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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  : dell, IBM</title><link>http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/dell/IBM/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: dell, IBM</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>Server Product of the Year!</title><link>http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/2009/01/25/server-product-of-the-year.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">964d1d0f-bea0-4201-a2aa-8aa369a35a46:87571</guid><dc:creator>newtonja</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=87571</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/2009/01/25/server-product-of-the-year.aspx#comments</comments><description>We have to pause and bow to our NonStop brethren who took home the GOLD in SearchDataCenter.com&amp;#39;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 &amp;quot;Blade Everything&amp;quot;....(&lt;a href="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/2009/01/25/server-product-of-the-year.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/aggbug.aspx?PostID=87571" 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/IBM/default.aspx">IBM</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/blade+everything/default.aspx">blade everything</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/awards/default.aspx">awards</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/why+blades/default.aspx">why blades</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/eyeonblades/archive/tags/NonStop/default.aspx">NonStop</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>