H.I.G. Capital and Thoma Bravo to Acquire CompTIA Brand and Products

[jasoneckert]

I heard this too but truth be told I was standing next to Rick at the time.

I think it depends on the content.

Some content producers focus on creating shorter, certification-focused content and study aids such as practice questions. Those will directly compete with CertMaster and CompTIA training materials.

However, larger publishers (e.g., Wiley/Sybex, McGraw Hill, Pearson, Cengage) create academic-focused content that focus on the educational needs of a course and program first and foremost, but will also cover the objectives on an associated CompTIA certification exam as an added student benefit. These products don't directly compete with CertMaster and CompTIA training materials. And if the new CompTIA wants to shift direction to do so, they've got some steep competition in that area - in that case, it would be wise to strike an authoring agreement with a major publisher.

Disclaimer: I'm an author of several books related to certification. And I can confidently say that the publishers I've written for have never regarded CertMaster and CompTIA training materials as competing products.

 

[Michael Schmitz]

After reading this thread, are we going to have a TTT for Acquisition+ at any time in the future?
I think I need to attend it to understand everything...

a Sneak Peak for 2 hours would help. A Short TTT seems not possible, since the Content is not covered in previous TTT.

 

[Tess Sluijter]

Disclaimer: I'm an author of several books related to certification. And I can confidently say that the publishers I've written for have never regarded CertMaster and CompTIA training materials as competing products.

I guess that's fitting then. I've never regarded CompTIA study guides as products I'd recommend to self-studying students, over study guides from those aforementioned bodies.

Speaking of AI, AI, AI and more AI...

Weren't we supposed to get all kinds of announcements and new products around July?

https://cin.comptia.org/threads/ai-essentials-and-ai-expansions.1928/
https://cin.comptia.org/threads/comptia-ai-add-ons.1886/

 

[Gregory Childers]

I guess that's fitting then. I've never regarded CompTIA study guides as products I'd recommend to self-studying students, over study guides from those aforementioned bodies.

Speaking of AI, AI, AI and more AI...

Weren't we supposed to get all kinds of announcements and new products around July?

https://cin.comptia.org/threads/ai-essentials-and-ai-expansions.1928/

CompTIA AI add ons

I read this article yesterday: https://www.comptia.org/newsroom/comptia-announces-ai-product-roadmap-expansion-covering-six-domains Does anyone knows when the Security+ / AI, Pentest+ / AI and CySA+ / AI are coming out? Also, will it be a course, a mini exam, or a full exam in order to get...

cin.comptia.org

My prediction is that everything that's not ready to go live will be canceled. I took the CloudNetX beta August 9. That might be the last new certification after SecurityX goes live.

 

[Yassia]

In Africa, we are watching this CompTIA operation with concern. If this operation leads to a search for money, it means that the costs of content and certifications will increase. Our learners in Africa often have difficulty accessing official content, which pushes them to violate copyrights by accessing CompTIA content illegally. This parallel market impacts us instructors who want to remain legal. So I hope that this operation will not further degrade the recognition of CompTIA content and certifications.

 

[Steve Linthicum]

All of this reminds me just how lucky I am, having reached a point where I'm retired (from a monetary perspective), and my current involvement is in the form of serving as a "volunteer" instructor in situations where I see value in my participation. As to content authoring, given the limited shelf life of technology-related books because of rapid technology changes, I abandoned those efforts before the turn of the century because of the low compensation for the workload.

 

[Dwight Watt]

I am confused by how they are splitting in the two groups. Are the certifications still going to be in CompTIA or profit? It looks like training stuff will go in profit and essentially sounds like TTT and CIN will be gone. I think this ruins value of name.

 

[Tess Sluijter]

I am confused by how they are splitting in the two groups. Are the certifications still going to be in CompTIA or profit? It looks like training stuff will go in profit and essentially sounds like TTT and CIN will be gone. I think this ruins value of name.

It's in the press release, how they are splitting.

All training activities, all certification activities, are moved into the non-profit. The name "CompTIA" also moves along with those activities to the for-profit.

What is left is "not-CompTIA-anymore" with all the lobbying and the trade association activities.

What happens with CIN and TTT is fully up to the new owners and the board who work for them.

 

[Steve Linthicum]

Thanks for digesting the news and laying it out in a way that helps map what appears to be happening. It sort of feels like I'm losing a valued friend.

 

[Gregory Childers]

Does anyone have a time frame for when the transaction will be completed? I want to pass every active CompTIA certification before that time and then maintain them with CEUs. I am concerned that the new ownership group will change the requirements or substantially increase the fees.

 

[Michael Schmitz]

Does anyone have a time frame for when the transaction will be completed? I want to pass every active CompTIA certification before that time and then maintain them with CEUs. I am concerned that the new ownership group will change the requirements or substantially increase the fees.

From your initial Post:
The transaction is expected to close in early 2025 and is subject to customary regulatory approval.

I to not think to much about that. Business Costs. And in some Cases, then i let the Certification expire without renewing..

 

[Jill West]

Does anyone have a time frame for when the transaction will be completed? I want to pass every active CompTIA certification before that time and then maintain them with CEUs. I am concerned that the new ownership group will change the requirements or substantially increase the fees.

I wonder if this will affect plans for next summer's Partner Summit, too?

 

[Gregory Childers]

I wonder if this will affect plans for next summer's Partner Summit, too?

There are a lot of unknowns until the deal is done and they start making announcements.

If the two groups bought CompTIA's IP, exams, certs, courseware, practice exams, TestOut, and brand, what exactly does the old org keep? They have to rebrand themselves because they can't use CompTIA anymore. Even Todd T is jumping ship to work for the "New" CompTIA so he's not staying with the original organization. What about the other former CompTIA staff?

Lots of unknowns.

 

[Kwabena Fred]

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[abiodun1991]

I wonder if this will affect plans for next summer's Partner Summit, too?

Let see what is going to happen then

 

[precious]

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Let see what is going to happen then

Possibly it should

 

[abiodun1991]

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Possibly it should

Ok let see