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.

CDW: How you can help stop ransomware

Just like good information security, frequent backups and timely patches are necessary to ward off hackers, Dan Siebert writes. But that's not all.

DATAPIPE: The benefits of hybrid cloud for a service provider

Tony Connor reveals survey data that shows how hybrid cloud has accelerated speed to market for IT service providers.

CAPGEMINI: Beginning with the end user in mind

Pavio Muniz offers four points to improve the end user's engagement with even a small system change.