Blade servers are popular today, but they've changed considerably from the original concept.

Ultraslim servers topped the agenda of an IDC server conference, but the dour market is still hard to overlook.

Blade systems consist of a rack-mounted chassis with several identical slots and the blade servers themselves, which are computers on thin circuit boards that can be plugged into the slots.

As a newer technology, blade servers help meet the growing demand for more processing capability, memory and I/O in the same or a smaller footprint. Available in various sizes and configurations, ...

Cisco Systems is said to be building blade servers, which are expected to be released sometime next year.

The server maker says it will use the laptop version of Advanced Micro Devices' Athlon XP processor in its upcoming "blade" servers--but it's not leaving Intel out in the cold.

Penguin Computing released its first Linux blade server system recently. The Linux-focused server firm is taking aim at larger blade server giants with a system it says is more dense than ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced a series of compact blade servers today, taking an early lead in the technology among large hardware vendors.

Blade server sales to SMB accounts may have finally reached the tipping point led by an out-of-the-gate flurry over Hewlett-Packard's new BladeSystem c3000 blade chassis and a renewed push by IBM ...

While sales of blade servers have yet to take off in significant numbers, the technology clearly has captured a growing following and provides a new focus for innovation in the hardware industry.

IBM and Intel have inked an agreement that will open up IBM's BladeCenter blade server switch specifications for inclusion into Intel's Server Systems Infrastructure organization. The Intel SSI ...

IBM has announced a new blade server aimed at SMEs, but it will not be available until the last quarter of this year. The company will give no details on price until then. The BladeCenter S can ...