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More power at a price
Mar. 03, 2008
Blade server deployment is an attractive proposition for companies seeking greater computing power from their servers, while occupying the same floor space. However, more heat is also generated, raising the need for ...

Dell says its blades are the best for the planet
Jan. 22, 2008
Dell unveiled its new line of blade servers on Monday with boasts and chest-thumping, calling the new model better the competition and offering its own independent study to prove it -- vendor rhetoric par for the course ...

Intel releases low-cost Clear Bay server platform
Jan. 11, 2008
Intel has developed a white-box blade server based on standardized components, instead of specialized parts usually used to produce such systems.

PARTNERWORLD - IBM plans to create SMB blade bundles
May. 02, 2007
IBM intends to make its blade servers more attractive to small-to-midsize business customers and help its business partners target those users.

Unisys gives virtualization jolt to its data center strategy
Feb. 19, 2008
Cash-strapped Unisys shifting its servers and storage strategy from a hardware-centric tack to a more holistic approach emphasizing a combination of hardware, software and services.

Dell launches new PowerEdge blade servers
Jan. 21, 2008
Dell is expected on Monday to add a new series of blade products to its PowerEdge server line, expanding its presence in a market dominated by rivals IBM and Hewlett-Packard.

IBM merges server and software to create data-virtualization offering
Aug. 07, 2007
IBM is tackling data virtualization with a new offering that merges its server blade and data-integration software technologies.

Sun launches first blades from new Intel deal
Jun. 06, 2007
Sun is reaching for a larger share of the blade server market with Wednesday's launch of new models, including the first Sun blades from its new alliance with chip maker Intel.

IBM eyes expanded water cooling for data centers
Feb. 05, 2007
IBM researchers are counting on a 40-year-old technology to keep modern, state-of-the-art data centers running cool and allow companies to squeeze more computing power from the electricity they consume.

IBM taps VMware, Citrix to create blade PCs
Oct. 31, 2005
After spending the past few years on the sidelines, IBM has finally jumped headlong into the blade PC market, announcing partnerships with Citrix and EMC's VMware subsidiary to provide customers with the means to manage ...

PARTNERWORLD: IBM gives peek at blade workstation
May. 01, 2007
IBM Corp. is developing a blade workstation, set to hit the market later this year, that moves the workstation from under a desk into the data center.

Sun releases new blade, subscription service
Jan. 09, 2007
Hoping to make inroads in the high-growth blade segment of the server market, Sun has released a new blade along with a U.S. subscription service offering customers several automatic refreshes of the server hardware.

Sun releases new servers and workstations
Sep. 13, 2006
Sun Wednesday announced new additions to its server and workstation lines with the Sun Fire And Sun Ultra, the company said in a statement.

Penguin adds new 64-bit BladeRunners
Aug. 03, 2005
Linux hardware and clustering company Penguin Computing is releasing two new blade servers in its BladeRunner family, the 4130 and the 4140, based on 64-bit chips from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices respectively. ...

Blade company Egenera drops IPO plan
May. 03, 2005
Egenera, a pioneer in the blade server market, has scrapped its plans to go public.

IBM preps Opteron blade, backs off Itanium
Mar. 04, 2005
IBM has taken a step toward Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor and a step back from the Itanium chip produced by Intel.

Blades raise heat, power issues
Apr. 05, 2004
At the recent Server Blade Summit in San Jose, attendees saw firsthand how the increase in power demands from the densely packed systems could affect enterprise data centers: An interoperability demonstration of working ...

Blade servers try to shake bad-boy image
Jun. 19, 2006
This may be the year that blade servers cast off their bad rap. Introduced in 2001, blade servers were supposed to change the computing landscape, but questions about reliability, power consumption and heat output put a ...

HP adds dual-core processor to Opteron blades
Apr. 18, 2005
Only days before the launch of Advanced Micro Devices' first dual-core Opteron microprocessor, HP began taking orders for a four-processor blade system that will use the chips.

Dell to unveil simpler, cheaper products at Oracle OpenWorld
Oct. 31, 2007
Dell CEO Michael Dell plans to announce a series of new products aimed at making life easier for IT managers.

Sun, Fujitsu and Hitachi freshen server lines
Apr. 17, 2007
Sun and Fujitsu Tuesday are introducing new servers that they jointly developed, while another server maker, Hitachi, is unveiling new blade servers. They each aim to address buyers' dual needs for computing power and ...

IBM puts blades on a low-carb(on) diet
Apr. 12, 2007
IBM is adding to its server lineup with new models featuring lower-wattage processors and flash memory instead of disks, all in the name of energy conservation.

Animal logic and 2,000 blade servers wins an Oscar
Mar. 05, 2007
An initial implementation of 500 blade servers soon grew to 2,000 to meet the processing capacity requirements needed to create the Oscar-winning animated film, Happy Feet.

Sun jumps back into blades, expands Opteron line
Jul. 10, 2006
After exiting the market last year in face of stiff competition, Sun next week is expected to introduce a new blade server as it fills out its x64-based product line, which has been a bright spot in the struggling ...

Core competency: Vendors push multicore envelope
Jun. 19, 2006
Vendors are pushing the multicore envelope, aiming to boost performance, especially for multithreaded applications.