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Blades boost server market
News Server blades were one of the primary drivers of growth, though at $738m, blades still represent only a fraction of the overall market. The server market grew in the third quarter, despite pressure coming from low prices and virtualisation software.
[November 22, 2006, 8:38]
Blades cut a dash in dual monitors
News With blades, manufacturers try to reduce the size of computers by using notebook hard drives, eliminating cases and figuring out ways that different computers can use common cables. In the end, blades save valuable office real estate by cramming...
[March 4, 2002, 10:50]
Blades for Everyone: HP Blade Videos - A BladeSystem for Smaller Sites
White Papers Ace of Blades. The presenter of this webcast talk about the HP BladeSystem. Understand the advantages of the new BladeSystem c3000 that is uniquely designed for small IT sites.
[November 14, 2007, 0:01]
Fujitsu, blades and virtualisation
Blog According to Fujitsu Siemens, the BladeEngine card allows any blade to boot any supported operating system from the IP-SAN, "meaning that individual Server Blades can be both diskless and stateless", the company said in a statement.
[March 19, 2008, 15:30]
Blades for Small Business
White Papers In fact, many small and mid-sized businesses are looking to blades to consolidate and standardize their server environment. In this ZDNet audiocast, we look at the factors smaller businesses should weigh before deciding whether to invest in blades...
[June 1, 2005, 10:39]
Start-up brings 'blades' to the desktop
News Unlike regular computers, blades come with no external case. Ohrenberger oversaw a pilot program involving 44 ClearCube blades run by the medical services unit of Hill Air Force Base in Utah. Rather than sit on a desk or remain stacked horizontally...
[September 23, 2002, 8:27]
Faster, sleeker blades coming from IBM
News That means current blades will plug into the new chassis and new blades will plug into the old chassis, which IBM plans to continue selling. That backplane also links the blades to plug-in networking switch modules that can connect to other...
[October 21, 2005, 9:55]
Metro Health Gets a Better Prognosis With HP Server Blades, Integrity Servers, and StorageWorks
White Papers After its technology provider evaluation, Metro Health decided to standardize on HP hardware in the Metro Health Village, consolidating its infrastructure on HP server blades and HP Integrity servers with Intel Itanium 2 processors - simplifying...
[August 25, 2009, 10:14]
HP Itanium blades imminent
News That will change with HP's Itanium blades, which can run HP-UX. Rival Dell sells Xeon-based blades, and Sun, the fourth major server maker, plans to release Opteron-based blades in coming months. However, in 2004, the company said it expected...
[October 31, 2005, 9:05]
PCs turn to PC blades to improve reliability
News A Welsh police force is using PC blades to increase reliability and security in its communications centre. IT services manager Aled Williams explained: "The new strategy and new building was the opportunity to look at what we could do with the...
[May 18, 2006, 13:30]
ClearCube blades offer a bank in a box
News This can make deployment so much easier when you deploy across all the blades in a system in one go," Dougherty said. For Dougherty, many of the advantages using blades will come from scalability. IBM is using ClearCube's blade technology to offer...
[November 16, 2005, 12:20]
The Laws of Blades: HP Blade Videos - What to Consider When You Buy
White Papers It shows how to evaluate and compare server blades for business. The presenter of this webcast talks about the HP BladeSystem.
[November 14, 2007, 0:01]
A sharper approach to blades
Leader There should be nothing magic about blades. In the excitement, though, it's worth remembering that just because you can pack sixteen blades in a box and not see it melt down through the server room floor, you don't have to.
[June 15, 2006, 16:35]
Dell FlexAddress for PowerEdge M-Series Blades
White Papers FlexAddress simplifies management of network and storage resources in the data centers by providing the key benefits like Swap out or upgrade Dell PowerEdge M-Series server blades with Ethernet, iSCSI, & Fibre Channel controllers seamlessly...
[August 15, 2009, 1:20]
Bladed Storage: HP Blade Videos - Never Look at Blades in the Same Way
White Papers This webcast shows how HP is redefining blades with the addition of storage blades within the HP BladeSystem c3000 and c7000 enclosure. The presenter of this webcast talks about HP BladeSystem.
[November 14, 2007, 0:01]
A closer look at the benefits of blades
Talkback His comments suggest that the $1B spent this year on blades was done out of ignorance and stupidity, and lacks financial or business judgement. He may be bearish on blades, the market knows better. The idea that 1U's are better than blades is...
[July 24, 2004, 0:06]
HP Itanium blades imminent
Talkback You forgot to mention that HP alreay sells Opteron based blades that can run Solaris.
[October 31, 2005, 14:51]
AAR Soars to Higher Performance and Efficiency With HP Integrity Blades and HP-UX 11i v3
White Papers And after carefully evaluating offerings from HP, IBM, and Sun, AAR selected HP Integrity server blades running HP-UX 11i v3. AAR has more than a half-century of experience serving the needs of its commercial airline and government defense...
[June 12, 2009, 1:20]
IBM carves out four-processor Xeon blades
News IBM is to launch its first four-processor blade server on Wednesday, the Xeon-powered BladeCenter HS40, complementing its current two-way Xeon and PowerPC blades. The blades will ship on 13 February, and will run Windows 2000 Server or Linux, IBM...
[January 6, 2004, 11:55]
Sun uses Intel and AMD for budget blades
News Sun's first blade servers run its own Sparc microprocessors, but the company said it intends to sell Intel and AMD-based blades that run the Linux operating system as well. Sun Microsystems is expected to unveil on Monday a partnership with...
[May 19, 2003, 9:39]
