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What Cisco Has to Do to Win the Blade Server Market

Published on January 31, 2011 By Kevin Houston

Over the past several months, there has been a lot of discussions about how 2011 is the year Cisco will become a leader in the blade server space.  There’s no doubt that there are a lot of customers who have moved to UCS,  but in reality there are a few other things that Cisco will [...]

Gartner Releases Magic Quadrant for Blade Servers

Published on January 21, 2011 By Kevin Houston

Technology analyst, Gartner, released their Magic Quadrant focused specifically on blade servers this week and the results were not very surprising.

Speculating Q4 2010 Blade Server Market Share Results

Published on January 20, 2011 By Kevin Houston

As I’m anxiously awaiting the Q4 2010 IDC blade server market share results from IDC (due out around the week of Feb 28, 2011), I figured I’d take a risk and see if I can trend what the results may be.  Here’s what I found.

HP’s New 32GB DIMMs Too Expensive?

Published on January 13, 2011 By Kevin Houston

A reader recently commented on my article about HP’s new 32GB DIMM, “At $8039 per DIMM, HP can support 384GB in a BL460c at the cost of $96,000 per server just for the memory! If you filled just one rack with these servers, you would spend $6 million just for the memory. And the memory [...]

(UPDATED) HP Hosts the Super Bowl

Published on January 11, 2011 By Kevin Houston

It’s no surprise that the Dallas Cowboys stadium, host of Super Bowl XLV, is the most technologically advanced stadiums on the planet – but did you know it ran on HP’s technology?  

Yet Another Movie Chooses HP

Published on December 17, 2010 By Kevin Houston

I have a scoop that another movie recently chose to use HP blade servers to finalize production. While I can not disclose the studio, I can say that it is not their first venture with HP blade servers.

IBM Gains Blade Server Market Share in Q3 2010

Published on December 1, 2010 By Kevin Houston

IDC came out with their 3Q 2010 worldwide server market revenue report last month which shows that IBM grew from Q2 2010 in their blade market share.

Another Hidden HP Secret: P4000sb Storage Blades

Published on November 29, 2010 By Kevin Houston

I recently found another hidden gem within HP’s arsonel of offerings that combines the HP StorageWorks line with the HP Proliant BladeSystem line.  The solution is found within an HP bundle titled, “HP StorageWorks P4800 G2 63TB SAS BladeSystem SAN Solution” and is quite an offering.

Still Confused About Cisco’s Blade Market Share

Published on November 22, 2010 By Kevin Houston

I recently received a comment  on my previous post concerning Cisco’s market share (“What’s the Truth About Cisco’s Market Share“) which has me more confused.  The comment admits that Cisco has not released any market share data to IDC, but that when you look at the Cisco Q1 2010 Earnings Call and compare it to [...]

HP Earns Market Leader Award for Blade Servers

Published on November 16, 2010 By Kevin Houston

HP was recently awarded the title of Market Leader for Blade Servers in November 2010 by IT Brand Pulse Labs which specializes in providing independent, third party testing and lab reports.