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A selection of all BladeSystem information – from podcasts and webcasts to editorials and whitepapers. Find it all arranged under the various BladeSystem areas.

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Virtual Connect


Find out how Virtual Connect saves time, increases flexibility and simplifies cabling.

» Virtual Connect Ethernet Module (Demo)
Demonstration showing how much quicker you can modify the switch configuration with Virtual Connect.

» HP Innovation primer: Virtual Connect (White paper, 819KB, PDF)
Essential background reading on why Virtual Connect is much more than a new technology, but a new way to build datacentres.

» Enabling Technology for Blade I/O Virtualization (Analyst view, 269KB, PDF)
IDC technical brief focusing on the operational and cost advantages of HP Virtual Connect architecture.

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Power and cooling


Learn how power and cooling can increase efficiency, control and significantly cut costs.

» Energy efficiency for the enterprise : Reducing energy costs and environmental impact (White paper, 511KB, PDF)
HP best practices to help you execute a comprehensive energy-efficient strategy.

» HP Products Built to Protect the Environment (Analyst view, 266KB, PDF)
An IDC Whitepaper looking at what HP is doing to increase customers' ability to support eco-friendly initiatives.

» Powering the data center efficiently (White paper, 894KB, PDF)
A look at recent trends in datacentre power requirements and hp best practices for calculating power requirements and defining an appropriate power distribution configuration

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Management


Find out more about the brains behind the HP BladeSystem and control it gives you over your infrastructure.

» Insight Control: The basics (Brochure, 85KB, PDF)
A quick, yet comprehensive look at the benefits of Insight Control.

» Why Blades? More time to do what really counts (Webcast, 16 mins)
ultimate availability and scalability.

» Enabling Technologies for Blade Management (Analyst view, 206KB, PDF)
IDC technical brief focusing on the operational and cost advantages of HP Insight Control Management.

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Total Cost of Ownership


Find out more about the time and cost savings that come with HP BladeSystem.

» HP BladeSystem TCO Calculator (Tool)
Compare the acquisition and operational costs of an
HP BladeSystem versus an equivalent rack-mount solution

» Forecasting TCO for Initial Deployments of Server Blades (Analyst view, 164KB, PDF)
IDC report on why TCO analyses favours blade servers over rack-optimised systems for both capital and operating expenses.

» Replacing 'racked, stacked and wired' (Article, 783KB, PDF)
Learn how HP BladeSystem allows administrators to spend less time managing the environment and more time improving it.

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All other areas


Read up on all other aspects of this breakthrough adaptive infrastructure.

» The value of Integrity servers and the economics of the HP BladeSystem (White paper, 1.5MB, PDF)
Discusses why HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade is valuable to those deploying enterprise-class UNIX in a blade environment.

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