I read with great interest the J.D. Morris blog on the death of independent enterprise hardware and software companies. It’s an interesting and thought provoking read. However, it’s also one that I’ve read many times in my career. Every time we hit a snag, someone predicts the death of innovative new companies and it usually [...]
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Posted in Blade Servers on Jun 26th, 2007
The Sun Blade 6000 Modular System has been out for a couple weeks and what little dust there was has settled. Actually, I haven’t seen too much out there in the form of analysis beyond the usual news pieces (have you?). Perhaps that’s a signal that - again - the industry is taking a “wait [...]
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Posted in Blade Servers, Virtualization on May 3rd, 2007
I was sitting in a hotel ballroom – outside, the warm California sun was luring me away from the cold air conditioning breeze I felt before the breakout panel began at the Server Blade Summit. The panel session was called “Blades and Virtualization,” which alone is a very broad topic – but this panel focused [...]
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Posted in Blade Servers on Feb 8th, 2007
Industry analyst and frequent writer Barb Goldworm wrote an excellent two-part article this week on the myths surrounding blade servers. In the article, Barb deconstructs myths on power & cooling, pricing, virtualization and performance. It’s an excellent read.
I’d like to add one more myth to the mix: Blades aren’t appropriate for the enterprise…
Because of some [...]
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