10 Ways IT Pros Can Reduce Stress at Work

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	10 Ways IT Pros Can Reduce Stress at Work These relaxation techniques will help even the most frantic tech workers combat stress in the office. Creating a daily routine can help bring your mind and body back in balance and help you reduce the tension of everyday life in a busy IT environment. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Free Trial: SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer Pack Don't let network performance issues cripple your organization. The Network Bandwidth Analyzer Pack enables you to quickly detect and solve critical issues, such as bandwidth hogs or underperforming devices. Download a FREE, fully-functional 30-day trial of the Network Bandwidth Analyzer Pack today to monitor your network in real time. Don't let network performance issues cripple your organization. Download a FREE, fully-functional 30-day trial of the Network Bandwidth Analyzer Pack from SolarWinds to monitor your network in real time. 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These changes will bring positive benefits to both IT operations and internal and external users. Read more now NSA backdoor fears create confidence crisis in U.S. high-tech Fears that the National Security Agency (NSA) has managed to convince U.S.-based suppliers of software, hardware and services to install backdoors for espionage purposes has created a crisis of confidence around the world. Read More   6 cool new wireless technologies from MIT MIT grad students show off their research at Wireless Retreat Read More   CIOs rake in the big bucks It pays to be CIO -- millions, in some cases. Take Filippo Passerini. He joined Procter & Gamble in 1981 as a systems analyst in Italy and rose through the techie ranks. Today Passerini is CIO and leads the company's global business services organization -- a dual role that netted him $5 million last year. Read More   Most costly cybercrime attacks: Denial-of-service, malicious insider and web-based Among U.S. corporations, $11.56 million is the mean average cost of cybercrime, while for some it can range between $1.3 million and $58 million, according to the fourth annual Cost of Cyber Crime study conducted by the Ponemon Institute. That is up 78% from four years ago and a 26% increase from the average cost reported in 2012. Read More   Adobe's breach casts doubt on their SaaS business model By now you should have heard about the latest massive breach over at Adobe. Besides the source code for Acrobat and Cold Fusion, something like 3 million accounts were breached as well. Read More   Three lessons from Netflix on how to live in the cloud Netlfix is a big company, and a big cloud user. With 38 million members across 40 countries, it streams a billion hours of content per month. 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