Alan Zeichick

Dual-core technology is here. It

Blade servers are evolving at a feverish pace, and Dell Inc.

Look at the three server blade systems in this blade server roundup: three different enclosure designs, three different physical shapes and connector sets for the server blade, three different arrangements for power supplies, expansion modules, and daughter cards, and three different management interfaces. What the world cries out for is a server-blade standard: one slot design and one electrical backplane and power-connection specification.