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Cisco, IBM Announce New Partnership, Network Device

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the eggs-meet-basket dept.

karthik_r085 writes "According to Washington Technology, Integrators considering server blade technology to simplify data center architectures stand to benefit from today's partnering announcement by Cisco Systems Inc. and IBM Corp. The companies introduced a combined solution that integrates Cisco switches and IBM blade servers into one unit to help speed deployment and manage data center costs."

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  1. Actually a 3-company partnership by product+byproduct · · Score: 4, Funny

    The companies introduced a combined solution that integrates Cisco switches and IBM blade servers into one unit.

    Cisco, IBM... and Crazy Glue to make the two parts hold together.

    1. Re:Actually a 3-company partnership by irokitt · · Score: 3, Funny

      I hold so much of my stuff together with duct tape that your post doesn't scare me.

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  2. OH YEAH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hell yeah, all my network administrator homeys be down with this, i just dropped this on the IT crew like "hey YO, get this, ibm and cisco, they be hookin up, for real, like real vertical integration type shit" and the crew was just like, oh snap, we be ready to get our ADMINISTRATE on for that shit. You know what I'm sayin? Anyway, all the CCNAs in the house, I know they feel me. Ping OUT.

  3. Re:Is it just me ... by sr180 · · Score: 3, Funny
    If you had lawyers as good as IBM, and knowledge of how much SCO is full of shit, would you be worried about sco?

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  4. But wait!! There's more!!! by stevens · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...now with two backdoors!

  5. Re:Arm and a leg by AuMatar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't worry, as a value added service, IBM will fill the bathtub in your appartment with ice and leave a cell phone in easy reach.

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  6. Switch + Blade by baywulf · · Score: 4, Funny

    When they combine a switch and a blade it will be called a switchblade.

    1. Re:Switch + Blade by groot · · Score: 2, Funny

      and Gillete is just waiting for IBM to announce 4 blades so that they can sue their asses off.

      --laz

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  7. backdoor password by rock_climbing_guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, will this one also have a backdoor password that cannot be removed by the customer under any circumstances?

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