Case study: Linux and FOSS rule the backend but Windows and Microsoft Office rule the desktops The IT folks love Linux. The users know, and therefore love, Windows. Sound like a war? For Wade Stankich, it’s more like a happy marriage. Read more (read more …) HP c7000 Blade Enclosure 10x Fans 6x 2400W...
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Think in terms of high density blade servers for virtualization Last week, 20-somethings on Wall Street were buzzing about self-serving rumors that IBM would buy Brocade Networks. Well that didn’t happen (and I don’t think it ever will) but IBM did make a networking acquisition when it scooped up Blade Networks today. Terms of...
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IBM has made another storage acquisition, taking on BLADE for an undisclosed amount, though Barrons puts the estimate at $400 million. The blade server company has been a long-time partner of IBM, working together to develop products for IBM System x BladeCenters and other products. Based in Santa Clara, CA, Blade Network’s investors including...
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High-availability and dynamic scalability highlight Cirrus Tech Ltd.s Xen Virtual Machines (VM) Web Hosting Plans (read more …) HP c7000 Blade Enclosure 10x Fans 6x 2400W PSU and 16 ICE Licenses Single PhaseUS $6,470.00 End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 8:38:10 PSTBuy It Now for only: US $6,470.00Buy it now | Add to watch list HP...
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SANTA CLARA, CA–(Marketwire – 09/20/10) – BLADE Network Technologies, Inc. (BLADE), the data center switching and virtualization company, and member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, announced today that its VMready Ethernet switches support the latest release of Oracle VM server virtualization software and Oracle Linux software. VMready with Virtual Vision preserves security, performance and …...
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Pits Matrix against Ellison stack No matter who gets the top job at Hewlett-Packard – and whether or not former HP top exec Mark Hurd gets to keep his job as co-president at Oracle – these two companies are going to have to partner and compete. HP is the dominant supplier of servers in...
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Equipped to support high-density server, storage, and blade systems, 42U SuperRack(TM) features fully welded construction that offers static load capacity of 5,000 lb for data center, high-performance computing (HPC), and server farm applications. Clean cable routing promotes optimal airflow, while also facilitating installation and providing obstruction-free rear access for hot-swap devices … (read more...
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SANTA CLARA, CA–(Marketwire – 09/16/10) – BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE), the data center switching company, announced today the new RackSwitch G8052 , a top-of-rack Gigabit Ethernet edge switch with 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) uplinks for 40Gbps connectivity to upstream networks and a rich combination of networking features for today’s highly virtualized enterprise data center....
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AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–platform migration, server migration,application migration (read more …) HP c7000 Blade Enclosure 10x Fans 6x 2400W PSU and 16 ICE Licenses Single PhaseUS $6,470.00 End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 8:38:10 PSTBuy It Now for only: US $6,470.00Buy it now | Add to watch list HP BLADE P POWER ENCLOSURE 378284-B21US $750.00 End Date:...
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As if managing your current IT operations wasn’t challenging enough, along comes cloud computing to plaster on another layer of complexity. (read more …) HP c7000 Blade Enclosure 10x Fans 6x 2400W PSU and 16 ICE Licenses Single PhaseUS $6,470.00 End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 8:38:10 PSTBuy It Now for only: US $6,470.00Buy it now...
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Virts up security and WAN optimization appliances Server wannabe and networking juggernaut Cisco Systems turns the crank on its Unified Fabric converged networking and Unified Computing blade and rack servers today with a new half-width blade that sports lots of memory capacity, the first in a revved lineup of Nexus switches, and virtualized server...
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Among the debuts is Cisco’s Unified Network Computing (UNS) services line, which includes tools to better manage security in virtual computing environments. (read more …) HP c7000 Blade Enclosure 10x Fans 6x 2400W PSU and 16 ICE Licenses Single PhaseUS $6,470.00 End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 8:38:10 PSTBuy It Now for only: US $6,470.00Buy it...
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SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – 09/14/10) – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO – News ) today announced it has expanded its data center product and services portfolio and evolved its data center architecture to accelerate IT innovation, increase business value, and support new business models such as desktop virtualization and public or private ‘clouds.’ Cisco introduced Unified...
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