Why Blades make sense

Growing companies are adopting HP BladeSystem as the IT foundation for their business faster than any other Blade architecture.

HP BladeSystem is simply a smarter way to build an infrastructure tha supports vital applications your business requires - with fewer wires, lower electric bills and none of the headaches from the choices you have today.

HP BladeSystem, powered by the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor, helps you to save money, grow flexibility and use less power within a unique combination of benefits that traditional rack-based server and storage systems simply cannot match.

• Cost-savvy: The consolidated design is more affordable to buy and efficient to own than conventional IT - you can reinvest your savings back into the business.
• Change-ready: HP Virtual Connect and a modular system approach eliminates barriers to change - you can add, upgrade and customize a solution faster to fit your business.
• Energy-thrifty: HP Thermal Logic technology optimizes efficiency by managing power and cooling as a resource - save 47% on power which means cost savings from lower electricity cost.
• Time-smart: Trouble-free - HP BladeSystem c3000 service options to help improve reliability, performance & scalability. HP Insight Control to manage a reintegrated, automated infrastructure to save valuable time - so you don't need a squadron of administrators to run your infrastructure.
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When blades make sense

When do blades make sense? Here are some of the most common reasons businesses make the move to blades:

• Current systems can't keep the pace: Business demands grow and system can't keep up. The most common signs are rising support costs, lower performance and compromised security.
• Expansion: Natural business growth requires more computing, network and storage to meet new demands. - Upgrade: As part of a common three-to-five-year technology refresh cycle, or at the end of a lease agreement.
• Strategic initiative: Such as adding new applications or IT services designed to improve the business or employees' productivity.
• Consolidation: The most common strategic initiative today. Usually paired with virtualisation and quickly followed with projects to increase utilization and decrease operational costs.

There is no need to rip out and replace what you have today just to move to blades. HP BladeSystem can live side-by-side and work together with your current system. When you are ready, HP has the broadest blade offering from desktop to data center.

Learn more: HP BladeSystem Portfolio Brochure, HP BladeSystem c-Class Architecture Technical Brief, Server Buying Guide, HP Proactive BladeSystem Service

Think BladeSystem is too big for your needs?

Think again. HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure is built specifically for smaller sites with big computing and server needs. The HP BladeSystem c3000 is a compact enclosure with all the features of our larger BladeSystem — but designed to fit the needs of your company.

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