Archive for April, 2007

“blade news” - Dell Claims Rack Servers Better Than Blades

Dell Claims Rack Servers Better Than Blades Information Week - Dell’s stance on rack servers doesn’t surprise IDC server analyst Jed Scaramella, who notes that Dell’s lack of blade business is insignificant since the company has traditionally found it hard to compete with HP and IBM’s blade server products.

“blade news” - SGI adds x86 servers in bid to emerge from bankruptcy

SGI adds x86 servers in bid to emerge from bankruptcyNetwork World Fusion - The Mountain View, Calif.-based company is also expanding its midrange line with a cheaper alternative, the Altix 450 blade server. According to SGI, the Altix 450 has a performance gain of about 2.5

“blade hardware” - Time For Airlines To Get Past The Mainframe Era

Time For Airlines To Get Past The Mainframe EraTech Dirt - Then, they start costing out what it takes to run 1000 Sun blade servers in terms of maintenance, administration, software licenses and configuration, electricity, floor space, etc; and they quickly realize that not

“blade news” - Citrix To Offer Desktop Virtualization

Citrix To Offer Desktop Virtualization Information Week - An end user can be assigned a blade server in the data center to substitute for a powerful PC, with IT staffers maintaining the blade; or the user can get upgraded application services via Desktop Server’s Windows Terminal Services option. Through this

“blade news” - IBM Begins Production of 65-nm Cell Processors

IBM Begins Production of 65-nm Cell ProcessorsTop Tech News - Apart from the PlayStation 3, the Cell chip’s other main use right now is in a Blade server manufactured by IBM. Brandow said that the manufacturer is also working with Mercury Computer Systems to incorporate the Cell into technology that requires

“blade news” - Storage and Servers

Storage and ServersNetwork Computing - A friend of mine IMed me a link to Digg the other day congratulating me on getting voted to the front page. Curious, I checked it out and I was found out it wasn’t directly to my article, but to a forum post on Linuxquestions.org. The server business [...]

“blade news” - Company or Topic: Hewlett Packard

Company or Topic: Hewlett PackardCNET News - Hewlett-Packard is expanding its blade server storage offerings and making it easier for new SAN customers to implement storage networking technology. HP Tweaking Server, Mobile PC Channel Programs ( CRN ) - Sunday, October 22, 2006