May 1

Written by: Brad Holtz
5/1/2008 

I was at COE earlier this week when HP announced their new blade workstations. As a courtesy, I attended HP's product release reception, where I had the "opportunity" to learn about the announcement.  I was expecting to be politely bored.   HP is not the only company out there with a solution (IBM was showing its own workstation blade server at COE too.) But who cares about a workstation blade?

Well, now I do. This technology is a game changer. It addresses very real issues of security, intellectual property, centralized maintenance, access to power on demand, and can remove heat and noise generation to remote areas where they are not problematic and perhaps even beneficial. 

Resist the urge to ignore. Take a deep look at workstation blades -- I expect you'll be surprised too.