The blade server component is expected to be built on Intel's Nehalem processor. Doug Gourlay, Cisco's director of product management for data center solutions, said Cisco is working toward a ...

Blades increase the capacity of industry-standard data center racks because they require less room than other PCBs. Blade servers reduce computing costs by sharing important components such as power ...

based networking giant said will increase the use of virtualization in data centers. But Cisco was quick to note that the Unified Computing System goes well beyond a typical blade server play.

It takes the machines off the users' desks and houses them in rack mounted cabinets in the datacenter similar to blade servers (see blade ... from cubicles, and data cannot be uploaded or ...