This Week In IT: 11-9-12

This Week In IT: Social Media Security Certification, The Impact of 2012 Election on IT, Cloud Services, Intel Processors, Managing Identities in Cloud, Move Back Office Applications to Cloud, Hacking Through the Years, Data Center Convergence and more.

• Social Media Security Professional Certification Now in Beta

New certification set to go live in early 2013.

• AppliedMicro Joins Dell's ARM SoC Testing Portfolio

AppliedMicro is the first company to show off a 64-bit ARM processor.

• VIDEO: Data Center Convergence

Everything you need to know about the new data center.

• AMD Launches 6300-Series Opteron CPUs

Updates Opteron processors with the Piledriver processing core that was previously introduced for desktop PCs and notebooks.

• Amazon Doubles IOPS of Elastic Block Store

Tells customers of its Elastic Block Store (EBS) that they can now provision up to 2,000 IOPS per EBS volume. 

• What Can Enterprise Tech Expect From Obama's Reelection?

The 2012 presidential election’s implications for IT over the next four years.

• VIDEO: Cloud Services: No Buzz, No Bull

Straight talk about cloud services. 

• Slideshow: Intel Processors Over the Years

A visual walk through the history of Intel processors from the early 1970s to today.

• Managing Identities Critical to Cloud Success

Security is one of the most challenging roadblocks to cloud adoption. 

• Iomega Intros 48 TB Network Storage Array

EMC subsidiary announces px12-400r network storage array with capacities ranging from 4 TB to 48 TB.

• Cisco Announces UCS Central Global Management Solution

Precedes updates to its Unified Computing System (UCS) expected to be announced on November 8.

• HP Rolls Out Updated LeftHand OS-Based Virtualized Storage

Announces new virtualized storage offerings for SMBs. 

• Moving Back Office Applications to the Cloud: 5 Things to Consider

Wondering if you should ditch your existing enterprise resource planning system in favor of a SaaS solution? Then consider these five factors before making a decision.

• Seagate Joins UltraViolet To Boost Cloud Reputation

Ramping up its image as a cloud storage provider by joining the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem. 

• EMC Acquires Security Software Company Silver Tail

Silver Tail Systems offers real-time forensic and analytics software for cybercrime and web fraud protection. 

• Samsung Announces Two New Data Center SSDs

November 5, 2012 in News

Samsung announced two new additions to its SSD products for servers and enterprise storage systems.

• An Illustrated History of Hacking Through The Years

Anonymous and their ilk might be the highest-profile hackers today, but they're standing on the shoulders of giants, including a morse code telegraph hacker from 1903. 

• VIDEO: Quick Look - Intel S2600CP Motherboard

A 3D fly-through of Intel's S2600CP motherboard.

• Email Security as a Service: Is It Right for You?

Some things to keep in mind as you evaluate your email security options. 

• Cloud Infrastructures Quickly Moving To Production Systems

VMware cloud adoption survey suggest cloud adoption among IaaS customers moving out of beta and testing phases.

• Data Marketplaces: Are They Ready For Primetime?

Online marketplaces—such as Infochimps, Windows Azure Marketplace and Amazon’s Public Data Sets—provide access to data sets in a wide range of areas.

• The Big ARM Processor Gamble

AMD is designing ARMv8 64-bit processors to complement x86 processor portfolio and immerse itself ultra-dense microservers. 

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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