Eye on Blades Blog: Trends in Infrastructure : IBM

DCE = Deprecated

Daniel Bowers — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:15:00 GMT

If I'm interpreting the comments from Bob Nusbaum correctly, then Cisco has decided to stop using the term "DCE" (Data Center Ethernet), and will use the terms "CEE" or "DCB" going forward. That's a good move. As...(read more)

New review of HP blades for small sites

newtonja — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:52:00 GMT

Recently, we shipped a BladeSystem c3000 (or 'Shorty' to those in the know), to Dave Mitchell at the IT Pro for a hands-on review. Inside we added the latest virtualization blades, virtual storage with HP LeftHand and some other new gadgets to...(read more)

Has anyone seen a Mainframe?

robert.cashman@hp.com — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:11:00 GMT

There is a phrase I learned while in Texas called “lipsticking a pig." It's the art of making something out to be a lot better than it really is. With this in mind, I was to read the prepared remarks from IBM’s latest earnings release . IBM’s...(read more)

Server Product of the Year!

newtonja — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:00:00 GMT

We have to pause and bow to our NonStop brethren who took home the GOLD in SearchDataCenter.com's products of the year. Especially sweet is they knocked off the IBM z10 mainframe. Read more about it and see what we mean by "Blade Everything"....(read more)

The numbers don’t lie. Customers aren’t stupid

robert.cashman@hp.com — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:00:00 GMT

There are a lot of materials available to customers and partners around the competitive strengths and weaknesses of the major players in the blade market. Lots of claims, lots of counter-claims, YouTube videos, podcasts, press releases, full-page ads, web banners, reports and the list goes on and on and on. Taking a step back, do customers make their decision based on this kind of marketing? ...(read more)

How many billions does IBM need to screw in a light bulb?

newtonja — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:20:00 GMT

If I see one more press release from IBM announcing another one billion dollar investment, I'm going to have to start a new line of jokes. Seriously, have you ever noticed that every time IBM wants to get in the news with something that's just barely news worthy, they add "$1 Billion" to the subhead? ...(read more)