Cisco this week announced a switch module for HP’s BladeSystem chassis that can allow HP blade servers to connect and interoperate better with a Cisco-based data center network, the two vendors say.

Cisco is pulling out of its blade partnership plans with Dell, according to CRN UK. The product was expected to be launched next month as a version of the Cisco’s Nexus family of switches placed ...

Dell upped its ability to compete head-to-head against Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems in the data center with the unveiling Monday of its converged infrastructure offering, which combines Dell ...

After months of speculation, Cisco on Monday officially staked its claim to the blade server market, unveiling a server offering as part of its Unified Computing System, an architecture the San Jose, ...

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Cisco is better at providing docs and their firmware (for the UCS) is all accessible with a free account, from what I have seen. The main differences are that the UCS requires the purchase of a Fabric ...

Last week, IDC released the latest version of its Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. Above the fold, you’ll find news that the server market is continuing to heat up in a very big way. For the first ...

Cisco and VMware have announced a partnership designed to dominate data centres using VMware's virtualisation tools and a new Cisco platform that brings together computing, network and storage ...

The Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3030 for Dell's PowerEdge 1855 blade has an embedded device manager for easing configuration Dell said Thursday that it will allow its blade servers to connect to ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A senior engineer from Cisco Systems is rallying support for an expanded Advanced TCA design that would go head-to-head with the blade servers of top computer makers such as IBM ...

It's now a year or two since Dell made the move into blade servers, so has it succeeded – or at least started to succeed? And if so, does it matter to anyone apart from those at Dell? Take blade ...

I need to change out a blade in a 4510R soon. I'll be replacing a 48port 10/100 with a 48port 10/100/1000 blade.<BR><BR>The Cisco docs say the blades are hot swappable. The switch should acknowledge a ...