The name of the game in data centers today is density. With server proliferation a constant problem, information technology departments are always on the hunt for ways to pack more computing power ...

Many small businesses with larger server needs are turning to blade servers to pack big power into a small space. But what exactly is a blade server, and how do you know if it’s right for your small ...

According to sources, the San Jose, Calif.-based networking behemoth is readying blade servers, code-named California, for a release early next year. A blade server offering would pit Cisco in direct ...

Blade servers are handy things, medium and large frames into which vendors can stuff numerous blades. Within such a server each blade performs either as an independent server or works in concert with ...

IBM unveiled a new "blade" server prototype Tuesday that uses its Power processor, putting Big Blue a step ahead in the race to squeeze high-end chips into compact servers. Some of the world's largest ...

It used to be you couldn’t coax Apple Computer into breathing a word about enterprise-class computing. When you mentioned selling to the suits, Macintosh marketing folks would get fidgety and flip to ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. — As the first generation of a new class of Web servers rolls, a standards debate is brewing over its key interconnect technology. At issue is what will become the backplane for ...

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Compaq Computer's super-thin "blade" servers will begin shipping in early 2002, yet the computer maker plans to focus attention on some software improvements available for the product line. Compaq is ...

Two years after launching its first blade server, Dell Inc. last week brought out a follow-up product — the PowerEdge 1855 server, based on Intel Corp.’s Xeon EM64T processors. The blades are designed ...

Dell Computer wants a cut of the blade-server market. The company, in a news conference to be held Wednesday morning in New York, is expected to announce a blade-server line, along with management ...