A recent survey by industry analyst IDC found that the majority of IT firms are now making use of blade servers, with over two-thirds deploying the technology in their data centre operations.
However, the servers are being implemented in other areas of infrastructure, such as consolidation initiatives, utility/dynamic computing and storage virtualisation, to improve the speed and flexibility of IT.
Jed Scaramella, senior research analyst of enterprise platforms and data centre trends and strategies at IDC, commented: 'IT organisations are realising that blade technologies can help optimise their IT environments to keep pace with ever-changing business demands while simultaneously simplifying their IT infrastructure and improving asset utilisation.'
Last month, research from industry analyst Gartner claimed that up to 60 per cent of virtualised servers may not yet offer the security which is found on physical alternatives.
However, the servers are being implemented in other areas of infrastructure, such as consolidation initiatives, utility/dynamic computing and storage virtualisation, to improve the speed and flexibility of IT.
Jed Scaramella, senior research analyst of enterprise platforms and data centre trends and strategies at IDC, commented: 'IT organisations are realising that blade technologies can help optimise their IT environments to keep pace with ever-changing business demands while simultaneously simplifying their IT infrastructure and improving asset utilisation.'
Last month, research from industry analyst Gartner claimed that up to 60 per cent of virtualised servers may not yet offer the security which is found on physical alternatives.
