Business Value of Blade: Executive Summary

Companies are increasingly looking to their IT as a means to gain a competitive advantage in the market rather simply as a means of supporting business functions. IT applications and services have become a critical element in how companies interact with their customers, deliver new products and services, and improve their own workforce productivity. This paper examines how eight midsized companies were able to reduce their annual IT infrastructure cost per user by almost 25% by migrating to a blade platform.