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: Monetizing IoT for manufacturing

Got a manufacturing client that’s looking to take advantage of the Internet of Things? This infographic shows which industries are adopting it, the benefits they’re gaining and the challenges they’re facing.

UNISYS: Three game-changing security strategies

Tom Patterson writes of a new, three-step approach that embraces new technologies while supporting the new business models of integrated supply chains and customer self-service.

LOGICALIS: Application performance and happy customers

How do you improve the customer experience in a digital enterprise? Paul Williams outlines four steps to optimizing the performance of applications.