HP’s giant Proliant challenges big iron from IBM, Oracle

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Avoid the gotchas of Office 365 migrations

Facebook researcher defends controversial psychology experiment on users

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HP's giant Proliant challenges big iron from IBM, Oracle

A breathless deliveryman, having lugged a huge box from HP up the stairs to our lab, asked us, what the hell's in here? A server, we told him. A really large one. He nodded, panting, and having his signed bill of lading, left. HP hadn't told us exactly which server they were sending, noting that it's new, and hasn't been reviewed anywhere before. We didn't even know the model number. Inside the massive box was a 4U server marked: Hewlett-Packard DL580 G8. It weighs just over 100 pounds in the configuration that HP sent us. It was crammed to the gills, but also had room inside. The server sounded like a WhisperJet gone wrong when we powered it up. There's a good reason: the fans have to cool 60 x64 cores on four massive processors. Sixty!!!To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Issue highlights

1. Avoid the gotchas of Office 365 migrations

2. Facebook researcher defends controversial psychology experiment on users

3. California law removes ban on alternative currencies

4. Aereo to "pause" service after Supreme Court defeat

5. Historical computing: The launch of the IBM System/360

6. And there's something else wrong with Comcast's Xfinity customer-based Wi-Fi hotspot plan ...

7. Cisco, NetApp mark progress

8. IT spending growth to be slower than expected in 2014 due to pricing pressure, Gartner says

9. Hungry ants knock out FiOS service … again

10. 17 obscure Windows tools and tricks too powerful to overlook

Avoid the gotchas of Office 365 migrations

Migrating to Microsoft's Office 365 from an on-premises Office suite requires help, experts say, in order to navigate the vagaries of moving apps smoothly to the cloud, a task made more challenging if the transition is from alternatives such as GroupWise and Lotus SmartSuite. Microsoft itself recommends in certain cases either hiring consultants or buying third-party tools to help the transition to Office 365, but some experts are more emphatic. + Also on Network World: Office 365 customer: Get the right help when moving email to the cloud; Tips on how to ace an Office 365 certification test +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE

Facebook researcher defends controversial psychology experiment on users

A Facebook researcher behind a controversial psychology experiment on users has defended it, stating that the research aimed to investigate a common concern that seeing friends post positive content on the social networking website leads people to feel negative or left out.The researchers were also concerned that exposure to friends' negativity might lead people to avoid visiting Facebook. "We didn't clearly state our motivations in the paper," researcher Adam D.I. Kramer wrote on his Facebook page Sunday."The reason we did this research is because we care about the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product," Kramer wrote.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE

California law removes ban on alternative currencies

The law paves the way for legal use of community currencies, bitcoin and other U.S. dollar alternatives READ MORE

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Aereo to "pause" service after Supreme Court defeat

Following Wednesday's adverse Supreme Court decision, Aereo will suspend its online service, which lets its subscribers watch "over the air" broadcast television via the Web."We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult with the court and map out our next steps. All of our users will be refunded their last paid month," wrote CEO Chet Kanojia in a letter to customers posted on Aereo's homepage on Saturday.Kanojia, who advised customers with questions to contact the company via email at support@aereo.com or via its @AereoSupport Twitter account, also encouraged them to stay involved with the company's legal fight on the website ProtectMyAntenna.org. "Our journey is far from done," he wrote.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE

Historical computing: The launch of the IBM System/360

Wikipedia An IBM System/360 in use at Volkswagen. In 1964 IBM announced one of the most famous mainframes ever, the IBM System/360 which, on the low end versions ran at 0.0018 to 0.034 MIPS. For the time, that was serious performance ... in comparison, the iMac I'm writing this on runs at 92,100 MIPS.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE

And there's something else wrong with Comcast's Xfinity customer-based Wi-Fi hotspot plan ...

I have, in previous Gearhead articles (first in Comcast's latest bad idea turns your Wi-Fi into everybody's Wi-Fi and then in Revisiting Comcast's Xfinity public hotspot strategy), discussed Comcast's strategy for implementing opt-out Wi-Fi hotspots on their customers' Xfinity gateways. In the latter post I questioned the security of the service and noted that access to the Comcast service isn't as tightly controlled as the company might think.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE

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Cisco, NetApp mark progress

Cisco and NetApp say FlexPod integrated IT infrastructure system generated $3 billion in joint sales in three years READ MORE

IT spending growth to be slower than expected in 2014 due to pricing pressure, Gartner says

IT research firm Gartner has cut its forecast for global IT spending by about one-third for this year, blaming a tougher competitive environment and subsequent pressure on vendors to lower prices.Spending will rise 2.1 percent to US$3.7 trillion in 2014, down from the 3.2 percent growth rate Gartner had predicted for 2014.The downgraded forecast isn't necessarily a cause for concern, said Gartner managing vice president Richard Gordon in an interview."In the context of an improving global economic situation, to have IT spending be anemic, in the low single digits, might be a surprise on the face of it," he said. But customers aren't necessarily cutting back on spending, Gordon said. "They're getting better deals for their money and spending their money carefully."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE

Hungry ants knock out FiOS service … again

Everyone keeps asking if the ants actually ate their way through the fiber optic cable and I do not know the answer. What is certain is that they chewed through the outer casing and caused enough damage to knock out TV, phone and Internet service to my house: the Verizon triple no-play.I also know that it takes about five years for ants to accomplish such a task, because the same thing happened in June 2009.The box housing the cable splice that brings FiOS into my home is located across the street about five feet up on a utility pole. When the Verizon technician opened the box it was filled with hundreds of ants (I had actually forgotten about the earlier ant episode, but he clearly expected them to be there). And when he shooed away enough of the critters to get a look inside, the red glow of a stripped fiber optic cable was clearly visible.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE

17 obscure Windows tools and tricks too powerful to overlook

Windows is chock full of handy-dandy power tools, but most of them are hidden from everyday view. These are the ones you need to know about. READ MORE

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