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Juniper invests in data center switch vendor Blade

Posted September 10, 2009 - 9:08 am

Juniper Networks has invested in Blade Network Technologies, maker and supplier of switches for data center blade servers.
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Bull launches 'green' supercomputer

Posted June 16, 2009 - 9:20 am

Bull has launched the bullx, a supercomputer that uses blade servers and water cooling to be green and fast, the company said on Tuesday.
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Analyst: 'Pizza box' servers doomed in virtualized data centers

Posted May 6, 2009 - 8:18 pm

Virtualization may spell doom for the 1U "pizza box" server, as the ability to pack multiple virtual machines onto physical hosts has customers choosing larger standard servers and blades.
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China's chips to power blade servers this year

Posted May 5, 2009 - 8:19 pm

Blade servers based on microprocessors designed in China will power a supercomputer prototype to be revealed by a government-backed Chinese firm in September, the company said Tuesday.
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Massive server purchase likely in Chinese Warcraft deal

Posted April 18, 2009 - 8:38 pm

The current operator of World of Warcraft in China could have masses of unused blade servers after NetEase.com takes over the game.
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Rackable buying SGI for $25 million

Posted April 1, 2009 - 7:58 pm

Rackable Systems said Wednesday it plans to buy the assets of bankrupt Silicon Graphics (SGI) for roughly US$25 million in cash, and will also assume certain liabilities.
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Data Center Dustup Favors Cisco

Posted March 23, 2009 - 9:51 am

Cisco Systems stirred up a hornet's nest among server vendors with the announcement that it was explicitly getting into the blade-based server market.
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Cisco launches unified computing system

Posted March 16, 2009 - 11:40 am

In a much-anticipated announcement, Cisco Systems launched its Unified Computing System, comprising virtualization technology, services and blade servers aimed at helping enterprises develop and manage what it calls "next-generation data centers."
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Tight budgets favor low-end servers

Posted December 1, 2008 - 10:02 pm

Server shipments grew in the third quarter of 2008 though revenue declined as companies tried to lower spending, according to Gartner.
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Intel, IBM open up switch specification for blades

Posted October 23, 2008 - 10:06 am

Intel and IBM have agreed to open up IBM's BladeCenter switch technology for more server makers to use, part of an initiative to spur adoption of a specification for low-cost blade servers.
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HP takes Google model to heart in new storage system

Posted September 17, 2008 - 11:54 am

HP is getting ready to launch the ExDS storage system, which will use up to 820 1T-byte drives for file-based storage, packaged in two 42U cabinets. Both the number of blade servers and the number of drives can be scaled independently to accommodate fast data growth.
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Dell unwraps products designed for virtualization

Posted September 12, 2008 - 4:11 pm

Dell is continuing to push its image as a provider of simple-to-use IT products, but it also may be trying to move upmarket, with a number of announcements designed around virtualization.
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