NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENI CONNOR ON SERVERS 11/04/04 Today's focus: IBM cuts down blades
Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED], In this issue: * IBM aims at small businesses with slimmed-down BladeCenter * Links related to Servers * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by SBC Gimme Shelter! Converged Services Spell Relief For Beleaguered Network Managers Switched IP networks are rapidly becoming the corporate communications architecture of choice. By converging voice, data and video onto IP telephony platforms and Virtual Private Networks, enterprises can supply bandwidth when and where end users need it, while significantly lowering administrative and equipment costs. Click here to download this Whitepaper now http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=85987 _______________________________________________________________ WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO GET AHEAD? An IT recruiter outlines the actions you should take to advance your career. Learn how you can gather the enduring respect of colleagues, clients and business associates without coming off as pompous or self-serving. Click here to find out what you need to do to get ahead: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=86112 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: IBM cuts down blades By Deni Connor IBM this month will ship a pared-down BladeCenter server chassis that it claims will entice small and midsize businesses to adopt blade servers. IBM will offer a series of five packages to go with the $1,000 BladeCenter chassis. The stripped-down chassis will not include a floppy drive, redundant management modules, or attachments to a storage-area network. As many as 14 blades can fit in the 7U high chassis. The offerings around BladeCenter Express, as it is called, include Business in a Box with Linux Solutions, Business in a Box with Microsoft Solutions, a Citrix MetaFrame package, a package for bioinformatics and IBM DB2. Business in a Box with Linux Solutions is designed for customers that do not want to spend a lot. It uses Linux and open source applications for file and print, e-mail and Web applications. Business in a Box with Microsoft Solutions includes IBM Director, which lets small businesses manage their infrastructure and use the bundle for e-mail and file and print sharing. The IBM eServer BladeCenter for BioInfomatics includes eServer BladeCenter JS20 servers with Power processors, running Linux and open source software. Researchers can run high-performance applications with the blades. IBM also announced two other BladeCenter initiatives. One is with SteelEye Technology, which creates application availability and replication software called LifeKeeper. The other is with Citrix, whose MetaFrame technology consists of a hosted-client setup where users can be managed from a single location. According to IDC, blade servers are the fastest growing server segment, growing 60% compounded annually from 2003 to 2007. They will represent one in every four servers by 2007. IDC estimates that IBM owned 43.8% of the market in the second quarter of 2004. The new BladeCenter chassis is expected to be available Nov. 24. RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS IBM adds Brocade switches to BladeCenter IDG News Service, 05/11/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0511ibmadds.html IBM to add slimmed-down blade chassis for SMBs IDG News Service, 10/22/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1022ibmtoof.html _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Deni Connor Deni Connor is a Senior Editor at Network World covering storage, Unix, Novell, Macintosh and IT in Healthcare. You can reach her at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by SBC Gimme Shelter! 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