Blades Burst Onto Data Center Scene

Blade servers have come to both large data centers and smaller organizations through a long and fitful process. But it's hard to argue that they've now arrived. There are many reasons that blades are an increasingly important component of mainstream IT infrastructures. Taken by themselves, blades offer significant density and physical simplification advantages relative to traditional rackmount servers. However, when it comes to combating data center sprawl and simplifying new application rollouts, it's the combination of blades with virtualization that stands out. In this Webcast, Gordon Haff, principal IT advisor at Illuminata, looks at how blades have evolved and how they're delivering on promises of manageability, availability and flexibility.

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