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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Eye on Blades Blog: Trends in Infrastructure  : blade servers, IBM</title><link>http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/blade+servers/IBM/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: blade servers, IBM</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>New review of HP blades for small sites</title><link>http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/2009/06/26/new-review-of-bladesystem-for-small-sites.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">964d1d0f-bea0-4201-a2aa-8aa369a35a46:92598</guid><dc:creator>newtonja</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=92598</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/2009/06/26/new-review-of-bladesystem-for-small-sites.aspx#comments</comments><description>Recently, we shipped a BladeSystem c3000 (or &amp;#39;Shorty&amp;#39; 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...(&lt;a href="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/2009/06/26/new-review-of-bladesystem-for-small-sites.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/aggbug.aspx?PostID=92598" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/Shorty/default.aspx">Shorty</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/c3000/default.aspx">c3000</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/blade+servers/default.aspx">blade servers</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/SMB/default.aspx">SMB</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/IBM/default.aspx">IBM</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/review/default.aspx">review</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/lefthand/default.aspx">lefthand</category></item><item><title>The numbers don’t lie. Customers aren’t stupid</title><link>http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/2008/08/08/the-numbers-don-t-lie-customers-aren-t-stupid.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">964d1d0f-bea0-4201-a2aa-8aa369a35a46:84194</guid><dc:creator>robert.cashman@hp.com</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=84194</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/2008/08/08/the-numbers-don-t-lie-customers-aren-t-stupid.aspx#comments</comments><description>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? ...(&lt;a href="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/2008/08/08/the-numbers-don-t-lie-customers-aren-t-stupid.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/aggbug.aspx?PostID=84194" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/dell/default.aspx">dell</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/blade+servers/default.aspx">blade servers</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/marketing/default.aspx">marketing</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/IBM/default.aspx">IBM</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/market+share/default.aspx">market share</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/competitive/default.aspx">competitive</category></item></channel></rss>