at CompTIA, in a statement.

“

We are extremely pleased to be

working with OnForce to further build on the strong skills and qualifications

their service professionals already have.

We look forward to future

collaborations, and launching more learning and certification programs with

OnForce in the future.

”

As part of the ongoing

effort, OnForce’s community of more than 12,000 contract professionals can earn

several CompTIA certifications, including

,

,

and

. Members of the OnForce community will also

have access to CompTIA membership and other training and certification

opportunities.

“

CompTIA is the industry

standard for technology education and certifications, so they were the ideal

partner for OnForce in providing our community with best-in-class learning

opportunities,

”

said Jose Bernal, senior vice president of business development

at OnForce.

“

As more VARs and solution providers are utilizing contract IT

talent, access to advanced training is critical for service professionals.

We

look forward to working closely with CompTIA on a number of initiatives to

enable our community to further develop their business and technical

skills.

”

Both organizations say that maintaining the right certifications is critical for IT professionals to

successfully grow their business and their technical acumen.

“

When we look for

contract service professionals, we want to make sure we are putting the best

possible person in front of our clients,

”

said Peter

Manni, vice president of Siemens IT Solutions and Services.

“

One way we do that,

especially through our partners at OnForce, is to make sure the engineers are

CompTIA-certified.

”

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