Episode 1: Blade Servers
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The old days of proprietary, incompatible hardware are giving way to a new, much more efficient model based on Blade servers: inexpensive, standards-based and highly scalable. In this first installment, guest experts Peter Burris of Simpler IT and Dave Vellante of Barometrix quantify in specific terms the value Blades bring to organizations both large and small. Their discussion focuses on specific cost of ownership examples, illustrating how different IT groups are changing the discussion from one of cost, to one of business value.
 
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    Other Programs in the Series
   
Episode 2: Business Continuity 
Episode 3: Blade Computing 
Episode 4: Blade Server Virtualization