This Week In IT: 12/14/12

This Week On Tom's IT Pro: Public Clouds: Matters Of The External Connection, The Microserver: Three Key Players, Three Different Views, Slideshow: Top Ten Major Security Breaches of 2012, Trend Analysis: The Cloud and Mobile Device Security,  Slideshow: Essential Proprietary Network Admin Tools.

• Module Adds Security to Platforms Using Windows 8, Windows Server 2012

Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 supports the Trusted Platform Module.

• NetX Duo TCP/IP Stack Achieves Near-Wire Speed

This TCP/IP can reach up to 940 Mbps using the dual-core Zynq-7000 Soc from Xilinx.

• Rackspace Adds Services to Open Cloud Platform

Rackspace is building out its Open Cloud platform by adding Managed and Critical Application Services.

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.

• HP Licenses Stackato Virtual Application Manager for Cloud PaaS

ActiveState announced that HP has licensed the Stackato application platform for the HP Cloud PaaS.

• IBM Releases Cloud Office Suite

SmartCloud Docs is a cloud-based office productivity suite with word processing, spreadsheet and presentation features.

• RIM Offers Free BB10 Phones

Research in Motion has begun pitching upgrade incentives for its upcoming BlackBerry 10 platform.

• FreeBSD Could Miss Year End Funding Target By Nearly 50%

The FreeBSD Foundation is still looking for donors who can help the organization to reach its 2013 funding target of $500,000.

The Microserver: Three Key Players, Three Different Views

The thought that processor architectures we are using in our phones and everyday appliances could power very specific portions of the future data center is intriguing.

• IBM Promises Silicon Nanophotonics For Big Data

IBM said that it can now build a "silicon nanophotonics" chip in a sub-100 nm manufacturing process.

• RIM Launches BlackBerry 10 Ready Program for Enterprise Customers

RIM wants to get your business prepared for the new BlackBerry 10 platform. 

• Super Micro Rolls Out Hyper-Speed Server Line

Super Micro has launched a new line of 2U and 4U/Tower platforms. 

• Red Hat Intros Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Beta

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 beta offers a number of new features and enhancements.

Slideshow: Top Ten Major Security Breaches of 2012

Take heed from these cautionary tales: Here are ten terrible security breaches that occurred in 2012.

• Trend Analysis: The 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.

• AWS Marketplace Now Offers Windows-Based Software

Amazon's AWS Marketplace now offers Windows-based software that can be purchased and deployed in just minutes.

• HP Launches Public Cloud Service

Now officially offering its public cloud, HP Cloud Compute, as a pay-as-you-go service. 

• Is Oracle’s Non-Relational Database Right for Your Project?

When your data management requirements do not demand all the features of a relational database you should consider an alternative method.

Slideshow: Essential Proprietary Network Admin Tools

Keeping the right tools in reach will provide the capability to get the right answers fast and efficiently when trouble rears its ugly head.

• Cloudification: Stop Abusing the Cloud

As far as buzzwords go, the "cloud" we so often refer to these days is about as fuzzy as it can get. 

• Get Thin: A Buyer’s Guide to 1U Servers

Server hardware is often optimized for a particular mix of three resources: compute capability, storage, and network connectivity. 

James Alan Miller is Managing Editor of Tom's IT Pro. 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.

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