Cisco reveals aggressive pricing for blade server system

Cisco divulges more details on its Unified Computing System for data centers Cisco Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Dell Reduce IT Deployment Time, Labor & Costs In this white paper, learn how Dell provides a fully engineered, end-to-end, holistic virtualization solution that includes hardware, services, and support for Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V. The Dell virtualization solution is both cost-effective and easy to manage, and it ensures high availability with enterprise performance and stability. Spotlight Story Cisco reveals aggressive pricing for blade server system By Jim Duffy As promised, Cisco this week divulged more details on its Unified Computing System for data centers, including pricing and performance benchmarks. Read full story Related News: Editor's note: We will be changing how we send out Network World newsletters over the next few weeks. 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