Dellâs new blade â home grown or not?
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Competitors criticise Dell for a lack of engineering expertise, but the company says one significant computer due to launch in November is its own design: its second-generation blade server, the PowerEdge 1855.
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Jewish support for Congress to call an Armenian massacre 'genocide' has strained relations between the longtime allies.            Presented By     From Dell? Home!      &nbsp;&nbsp;The new Dell? Inspiron? 1520 notebook with hi-def widescreen and long-range wireless for only $799. Add mobile broadband for $150. Limited time offer. Click here. www.dell.com    Ads by Pheedo
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Damascus swords hold their famed edge because of nanowires and nanotubes, new research suggests&#8212;but many experts say that doesn't solve the mystery of how the blades were made.
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By Mary-Beth Mclaughlin, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Sep. 8--A Ravenna, Ohio, man has regained the top spot in The Blade's year-long Stock Market Game, thanks to a strong showing by companies in the information technology sector.
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By The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Sep. 17--The
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By Richard Mize, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 17--So, it's still the dead of winter, but what have you got planned for your managed habitat patch this year?   My Bermuda grass is in pitiful shape where shadows fall. It needs help. The side yards are like wilderness areas.
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The Story: Call it a trend within a trend. Blade servers have become the fastest growing segment of the server market, and for the first time accounted for more than $1 billion in sales during the third quarter of 2007. Although the vast majority of those sales were to enterprise customers, IBM and Hewlett-Packard have redoubled their efforts to push blades downmarket to small and medium businesses.[ Slideshow: 2007's top underreported tech stories ]                                                    And why not? There are tens of thousands of relatively small businesses, not to mention remote offices, that already run three or more servers ? in many cases with only minimal IT resources.Both HP and IBM launched blade products aimed at the small-to-medium business market late this year. HP has the BladeSystem c3000, which can hold as many as eight blades in a single chassis, and IBM has the BladeCenter S, a six-blade chassis system with on-board storage and switch options. These may sound familiar; both companies have touted blades as a solution for the small-to-medium business market for a few years. But their newest blade servers have actually been redesigned with the needs of smaller companies in mind.A good way to understand blades? appeal to smaller businesses is to think about what an enterprise datacenter has that a small shop doesn?t ? and how the new generation of blade servers can help fill those gaps.First, datacenters offer a controlled environment. Heat and dirt are server killers, but a small business may well stick a server under a desk or in a closet. So the new breed of blades comes with a chassis that filters and cools the air, and reduces noise.Second, datacenters rely on dedicated power systems, which smaller businesses just can?t afford. The ?downmarket? blades from HP and IBM, however, run on standard 110-volt lines and have the same three-pronged plugs you?ll find on a kitchen appliance.Third, datacenters have lots of room. A small business has no space for racks, but a chassis filled with six or eight blades takes up no more space than a desktop PC.Fourth, datacenters have dedicated IT support. Small businesses can?t afford that, either. Configuring small-business blades is relatively simple, though, and most customers get them preconfigured from a reseller that specializes in their industry. Either way, the blades should be up and running fairly quickly.For now, HP and IBM are the only major vendors offering blades tailored for smaller customers. Between them, however, they account for about 75 percent of the blade market, so that may not matter. And Dell is rumored to be contemplating a move to this market, and other vendors could follow.The Bottom Line: Why should the big boys have all the fun? Blades designed for smaller businesses let you get some of the datacenter capabilities that just weren?t possible before, without the headaches and costs of a traditional datacenter. Why not check them out?Complete list of 2007 underreported stories: 1.? Java is becoming the new Cobol 2.? Sun Microsystems is back in the game 3.? Hackers take aim at Mac OS X 4.? There are some threats you can worry less about 5.? Companies may have found a way around H-1B visa limits 6.? Open source?s new commercial strategy 7.? End-to-end Ethernet finally arrives 8.? Blade servers arrive for the masses 9.? BI is dead; long live BI 10. Balance of power shifts to software buyers
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By Allen Pierleoni, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--Two more products arrived in the marketplace recently, more of the gear that attends outdoor recreation to the point that the gear becomes an industry in itself.
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Rising construction costs and potential climate legislation in Congress halt at least 18 proposed power plants in the past nine months.            Presented By     From Dellâ¢ Home!      &nbsp;&nbsp;The new Dellâ¢ Inspironâ¢ 1520 notebook with hi-def widescreen and long-range wireless for only $799. Add mobile broadband for $150. Limited time offer. Click here. www.dell.com    Ads by Pheedo
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Sharp unveils a new fat-busting microwave. Also: ARM Holdings zeroes in on Artisan Components & hellip;. Gateway will sell PCs at Micro Center stores in its latest push to return to profitability & hellip;. and more.
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By Shelli Derobertis, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif.  Dec.
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Sometimes it's about both the steak and the sizzle: Dell on Monday unveiled its new line of blade servers, and included a hearty helping of rhetoric to go with it. Vendor bombast is becoming more common as the blade-server market heats up.
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Plus: HP profit gains on cost cuts, cheaper components...Dell execs skewed numbers to meet earnings targets...Applied Materials posts lower quarterly profit.
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Ziff Davis - In an effort to seed the market for future designs, the companies plan to provide the specifications for the BladeCenter switching framework, the blade adapter framework and the design of the blade itself.
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The United States claims EFPs are coming from Iran, but it looks like they could be homemade in Iraq. Plus: The U.S. military turns out discs that allow soldiers to make their own EFPs. In Danger Room.
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By Andre Briscoe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 24--Gardening may soon be on the rise in Pacific Grove, if a new environmental group has its way.
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How do you revive flagging growth and thinning margins? Sell more razor blades!