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Just announced: the first Blade Server Magic Quadrant report from Gartner, released October 6, 2009, places HP in the Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Blade Servers. Gartner is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. HP believes that with this report, Gartner has reinforced the pivotal market role of blade servers and their significant growth expectations in the coming years. HP's placement in the report represents our “ability to execute” combined with our “completeness of vision.” To learn more, view the Magic Quadrant report.
Check out HP BladeSystem Matrix, a cloud infrastructure in a box that brings the economics, scalability and response times of the cloud to applications across the data center. Learn how Matrix can help you accelerate complex IT projects, simplify daily tasks and the continuously lower costs across the data center.
Earlier this year, Forrester released their first ever The Forrester Wave ™ for Blade Server Systems. Based on an extensive evaluation of several vendors, HP is in a leadership position, due in part to innovative Virtual Connect solutions. Click here to read the entire Wave ™.
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What is a BladeSystem?
BladeSystem is an infrastructure in a box proven to save time, power and money in data centers large and small.
Download this IDC whitepaper to learn how blade servers save you more. ›
New IDC Whitepaper on TCO of HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Realizing TCO Savings with HP BladeSystem Virtual Connect Flex-10 Technology - IDC This IDC Report discusses how HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology can reduce management complexity, increase IT utilization, and improve the total cost of ownership (TCO). Server systems and data transfer volumes are increasing exponentially, presenting challenges to IT managers in terms of bandwidth bottlenecks and connectivity costs. IT managers face significant obstacles in their attempt to discover more cost-effective, scalable ways to deal with the increasing complexity of servers and their associated LAN and SAN environments. HP Virtual Connect technology is an interconnect option for HP BladeSystem designed to simplify the connection of blade servers to datacenter networks.
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If virtual servers play a big part in your IT strategy, learn how Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology can cut your network costs up to 66 percent. If with it, you can consolidate your switches 4-to-1, fine-tune bandwidth to your virtual servers and get blazing 10Gb speed at a price less than most 1Gb solutions today.
Want to build a virtual infrastructure for your small business or remote site? Meet Shorty, the BladeSystem c3000!
What are blades and are they right for you? ›
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If you’re new to blades or providing information to someone unfamiliar with them
Begin with learning what a blade/BladeSystem is for a quick overview that includes the benefits of blades.
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Just so you know, HP continuously is evolving its blade product line. Read about what’s new and upcoming in blades.
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Find out how blade servers and storage can save you more time and money on your next project.
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BladeSystem: one million and counting ›
What the industry is saying about HP BladeSystem ›
Rumors vs. Real Stories
Integrity blades 54% faster than IBM POWER6 - Get the Real Story ›
January 2008: There they go again, the Real Story about Dell and blades ›
The Real Story about cardboard boxes, blade innovation and Dell ›
HP Blade innovations
Server blade innovations to tackle your biggest infrastructure challenges
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BladeSystem and the environment
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