Lenovo Flex System Blade ServersFormerly IBM BladeCenterPricing

necessary expenditures and accomplish other goals. True cost savings require figuring in the price of the BladeCenter itself, which may seem exorbitant at … active. It prevented the need for costly new server infrastructure. Since the price was so much lower, we didn't have to bother with getting approval from higher-ups … System Blade Servers won't be useful in a less substanti…

company. They process better the cross-systems and database. It's not a cheap solution, of course, we have to invest in more infrastructure and team training … [makes the cost worth it]. … Positive: The improvement Negative: The Price Negative:

have not been decommissioned that are not BladeCenter servers. It kept the cost of purchasing new servers low. We were able to purchase as many servers … having to negotiate the purchase with upper management because of the lower cost. … half the cost of standard servers. To get tr…