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	Take the 10th annual SANS Institute Holiday Hacking Challenge Want to have some fun while working on your network security skills? SANS Institute has opened its 10th annual Holiday Hacking Challenge. It's a fun way to test your knowledge and learn a few new tricks while competing for awesome prizes. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fortinet Key Security Considerations for the Data Center Your Data Center firewall security will soon need to support throughput over 100Gbps. John Grady, in an IDC Analyst Connection answers key questions regarding protecting the heart of the Enterprise. Learn more >> In this Issue Culture of Innovation Starts With IT 3 Trends That Will Make Life Harder for CIOs in 2014 BYOD Became the 'New Normal' in 2013 INSIDER CIOs Should Learn the Two Metrics That Matter Top 10 IT Resume Tips of 2013 Data discovery to become main focus of BI vendors, Gartner says WHITE PAPER: Dell Tech Brief: Exchange 2013 Data Loss Prevention Protecting your company's critical data is a critical, mandatory part of an Exchange administrator's tasks. In this white paper, learn about the data loss prevention feature in Exchange 2013 and Exchange Online, how it controls inbound and outbound data flow and how it works for businesses of any size. Read now! Culture of Innovation Starts With IT The CIO of Altria, a consumer packaged goods company, says innovation requires a new mind-set in the IT department. Read More 3 Trends That Will Make Life Harder for CIOs in 2014 Robots, 3-D printers and wearable tech are indeed cool, but they should raise red flags for IT leaders. Here's how these emerging technologies will cause operations, privacy and user policy headaches for CIOs in 2014. Read More WHITE PAPER: AT&T How to navigate the ever-changing mobile device landscape Smartphones, tablets, social networks, and cloud services are all popular, incredibly useful, and a security risk. These days, the security focus is on mobile devices, as they tend to be used a lot to work with corporate information. Learn More BYOD Became the 'New Normal' in 2013 CIOs have had eventful year when it comes to BYOD. Concerns over hidden costs, employee privacy and corporate data security gave way to convenience. However, mobile device management vendors stepped in to help IT sell the concept of compliance and lawyers and the National Labor Relations Board jumped to the aid of employees smacked with draconian BYOD policies. Read More INSIDER CIOs Should Learn the Two Metrics That Matter CIOs need to be prepared to explain how their expensive IT project will improve the numbers every CEO cares most about. Read More WHITE PAPER: Exablox Data Storage: An Interactive eGuide In this eGuide, InfoWorld and sister publication Computerworld examine some of the newer storage approaches that enterprises are taking. Read on to learn about new storage technologies that can help you get a handle on your data. Read now! Top 10 IT Resume Tips of 2013 It's been another productive year for CIO's Resume Makeover series. You learned how to target your resume to better highlight your skills, cut out unnecessary descriptions, and list your work history and technical prowess in fewer than three pages. Read More Data discovery to become main focus of BI vendors, Gartner says BI (business intelligence) and analytics will remain a top investment priority for CIOs, but by 2015 BI vendors will make ad-hoc data discovery, rather than report generation, the prime focus of their product development efforts, according to a new Gartner report. Read More
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