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Here are three recent posts focusing on the state of security and the new economics of information technology and its impact on the CIO.

PC CONNECTION: Take a holistic approach to security with converged infrastructures

A converged environment requires a holistic, cross-disciplinary approach to security that assesses products from multiple vendors. That offers seamless protection and uniform policy implementation.

AVANADE: CIOs help direct the 'new economics' of IT

For IT leaders to tackle the twin pressures of driving innovation while holding down costs, a new vision of IT is needed in which the CIO has a key role, Julian Tomison writes.

CARAHSOFT: Three dimensions of data protection

To fully enable data-centric security, the business must ensure that security is addressed as part of the creation, storage, collaboration, and consumption processes of the content lifecycle, according to Jenna Hafey.