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	The National Computer Forensics Institute provides sorely needed training for cops The fictional characters in the show NCIS are a whiz when it comes to using forensics to find digital evidence. In the real world, very few law enforcement officials have those skills, but that's changing as more officers go through training at the National Computer Forensics Institute. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Forrester Workload Automation Paper commissioned by BMC In "Industrializing IT Workload Automation," Forrester Consulting and BMC Software analyze the results of a comprehensive survey that addressed job scheduling on the ground today. Read Now! In this Issue Traditional vs. Digital CIOs: Survey Reveals a Growing Divide State of the CIO 2014: The Great Schism 10 great places for techies to 'pay it forward' (you can too!) 2014 by the numbers: Predictions and projections 2014 outlook: Innovation agenda makes shadow IT OK SDN in 2014: More of everything Road warriors' essential mobile toolkit 5 more post-holiday BYOD strategies and considerations WHITE PAPER: CDW Managing Essential tools for greater productivity People are interacting with software from the moment they wake up (hearing an alarm on a smartphone) to the time they relax in the evening (reading or shopping online). And in between, software affects virtually every work function in some way, whether in the executive suite or on the shipping dock. Read Now Traditional vs. Digital CIOs: Survey Reveals a Growing Divide CIO magazine's 13th annual State of the CIO research reveals stark contrasts between traditional CIOs who focus more on internal operations and digital CIOs who expand IT's influence externally to work directly with customers and business colleagues. Read More State of the CIO 2014: The Great Schism Digital strategist or traditional CIO? Our 13th annual State of the CIO research reveals the great career divide. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Virtualizing Your Infrastructure with a Path to the Cloud IT needs to deliver more services, with greater agility and a high level of availability while keeping operational expenses low. This paper explains 5 reasons to deploy blades as you build out your virtualized infrastructure. Learn More 10 great places for techies to 'pay it forward' (you can too!) Why not kick off the New Year by putting your awesome IT skills to work for the greater good? Here are just a few of the many organizations that can use techie assistance. Read More 2014 by the numbers: Predictions and projections Cloud, mobility, big data, SDN, wearables -- see what's in store for 2014 Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW A framework for making business decisions about cloud This paper discusses how cloud computing provides organizations with new ways to deploy and maintain enterprise applications -- allowing for greater flexibility and reduced complexity. View Now 2014 outlook: Innovation agenda makes shadow IT OK A rise in operational spending bodes well for hiring, which remains a bright spot in the tech industry. The biggest drivers of IT spending growth are cloud computing, mobility, big data and social networking technologies. Read More SDN in 2014: More of everything Last year saw tons of activity in software-defined networking, including the introduction of Cisco's response to the hardware-marginalizing trend. This year promises to be no different for SDN. Read More Road warriors' essential mobile toolkit If you spend more time with your smartphone and tablet than a computer, here's what you should have with you Read More 5 more post-holiday BYOD strategies and considerations Just before the Christmas holiday, CSO offered five strategies the help mitigate post-holiday BYOD problems. Now that employees are returning to work, shiny new devices in hand, here's some additional insight. Read More
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