blade servers

Does IBM’s Blade Network acquisition go far enough?

IBM is acquiring Blade Network Technologies, an Ethernet switch vendor that specializes in blade-server switching for the data center and supports both IBM’s and HP’s blade centers. The move seems...

HP’s 3Com acquisition: Vendor market activity spurred the move

HP has made a somewhat-surprise move and acquired 3Com, a venerable but now fallen giant in the networking field, and the move is very...

VMware virtual infrastructure sparks vendor positioning flurry

The next version of VMware’s Virtual Infrastructure, named vSphere 4.0, was announced with a flurry of high-level endorsements from Cisco, Dell, Intel and EMC.

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IBM to acquire Sun? Benefits for the cloud

IBM is said to be in talks with Sun on acquiring the company, which has been troubled since the NASDAQ bubble burst. The move would give IBM a commanding position in the server/hosting space for the Internet and a strong position in telecom. A move would very likely create considerable angst...

Cisco’s generalized data center solution — risky business

Cisco made its long-awaited “California” announcement, but the event didn’t fully address the critical questions of just how the new products will be positioned. At one level, Cisco announced itself as a general-purpose...

Cisco’s blade aspirations short on software?

Cisco’s new blade offering, Project California, is likely to be strong on blade and short on software other than