Software White Papers

1. Business Opportunities In Emerging Technologies: AI 4/20/2020

   Members of CompTIA’s Emerging Technology Community annually produce a list of Top 10 Emerging Technologies that highlights the products and services that offer the most near-term business opportuni- ty for the IT channel and those working in the business of technology. 

2. 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.

3. Top 20 Best Tech Cities For IT Jobs 1/30/2020

   The CompTIA Tech Town Index illustrates that IT pros are in demand and have nearly endless options when choosing where to live and work. With overall cost of living an essential to 82% of tech workers, and nearly two-thirds citing weather and commute times as important factors as well, the good news is that tech workers have the opportunity to write their own stories.

4. Five Ingredients For Finance Transformation 1/2/2020

   Over the next 10 years, technology will do more to change the finance and accounting organization than it has over the past 50. A spate of advances in databases, data processing, analytics and tools addressing the user experience as well as the application of artificial intelligence will free up much of the time now required by unproductive manual processes. This will allow the chief financial officer and controller to refocus the mission of the department and will enable it to realize the longstanding ambition of finance transformation: becoming more of a strategic partner to the rest of the company. There are five areas most finance executives will need to address to realize this transformation.

5. IT Industry Outlook 2020 1/2/2020

   It's time for the industry to take the next step. There are tremendous benefits available through technology for both business and society, but there are major questions around safety, privacy, sustainability, and trust. The answers to these questions come from combining technical expertise with social awareness. By embracing responsibility for all the changes innovation can bring, the tech industry can be responsible for driving future progress.

6. Confessions Of A Subscription CFO: Coping With The Business Challenges Of Growth 7/10/2019

   You know it all too well. But, if you’re like many, you hesitate to admit the reality: It just isn’t easy being a CFO. Your company relies on you for financial leadership, but as your organization grows, so do the challenges—board reporting, SaaS metrics, managing burn, faster closes, smarter revenue management, deeper analyses, regulatory compliance, multinational consolidations. Add it up, and the headaches and sleepless nights are almost inescapable. 

7. The 5 Questions SaaS CFOs Should Ask Their Controller 6/26/2019

   As the office of the SaaS company controller becomes ever more strategic—creating higher levels of financial visibility to help drive growth and profitability—the financial organization’s relationship to the controller role must evolve as well.

8. Four Industry Professionals "UP the Ante" 12/5/2011
   This summer two individuals from Postec in Roswell, GA and two from BMC in Lansing, MI, completed the RSPA Specialist certificate programs.
9. State Of The Industry (Presented By RSPA) 12/5/2011
   As we close out 2011, connect takes an in-depth look at how each facet of our industry is fairing and, more importantly, what we have to look forward to in 2012. We had some of the industry's experts check-in to give us their diagnosis on 'how the industry is doing.' Take a look at what our experts have to say about current conditions, emerging technologies, and trends in several of our industry's key markets. We also are asking you for your opinion — what is the state of the industry?