Archive for December, 2006

“blade news” - IBM, Mercury team up on Cell-based blade server

IBM, Mercury team up on Cell-based blade serverComputerworld - The Business Value of Analytics Intrusion Protection Voice-over-IP will dominate the enterprise in the next few years - are you ready? October 06, 2005 (IDG News Service) — IBM and Mercury Computer Systems Inc. plan to ship a blade server using the

“blade news” - BladeRunner Is Linux Cluster-Ready

BladeRunner Is Linux Cluster-ReadyeWeek - The BladeRunner uses mobile ATA hard drives for internal blade storage, similar to the Sun Fire B1600. Each BladeRunner blade server can accommodate two 60GB, 5,400-rpm mobile ATA drives. Next page: SATA disk blades option. Click here for detailed

“blade news” - Report: IBM #1 in Worldwide Server Revenue, #1 in Blade, Unix and

Report: IBM #1 in Worldwide Server Revenue, #1 in Blade, Unix andMSN MoneyCentral - IBM led in blade server revenue share for the 13th consecutive quarter with 42.3 percent, seven points more than its closest competitor. During the quarter, IBM drove growth in blades with the introduction of the Cool Blue power [...]

“blade news” - IBM BladeCenter Systems Up to 30 Percent More Energy Efficient

IBM BladeCenter Systems Up to 30 Percent More Energy EfficientMSN MoneyCentral - Unlike the blade servers available for HP’s c-Class chassis, which are not backward compatible with HP’s older blade chassis, IBM’s high-density modular blade server is designed to support the entire family of BladeCenter chassis. HP is on its

“blade news” - ATTO Technology Introduces Comprehensive Line of Serial Attached SCSI

ATTO Technology Introduces Comprehensive Line of Serial Attached SCSI WebWire - ATTO s new ExpressSAS RAID adapters are the industry s first products with a true low-profile form factor that fit standard-length PCI Express slots, making them ideal for compact and blade server applications where real estate is at [...]

“blade news” - UPDATE 1-Dell hires new managers, restructures product group

UPDATE 1-Dell hires new managers, restructures product groupReuters - Rick Becker, who was general manager of HP’s fast growing “blade” server business, to be an engineering vice president in charge of strategy working with partners like Oracle and SAP for corporate customers. Continued Reuters 2006. All

“blade news” - IBM’s BladeCenter

IBM’s BladeCenter eWeek - The flexible chassis can be outfitted to accommodate different high-capacity computing needs. The BladeCenter chassis is priced starting at $1,400; the HS20 blade server costs $2,500, and the HS40 blade costs $9,000. A high-end BladeCenter like the