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HP Buys Blade Pioneer
News HP is adding to its server arsenal with the purchase of blade pioneer RLX Technologies. With the acquisition, HP gains the RLX Control Tower, a software suite designed for managing Linux-based blade server environments.
[October 4, 2005, 16:10]
Don't Hold Your Breath For Blade Standards
News RLX Technologies, the company that kick-started the blade server market, sees talk of standards as nothing more than a marketing gimmick. Bob VanSteenberg chief technology officer and vice president of platform development at RLX, says: "IBM, Dell...
[November 15, 2004, 15:55]
HP Sharpens Blade PC Lines
News HP also recently bought RLX Technologies, which makes blade management software. Although RLX focused on blade servers, the technology conceivably could be used to manage desktop blades. Austin, Texas-based ClearCube Technologies began promoting...
[November 8, 2005, 8:15]
IBM Spinoff Takes New Server Approach
News With limits on available PCI slots, it's tough to install as many servers as blade-specific designs -- RLX Technologies, for example, can fit 24 servers into a cabinet 5.25 inches tall. Penguin Computing has laid off staff, as has RLX Technologies.
[October 1, 2001, 14:15]
IBM Sharpens Its Blades
News Initially, companies like RLX Technologies incorporated notebook processors into their blade racks to cut down on power consumption and reduce heat. IBM sold RLX servers for a while but dropped them after low sales: customers wanted the same sort...
[September 24, 2002, 13:27]
RLX Goes For Dell-spoiler With 6G Blades
News RLX Technologies, a relatively small server vendor which pioneered the development of blade server technology, has recently updated its blades with dual 64-bit Xeon chips. Like Dell's new blade server, the RLX 610e chassis squeezes 10 blades into a...
[November 15, 2004, 14:05]
RLX Exits Blade Manufacturing Market
News RLX Technologies will stop making blade servers to concentrate on management software, the company announced on Thursday. The hardware market is notoriously difficult on start-ups, however, and RLX's sales never took flight.
[December 24, 2004, 7:55]
Blade Server Pioneer RLX Boosts Power
News RLX Technologies, a pioneer of thin "blade" servers, will announce new two-processor models Monday that catch the company part way up to its larger competitors. RLX got its start with a 3.5-inch tall chassis that could accommodate as many as 24...
[February 17, 2003, 8:37]
Compaq Files Recruitment Lawsuit
News Compaq has filed a lawsuit against RLX Technologies, a server startup run by a number of former Compaq executives. The lawsuit, filed in the District Court of Harris County in Texas, alleges that RLX violated Compaq's trade secrets by recruiting...
[February 26, 2001, 10:32]
Transmeta-based Servers Boast Power-saving Chips
News RLX Technologies, Rebel.com and two other server startups will release Web servers in the near future that contain Crusoe processors from Transmeta, among other architectural enhancements, rather than chips from Intel or Sun Microsystems.
[January 25, 2001, 13:07]
IBM Aims Blades At Japan
News Big Blue initially entered the market by selling blade servers from RLX Technologies, which came out with the first blade servers in 2001. Subsequently, IBM designed its own blade servers and dropped RLX equipment from its sales roster.
[February 25, 2004, 10:05]
HP Server Slims Down With Pentium M
News Those first systems, pioneered by start-ups such as RLX Technologies, used technology lifted from laptops to keep power consumption low so servers can be packed densely without overheating. Even RLX now has introduced dual-Xeon blades.
[April 22, 2003, 11:16]
Compaq Computer Meets Calista Flockhart
News RLX Technologies, for instance, plans to come out with a Transmeta server in the first half of this year that will use far fewer cables than standard servers. RLX's "Razor" server weighs much less than current servers.
[February 6, 2001, 8:22]
Not All Hardware Is Dead--skinny Servers Heating The Market
News The market right now is largely populated by start-ups like Fibercycle and RLX Technologies. Intel is working on chips and chipsets that will blend power-saving techniques developed in the notebook processor world with server technologies such as...
[March 7, 2001, 14:17]
IBM, Intel To Share Blade Server Designs
News One blade pioneer is RLX Technologies, but the down economy and the loss of Internet enthusiasm that had led to the initial excitement about blades has left it struggling. RLX, which last month announced an additional $15m in funding, released its...
[September 17, 2002, 8:57]
IBM Will Make Servers Using Opteron
News Similarly, IBM started to resell a blade server from RLX Technologies that used chips from Transmeta, but then came out with its own blade server, signed a blade alliance with Intel and cancelled its deal with RLX.
[April 23, 2003, 9:02]
Transmeta Server Sellers Call It A Day
News RLX Technologies, a Transmeta server start-up managed by former Compaq executives, laid off employees in August. Or FiberCycle, RLX and their fellow travellers? Although the StrongArm version of the NetWinder had it adherents, few of the Transmeta...
[September 27, 2001, 8:54]
Sun Takes A Leap Into Linux
News While still part of a young market, blade servers already have emerged from HP and start-up RLX Technologies, and are scheduled to debut at IBM and Dell this fall. HP's existing blade servers squeeze 20 into a 5.25-inch enclosure, while pioneer RLX...
[August 5, 2002, 8:52]
Comdex 2001: Compaq, HP To Build Low-power Intel Servers
News Transmeta initially had the lead in ultradense servers, winning a place in designs from RLX Technologies, Amphus, Rebel.com and FiberCycle. But RLX has been laying off staff and recently overhauled top management, Amphus switched to Intel, and...
[November 13, 2001, 15:13]
Compaq Settles Transmeta-server Lawsuit
News Compaq Computer and RLX Technologies have settled their intellectual property lawsuit, clearing the way for both companies to come out with skinny, energy-efficient servers later this year. The lawsuit, filed by Compaq in February in a district...
[April 17, 2001, 8:21]
