IT Today: Further Your IT Career Through Right Mix of Learning Approaches By James Alan Miller February 7, 2013 10:22 AM Tags : Today On TIP Today On TIP: New Year, New Plans: Make an IT Career Self-Assessment, Oracle Acquires Acme Packetpay for $1.7 Billion, Sponsored: Converged Infrastructure Transforms IT, Slideshow: Glad to Know You! Soon to Become Irrelevant Technologies, and more. Encryption Doesn’t Always Mean More Secure Throwing solutions at a system because they have the word encryption in them, and are easy to implement, doesn’t always mean you’re actually better protecting sensitive information. Take the Multi-Pronged Approach to IT Learning The right mix of reading, studying, and hands-on learning and experimentation will get you the knowledge you need to further career in IT. New Year, New Plans: Make an IT Career Self-Assessment Put yourself through an annual self-assessment to help figure out where you are, where you're going, and where you might like to get to IT career-wise Sponsored: Converged Infrastructure Transforms IT Businesses deploying converged infrastructure technologies in integrated solutions that more tightly align and even accelerate the value of information technology to help drive better business results. Slideshow: Glad to Know You! Soon to Become Irrelevant TechnologiesWe take a look at technologies whose days are numbered and are destined to become nostalgic memories of how we used to do things. Moore’s Law In Pictures: An Illustrated History of the Microprocessor Consider the orders of magnitude (and sheer manufacturing prowess) required to morph the very first 4-Bit microprocessors into the multicore powerhouses we use today. Slideshow: The Evolution of the Desktop Computer Here are the desktop computer's most significant milestones. An IaaS Buyer's Guide: Getting Started For many in IT it is not a question of whether to use cloud computing but which cloud service (or services) to use. Seagate Bulks Up on PCIe-based Flash with Virident Investment Hard-drive maker compensates for slow entry into the enterprise flash storage market. Sponsored: Scaling Out with Converged Networks Networks need to be simpler, flatter and more capable of meeting the high-scale demands of dynamic workloads. Recent Articles Make the Most of Virtual Certification Labs Today’s increasingly online world also means that just as lots of training has become virtualized, so have many IT cert prep labs as well. iOS 6 Security: Facebook, Twitter and Advertising The iPad and iOS operating system is tightly integrated with social networks. Under Settings in iOS 6, there are sections specifically dedicated to Twitter and Facebook. How to Predict The Success Of Your Cloud Project The top cloud projects share unique characteristics that point to a guideline on how avoid failure. Open Source Tools to Manage Macs in the Enterprise Munki, Simian, and Cauliflower Vest: Three open source tools to help IT pros manage Mac computers in the enterprise. Sponsored: Converged Clouds Empower IT The cloud a key component of enterprises ability to gain unconstrained access to information and IT resources. Is Google’s Chromebook Enterprise Ready? Today? No. Three to Five years from now? Yes. A Guide to Selecting a Mobile Device Management Solution As with most infrastructure changes, implementing MDM may not be easy or inexpensive. The benefits clearly outweigh the costs, however. Sponsored: Converged Storage Reins in Big Data Converged storage controls explosive data growth while maintaining operational efficiency and simplicity. 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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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