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DB Networks' new core IDS aims to stop SQL injection attacks
According to OWASP, the top threat to Web applications is SQL injections that modify code in order to steal data. While traditional perimeter defenses have not been able to prevent these attacks, DB Networks has introduced a new core IDS that uses behavioral analysis to scrutinize the SQL code that is accessing databases. Read More


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Upwardly Mobile
Read how Teamwork, a clear vision and the cloud helped CDW develop a strategy for reaping the rewards and mitigating the risks of a diverse mobile environment. Read Now

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Overcome Exchange and SharePoint Pain Points
Learn how a converged infrastructure can be IT's answer to reduce uncertainties associated with virtualizing mission-critical applications, lowering TCO, responding more quickly to business needs and meeting demanding SLAs. Learn More

5 Best and 5 Worst Cities for IT Salaries
Want to know where IT professionals make the highest -- and the lowest -- salaries? We dig into Kforce's 2014 Salary and Employment Guide to see where today's tech workers make the most and the least, the top paying IT roles in each city, and the cost of living for each community. Read More

11 sure signs you've been hacked
In today's threatscape, antivirus software provides little piece of mind. In fact, antimalware scanners on the whole are horrifically inaccurate, especially with exploits less than 24 hours old. After all, malicious hackers and malware can change their tactics at will. Swap a few bytes around, and a previously recognized malware program becomes unrecognizable. Read More


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Unleash Your Workers' Productivity
Client virtualization offers a simple, flexible and cost effective solution to mobilizing workers. HP and VMware make the move to client virtualization safe and easy with HP VirtualSystem CV2 for VMware View. Learn how in this solution brief. View Now

Why You Need an IT Career Coach
Consistently moving forward in your career is a challenge and the IT field is particularly daunting. Because it includes so many facets, you must be constantly learning and growing -- and doesn't leave much time for professional development. Read More

The Grill: Becky Blalock counsels women to get in front of decision-makers
In her 33-year career with $18 billion Southern Co., IT veteran and first-time author Becky Blalock held positions in accounting, finance, corporate communications, external affairs and IT, where she rose to the rank of senior vice president and CIO before retiring in 2011. Regardless of the department, she continually encountered young women starved for career tips who sought mentors to share lessons learned and real-life how-to information. That experience, combined with the fact that she always wanted to write a book and "couldn't just go from being CIO to doing nothing," led her to pen Dare: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage, and Career for Women in Charge, which was published last month. Read More


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Software Asset Management: Practices for Success
This white paper discusses best practices that can dramatically increase your success rate of a SAM deployment. Make sure and follow these steps and verify that your SAM toolkit has the necessary functionality to keep your organization steps ahead of the competition -it's a long term investment. Read Now

5 Disturbing BYOD lessons from the FAA's in-flight electronics announcement
Last week the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) moved to let fliers use their smartphones and tablets during airline take-offs and landings. At first glance, this seems like a victory for reasonableness, productivity, and looking out for the rights of technology end users. Read More

Cisco, Juniper, Arista: The data center networking stories just keep coming
Meet Daye DeCentah, IT executive. Let's call her "DC" for short. DC faces a lot of challenges at work. Most all of these problems revolve around her having to deliver more, while using less - less staff, less systems, less power, less space, and, ultimately, less money. DC is bombarded with possible solutions to her wealth of problems. All have their advantages. All present both savings and improvements.... Read More

Automated hacking tools swarm Web site login pages
You may think most visitors to a Web site login page are people, but the reality is the vast majority are automated tools used by criminals looking for weak passwords. Read More

Career Watch: IT pros say they're smarter than the boss
A survey of IT professionals shows they tend to think they are smarter and more creative than their bosses. Read More


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