IT Today: Cloud Computing Over the Years By James Alan Miller January 2, 2013 10:50 AM Tags : iPad Gadgets Style Management Networking Processors Flash Storage Malware Wi Fi Motherboards Internet Policy Performance Android Security Job Market Data Center Tcp/Ip Power Backup How To Powershell Laptops Windows Amazon Rim Ethernet Card BYOD Tablets Data Center Convergence 3D Healthcare It Smartphones Load Balancing Intel Database Mobile Apps Windows Server Devices Switch Products Blackberry Windows 8 Enterprise Next Generation Hacking Hewlett Packard Cloud Storage Software Microsoft Open Source Big Data Office Sql Server Phones Cloud Computing Certification Connection Surface Servers Hardware Bandwidth Smb Video Virtualization Hardware & Software Linux SSD Today On Tom's IT Pro: How Cloud Computing Has Advanced Over the Years, LDPC Read Channel for Enterprise Storage Doubles Performance, Fluke Networks Increases BYOD Device Visibility on Wi-Fi Networks, Blue Box Intros Trade Up Managed Cloud Application Hosting Promo, and more. How Cloud Computing Has Advanced Over the Years No single day passes without millions of people making use of one of the many features offered by cloud computing. LDPC Read Channel for Enterprise Storage Doubles Performance A new LDPC read channel should extend the lifetime of an enterprise storage system to 10 years. Fluke Networks Increases BYOD Device Visibility on Wi-Fi Networks Fluke Networks has included a new BYOD Classification in two of its AirMagnet products. Blue Box Intros "Trade Up" Managed Cloud Application Hosting Promo New customers get 50% off when trading up from another cloud application hosting platform provider. Slideshow: Essential Open Source Tools for the System Administrator We have selected a few open source tools from the tens of thousands available that you should always have on hand to make your job as an IT pro a lot easier. 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Public Clouds: Matters Of The External Connection It's a mistake for enterprises to assume that after making the move to a public cloud service that all “infrastructure has gone out the door” and bandwidth worries are no more Trend Analysis: Cloud and Mobile Device Security While traditional malware is not retracting, all reports agree that mobile platforms, as well as a cloud environments, provide a growing attack surface which needs to be taken seriously by organizations. More Recent IT Features & Blogs Get Thin: A Buyer’s Guide to 1U Servers Cloudification: Stop Abusing the Cloud Is Oracle’s Non-Relational Database Right for Your Project? Another Terrific IT Certification Resource How to Resurrect Dead Laptops with Virtualization Technologies Healthcare IT: The Lowdown on EHR and Stimulus Certifications What Happens When Spreadsheets Meet Big Data? 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He is a veteran technology journalist with over seventeen years of experience creating and developing magazine and online content. Founding editor of numerous business and enterprise computing sites at the internet.com network, James headed up the After Hours section at PC Magazine, as well as hardware and software sections of various Windows publications. See here for all Tom's IT Pro articles written by James. Recent IT VideosVIDEO: How Secure Are Your Mobile Devices?Enterprise mobile devices are proliferating like rabbits in the spring. Rachel Rosmarin tells you how to keep them under control.VIDEO: Big Data, Big Hardware, Big SoftwareAs data grows so must the hardware, software and access tools to give it meaning.VIDEO: Quick Look - Intel S2600CP MotherboardA 3D fly-through of Intel's S2600CP VIDEO: Quick Look - Intel S2600IP MotherboardA 3D fly-through of Intel's S2600IP motherboard.VIDEO: Data Center ConvergenceEverything you need to know about the new data center. 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