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Title	Battle of the blades
Type	Feature
Source	Byte and Switch 9/15/05
Summary	The long-predicted blade server boom has failed to materialize because of the lack of standardization -- specifically, standardized APIs for virtualization and standards for putting storage switches into blades. Why the slow progress? Blame it on the blade vendors. continue

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