As IT professionals, especially in the technology market, we play a pivotal role in helping businesses and consumers understand and enforce their right to data privacy. Between a global pandemic, the drastic rise in the number of connected IoT devices and more global social media users than ever before, World Social Media Day is a great opportunity to get up to speed on what is happening with data privacy so that you can better protect your data online.  

Over the last year, video conferencing has gone from a “nice to have” to a “need to have” for many businesses. However, many users still struggle to get a clear picture on their teammates – and I mean this literally.

In conjunction with the month-long celebration of LGBTIQ+ pride, Tech Data, in collaboration with artists and illustrators, has launched the Pride Focus Mask Safe project in Costa Rica. This initiative seeks to financially support the work of Casa Rara through the sale of masks specifically designed by artists María José Da Luz, Marco Black and Dino Urpí (Dino Real) to creatively convey the meaning of Pride.

Dads. They play many formative roles: coach, car technician, grill master, mister fix-it to name just a few. And, dad-wisdom helps guide us through life, knowing just what to say to lighten up a difficult situation.

In anticipation of the upcoming Tampa Bay Business Journal's Business of Pride event, Anthony Graziano, vice president, Vendor Marketing, celebrates Pride Month by sharing his personal workplace journey.

Today’s modern IT environment can’t thrive on the products of one or two vendors. It often takes a technology village to design and implement a complete solution. There are a finite number of organizations with deep, strategic relationships with a broad portfolio of tech vendors to design a comprehensive package.

While celebrating Teacher Appreciation Day on May 4, we thought it was more appropriate to make the entire month of May “Teacher Appreciation Month,” especially after a pandemic-led virtual-learning environment where parents are truly appreciating all that teachers are capable of doing.