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ClearCube PC Blade solutions review
Reviews So let’s start with the easy bit, the hardware, where -- just like blade servers -- each ClearCube PC blade is in fact a self-contained computer designed to be plugged into a special rack-mounted chassis.
[November 16, 2005, 9:00]
HP sharpens blade PC lines
News The HP bc1500 blade PC sports a low-power Athlon 64 processor from AMD. HP introduced a new line of blade PCs on Monday, and this time including a processor that corporate customers are more willing to buy.
[November 8, 2005, 8:15]
Blade PCs approach mass-market pricing
News Blade PC manufacturer ClearCube is releasing a product range that it says is priced to appeal to small and medium-sized businesses. There, each PC is one blade in a chassis, where it can be easily managed and kept secure.
[October 2, 2006, 18:15]
IBM aims blades at Japan
News IBM will sell blade PC systems from ClearCube Technology to customers in Japan, a deal that is likely to help build interest in the relatively new market. With blade PCs, only a keyboard, monitor and network connector sit on the user's desk.
[February 25, 2004, 10:05]
ClearCube extends low-cost clustering
News Launched on Wednesday, the A1410 PC Blade, and A3100 chassis with its expansion backplane, are intended for use as part of a centralised infrastructure. According to ClearCube's chief executive and president, Rick Hoffman, the A1410 PC Blade will...
[November 1, 2007, 13:44]
Lenovo inks blade desktop deal
News Under the deal, the two companies will cooperate to sell ClearCube's blade systems, initially to the customers Lenovo acquired when it bought IBM's PC unit. So far, HP is the only major computer maker with its own blade PC system, but its take on...
[July 11, 2005, 9:15]
HP reveals its latest blade
News The company on Monday said it's begun shipping its HP Blade PC bc1000, a primary component of its Consolidated Client Infrastructure package, which allows companies to centralise the administration of their desktop computers.
[April 27, 2004, 9:40]
PCs turn to PC blades to improve reliability
News With the new PC blade system, rather than having the PC tower on the user's desk, the CPU is stored in a rack in the secure data centre. Williams added: "With the blade technology, what it allows us to do is lock away the blades in an extension of...
[May 18, 2006, 13:30]
IBM set to launch PC by the back door
News Start-up ClearCube started the blade PC trend in 2002, and even signed a sales deal with IBM that now has been transferred to Lenovo. While the PC software runs on the blade servers, people access it using a "thin client" from a company such as...
[October 19, 2005, 10:15]
Lindows reawakens network computer
News Hewlett-Packard, for one, is working on a so-called blade PC, which it says will help companies save money by centrally managing PCs. Start-up ClearCube also manufactures a blade PC. HP has said it would offer the blade PC to large companies that...
[July 23, 2003, 8:15]
Dell slings its 'blade' server line
News The Dell blade server is part of a larger effort by the company to expand into areas beyond the PC. Dell on Monday unsheathed its first "blade" server in a bid to carve out more market share. Blade servers fit that bill.
[November 25, 2002, 15:08]
Blade PCs: the ultimate managed desktops review
Reviews ClearCube's solution is built around a rack-mounted blade chassis There are two chassis types: the 3U R4300, which houses eight R-series blades, and the 6U A3000, which houses ten A-series blades — each blade being essentially a powerful PC.
[July 3, 2007, 11:44]
Transmeta makes minuscule Crusoe chips
News The company, which made a name for itself by designing small, power-efficient chips for notebooks, said it designed the new Crusoe TM5700 and TM5900 chips to offer the same attributes for hardware ranging from computer terminals and blade servers...
[January 5, 2004, 15:40]
Dell hones blade-server push
News The new blade servers are also part of a larger push by Dell to expand into areas beyond the PC. Dell Computer wants a cut of the blade-server market. The company, in a press conference to be held Wednesday morning in New York, is expected to...
[April 3, 2002, 10:07]
Not all hardware is dead--skinny servers heating the market
News Like other companies in the field, Fibercycle is adopting the "blade" server design that originated in the telecommunications industry. With a blade design, the server is a circuit board that plugs inside a larger rack.
[March 7, 2001, 14:17]
IBM expanding further into Intel's server market
News At the other extreme of the product line will be a single-processor "blade" server, he said in a Tuesday interview. Blade servers are smaller systems that slide side by side into a single chassis, sharing components such as network connections and...
[March 14, 2003, 8:48]
HP: We'll invest in PC success
News For the product angle, this will mean the introduction of workstation blade investment. From a purchasing point of view blades cost more, as does the equipment system for the blade enclosure. Hewlett-Packard faces a tough fight in the PC space.
[May 15, 2006, 13:15]
Blades cut a dash in dual monitors
News ClearCube Technology, a company adapting space-saving blade server architecture for use with desktop PCs, is coming out with multi-monitor desktops, one of those design trends that just might finally take off.
[March 4, 2002, 10:50]
Blade technology could be your best new server solution
News Blade servers have been touted for some time as a solution that can improve server management and cut costs, and organisations are increasingly calling on blade technology to deliver on those promises.
[November 14, 2002, 13:50]
Blade software cuts desktop hassles
News Workstation start-up ClearCube has come out with two new applications that bring some of the advantages of blade computing to ordinary PCs. The company claims its blade systems can pay for themselves in nine months to a year due to reduced IT...
[March 17, 2003, 14:33]
