Barb Goldworm is the founder and president of Focus Consulting, a research and consulting firm in Boulder, Colo., that concentrates on systems and storage. She also is the conference chair of the ...

After months of speculation, Cisco on Monday officially staked its claim to the blade server market, unveiling a server offering as part of its Unified Computing System, an architecture the San Jose, ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Opportunities for server blades are coming on strong, but so are the difficulties of managing, cooling and picking the right interconnects for this emerging category of densely ...

The trend of virtualization is one of the most powerful forces in technology. Using data abstraction and control, the functions of compute, networking, and storage are being virtualized to create a ...

In Part 1 of this five-part series, we define virtualization; in Part 2, we look at the business drivers for virtualization. Now we will look at the challenges enterprises face when they virtualize ...

In 1986, Attorney Nicholas Barrett founded Nicholas Barrett & Associates with just himself and an assistant running the business. But over the last 24 years, that small two-person office has grown ...

All eyes are on Cisco Systems as the networking behemoth is rumored to have plans to plant its flag in the blade server market on March 16 as part of its overall "unified computing" strategy. Cisco is ...

As the mainstream continues to adopt virtualization into their IT environments, the question of IT security still comes up. In fact, some worry that security might even pose a bigger problem within a ...

Cisco CEO John Chambers will unveil on Monday a new “unified computing” initiative which analysts said includes a blade server codenamed California. The purpose of the product is to manage and ...

Everyone in IT circles understands the appeal of virtualized servers. Having a virtualized data center transforms IT assets into more agile, efficient and scalable solutions. A single physical server ...

HP's c7000 blade system is rich in features, options, and performance, but some of the management tools need attention One look at the HP BladeSystem c7000 blade chassis and you understand why HP ...