By IBM researchers

To find out what threats are menacing your networks and devices this year, check out IBM's most recent biannual security report. It's packed with more than 100 pages of valuable data, graphs and charts. Among the findings: More vulnerabilities were reported last year than ever before, and 49 percent of those were weaknesses in Web applications. Botnets and PDF exploits continue to get more and more popular, but spam volume dropped off slightly toward the end of last year. (registration required)

About Business, Technology and People By Paul Coby

Everyone hates the airline industry lately, but this blog might soften your opinion. Coby, IT director of retailer John Lewis and previously CIO of British Airways, puts up a spirited defense of what IT has done and will do for airlines. Coby says in recent posts that IT has wrangled with the massive quantities of data required to sell tickets and keep planes in the air, enabled perks such as frequent flier programs and self-service kiosks, and figured out how social media will shape the industry.