SAN MATEO, Calif. — As the first generation of a new class of Web servers rolls, a standards debate is brewing over its key interconnect technology. At issue is what will become the backplane for ...

Hewlett-Packard has been snubbed by other server manufacturers in its call for a standard for blade servers that would let buyers mix and match blades--the cards that hold the processors. HP's call ...

Big Blue is expected to announce next week that it has adapted its blade server for telecommunications customers, one step in an ambitious program that will carry blades into most of IBM's server line ...

Essentially a server built onto a card that plugs into a backplane, this new product allows for greater server density than a traditional rack-mount server. Blade servers enable companies to get more ...

Last time, we mentioned some of the values blade servers deliver – limited impact on floor space, device consolidation and centralized management. But the overwhelming majority of server blades are ...