What’s on the minds of VARs and solution providers? Each week, ITBestOfBreed takes a trip through their blogs in search of perspectives that can help broaden your knowledge of current information technology issues.

Here are three recent posts.

COGNIZANT: Here’s What’s Needed For A Sound BYOD Strategy

Businesses can protect data and generate more value by following five steps, which Cognizant came up with after talking with organizations in several industries last year.

DATAPIPE: IT Security Still Big Concern in Moving to the Public Cloud

More enterprises are marching toward the cloud, despite a recent survey indicating much reluctance among IT decision makers in the face of security concerns.

DATALINK: How To Help CIOs Act More Like CEOs

Recent research has cited how strategic business goals, rather than traditional things such as technology refreshes, are more responsible for driving IT spending decisions. Here are five tips that can help embed some CEO-like thinking into the CIO.