Blade Servers

Tue, April 24, 2012 - At Interop, the company will also demonstrate its data-center network gear working with OpenFlow

Mon, September 19, 2011 -

Wed, July 13, 2011 - Cisco this week expanded its Unified Computing System networking portfolio in an effort to improve the scalability and performance of the data center consolidation system.

Mon, June 20, 2011 - Networking company Mellanox Technologies, along with Hewlett-Packard and Dell, is demonstrating a next-generation FDR Infiniband network running at 56G bps (bits per second) at the International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg.

Sun, May 08, 2011 - Dell on Monday announced a four-socket blade server with up to 48 processor cores for deployment in virtualized environments.

Tue, April 12, 2011 - IBM has updated its Power systems lineup with higher-density blades and faster processors for its mid-range Power 750 server, looking to keep its momentum in Unix sales as the market inches back to life.

Mon, October 11, 2010 - IBM's recent acquisition of Blade Networks is an endorsement of what Cisco has been claiming as it pushes its Unified Computing System: that integrating switching changes the blade server/cloud game.

Tue, September 14, 2010 - Cisco unleashes10G Ethernet Nexus switch, plus servers, software and modules for virtual environments.

Wed, July 07, 2010 - The newly released TPC-Energy specification measures the power consumption of transactional systems.

Wed, June 09, 2010 - Dell is set to roll out significant enhancements to its EqualLogic storage line on Wednesday, along with its first rebadged Juniper Networks products and other updates to its storage and networking lines, all part of a mission to carve out a place in the rapidly evolving world of enterprise data centers.

Mon, April 19, 2010 - The runners took center stage during the Boston Marathon Monday, but behind the scenes of the prestigious road race was an enterprise-class data center capable of accurately tracking more than 26,000 runners and relaying that information to a number of outlets.

Wed, February 03, 2010 - Cisco Systems' results for its fiscal quarter ended last month indicate the world economy is entering a second phase of recovery, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said Wednesday.

Wed, February 03, 2010 - Cisco Systems' results for its fiscal quarter ended last month indicate the world economy is entering a second phase of recovery, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said Wednesday.

Fri, January 22, 2010 - While Cisco Systems branches out into consumer electronics, video, mobile data and other areas, one of its biggest areas of focus today is enterprise data centers. The dominant LAN provider thinks the transformation of data centers through virtualization calls for new kinds of connections and a broader role for network technology and intelligence. John McCool oversees this push as senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's Data Center, Switching and Services group. IDG News Service talked with McCool recently about the company's own role and its partnerships with other vendors in this arena.