It’s hard to believe this site has turned 4 years old already. It seems like just yesterday I was putting this site together with the intent to keep a log of blade server related information that I could easily reference when talking with customers.

If you are new to this site, my continued mission is to provide unbiased content that is blade server focused with a simple focus. From time to time, I dig a little into the weeds, but overall, I like to keep things simple (hence the name). In case you are wondering, this site has always been self-funded; I’ve never received a single dime from an outside source. I write because I love to talk blade servers, and because there never was a good source to learn about blade servers. Since the creation of this site 4 years ago, we’ve seen a lot of changes in blade servers including new CPU architectures, more robust networking and even some new blade server designs, so I thought it would be fun to look back at my original posting, as well as some of the most popular links. I hope you enjoy taking a few minutes to look back in time. I appreciate your support over the past 4 years and look forward to continuing with this for many more. ~Kevin Houston

First blog post on BladesMadeSimple (August 23, 2009)
https://bladesmadesimple.com/2009/09/cisco-ucs-vs-ibm-bladecenter-h/

Top 3 All Time Blog Posts

1. 4 Socket Blade Servers Density: Vendor Comparison (24,000 hits)
2. A Detailed Look at Dell PowerEdge VRTX ( 14,832 hits)
3. Cisco Finally Releases UCS Market Share Numbers (14,770 hits)

All Time Stats

Nov / Dec 2009 – 2,049 hits

2010 – 153,478 hits

2011 – 227,188 hits

2012 – 247,332 hits

Kevin Houston is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of BladesMadeSimple.com.  He has over 15 years of experience in the x86 server marketplace.  Since 1997 Kevin has worked at several resellers in the Atlanta area, and has a vast array of competitive x86 server knowledge and certifications as well as an in-depth understanding of VMware and Citrix virtualization.  Kevin works for Dell as a Server Sales Engineer covering the Global Enterprise market.

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