Event Recap: Comptia ChannelCon 2016

We were thrilled to make it down to our very first Comptia ChannelCon 2016. This is one of the events where the IT Industry gets together and really shines. With over 150 channel vendors and hundreds of IT and MSP's in attendance it was a cool thing to see come together.

What we learned:

• The channel is still pushing into the managed and reccurring services model
• Security is starting to take center stage
• Cloud is thriving and continues to be the focus
• There is a talent shortage and it seems to be getting worse as time goes on
• STEM is pushing students to coding not neccessarily IT and this is creating a larger gap
• Comptia is setting up efforts to bring high school students into the IT fold with new programs
• Within 5 years 75% of the IT businesses will be run by millenials
• 40% of current IT professionals in the channel are set to retire in the next 7 years.

Some photos from our journey...

Welcome to beautiful South Florida...

A buzz in the air...

Rocking it @ the BVoIP Booth!

State of the industry...

Key Attraction: Payton Manning!

Watch Comptia CEO's State of the Industry Address below: