IT Today: The Low Down on Windows 8's New File History Feature By James Alan Miller December 20, 2012 10:38 AM Tags : iPad Style Management Networking Processors Flash Apps Malware Surface Motherboards Internet Policy Android Smb Job Market Data Center Infrastructure Tcp/Ip Power Backup How To Laptops Connectivity Amazon Ethernet Card Tablets Load Balancing Healthcare It Intel Database Mobile Storage Windows Server Devices Connection Blackberry Windows 8 Enterprise Hacking Hewlett Packard Microsoft Hardware Data Center Convergence Open Source Big Data Office Software Security Phones Cloud Computing Certification 3D Switch Windows Servers Gadgets Bandwidth Video Virtualization Hardware & Software Linux Data Management Today On Tom's IT Pro: How to Use File History on Windows 8, Gartner: Amazon Web Services, HP Have Worst Cloud IaaS Service Level Agreements, Amazon Opens AWS Marketplace to Windows Apps, Less and More: A Buyer’s Guide to 4U Servers, and more. How to Use File History on Windows 8 Knowing how to handle backup and restore in the Windows 8 File History will help relieve stress when things go wrong. Gartner: Amazon Web Services, HP Have Worst Cloud IaaS Service Level Agreements Gartner analyst Lydia Leong sharply attacked cloud Infrastructure as as Service service level agreements as being potentially "meaningless." Amazon Opens AWS Marketplace to Windows Apps Amazon now allows Windows Server developers to distribute cloud apps via the Amazon Web Services Marketplace. Less and More: A Buyer’s Guide to 4U Servers Factors to consider when making any 4U server purchasing decision. Slideshow: Top Ten Major Security Breaches of 2012Take heed from these cautionary tales: Here are ten terrible security breaches that occurred in 2012. A Behind the Scenes Look at Beta IT Certification Exam Scoring Ever wonder why you have to wait awhile – and sometimes, wait some more after that – to get results for beta IT certification exams? An Illustrated Guide to Making the Move to 10 Gigabit EthernetThe enterprise world is knee-deep in making the transition from 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) to 10 Gigabit Ethernet. 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. Recent Articles 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. 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. 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. 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. 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: Top Paying Technology Jobs by Position The world of IT is in constant ferment, and it’s fascinating to watch how new tools and technologies give rise to new jobs for people who practice various specialties. 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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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