Sun to debut blade server, storage gear

摘要

After exiting the market last year in the face of stiff competition, Sun this week is expected to introduce a new blade server as it fills out its x64-based product line, which has been a bright spot in the struggling company's financial picture. At Sun's quarterly news announcement on Tuesday, newly appointed CEO Jonathan Schwartz and Executive Vice President John Fowler are expected to unveil a number of new products, including a blade server that features modular PCI-Express on the backplane, eliminating the need for mezzanine cards on each blade; a high-performance technical server that scales from four to 16 processors; a media server; and an Opteron-based archival storage appliance, according to sources.