We found that blade servers reduce but don’t eliminate redundant hardware components requiring electrical power, a pivotal consideration in total cost of ownership (TCO). That said, while IBM’s blade ...

Blade servers were once the saviours of the datacentre. Expandability was king. But do blade servers still make sense today? We find out if they're still worth it. It has been exactly six years since ...

Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday unveiled new blade and rack servers designed to deliver more performance while combining hardware and software capabilities to improve server reliability and lower energy ...

Blade servers are modular, single-board computers, typically about 7 in. high, 2 in. wide and 19 in. deep. Each blade contains processors, memory, network controllers and other I/O ports; it plugs ...

IT managers with multiple dedicated servers quickly realise that it takes a lot of time and resources to maintain their efficiency, but there is a more systematic approach in moving from rack to blade ...

As users scramble to scrimp and save by putting applications on low-cost blade servers, they are increasingly looking for more sophisticated ways to manage, provision and automate these new ...

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 ...

Hewlett-Packard announced on Tuesday new blade and rack servers designed to deliver more performance while combining hardware and software capabilities to improve server reliability and lower energy ...

Dell Computer wants a cut of the blade-server market. The company, in a press conference Wednesday morning in New York, announced a new blade-server line, dubbed PowerEdge 1655MC, along with ...

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 ...

Data centres are bulging at the seams. As organisations have grown, they have added more servers to deal with the extra workload. The net result is that data centres have become difficult to manage ...