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? Continue reading
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2010 Stats for BladesMadeSimple.com
As we wrap up 2010, I wanted to say thanks to the people who continue to support this blog. I’ve had the opportunity to attend several trips and meet dozens of people in the technology blogger world, and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. I have several blog stories in the works for the first part of January 2011, starting with a complete write up of HP and IBM blade offerings after which I will finish up with a summary giving my opinion on who has the best blade server, so stay tuned. As part of my final blog posting for 2010, I thought it would be fun to give you some details about BladesMadeSimple.com and what was hot, and what was not, so here we go.
Yet Another Movie Chooses HP
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. Continue reading
IBM Gains Blade Server Market Share in Q3 2010
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. Continue reading
Another Hidden HP Secret: P4000sb Storage Blades
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. Continue reading
Still Confused About Cisco’s Blade Market Share
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 IDC’s findings of the overall industry you should be able to derive conclusions from there. That’s where it gets confusing. Continue reading
HP Earns Market Leader Award for Blade Servers
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. Continue reading
Cisco UCS vs HP Virtual Connect
My friend, M. Sean McGee, wrote up a great blog post in April that deserves revisiting titled, “The State of Statelessness: Cisco UCS vs. HP Virtual Connect“. In the write-up, he discusses Cisco how Unified Computing System (UCS) blade servers are “stateless” and use “UCS Service Profiles”. He identifies 96 server settings that can be handled via the UCS Service Profile vs 12 server settings with HP’s Virtual Connect Server Profile. It is a great read, so I encourage you to take a few minutes and see if you agree with what he writes.
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Blade Server Q&A
I’ve been getting some questions via email and I’ve seen some questions being asked in my LinkedIn group, “Blade Server Technologies” so I thought I’d take a few minutes in today’s post to answer these questions, as well as get your feedback. Feel free to post your thoughts on these questions in the comments below. Continue reading
VMworld 2010: Up Close and Personal with HP and Dell Blades
Last week at VMworld 2010 I had the opportunity to get some great pictures of HP and Dell’s newest blade servers. The HP Proliant BL620 G7, the HP Proliant BL680 G7 and the Dell PowerEdge M610X and M710HD. These newest blade servers are exciting offerings from HP and Dell so I encourage you to take a few minutes to look. Continue reading