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IBM, Intel open blade switch specs
The Register - October 23, 2008 04:02 AM
Standards? Don’t hold your breath
Server maker IBM and sometime-server maker Intel partnered in 2002 to jointly create and endorse blade servers based on Big Blue’s chassis: the BladeCenter. In 2004, the companies opened up the specifications to the chassis so they could help foster a community of blade, switch, and peripheral manufacturers. And today, they’re opening up the specs for the switches that go into the BladeCenter designs.?
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