A server architecture that houses multiple server modules ("blades") in a single chassis. It is widely used in datacenters to save space and improve system management. Either self-standing or rack ...

Distributors also see the new blade technology as opening the door to ... solution providers said end users had to have 50-plus server environments to make the solution cost effective for them.

A blade server offering would pit Cisco in direct ... relative to the data center," said Jim Kavanaugh, CEO of World Wide Technology, a St. Louis-based solution provider and Cisco partner.

It takes the machines off the users' desks and houses them in rack mounted cabinets in the datacenter similar to blade servers (see blade server). The user's keyboard, monitor and mouse plug into ...