Hewlett-Packard introduced a new industrial-strength blade server, Integrity NonStop NB50000c BladeSystem, on June 16 at its annual Technology Forum & Expo in Las Vegas, and <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Infrastructure/HP-Aims-New-Blade-Server-at-Mainframe-Users/?sp=0&kc=EWKNLINF061808STR1">aimed it directly at existing IBM mainframe users</A> for consideration as an alternative system.

The new blade server, a cousin of the company's BladeSystem C-class series--which it debuted two years ago--is designed specifically for high-transaction industries such as financial, telecommunications, public sector and high-volume Web 2.0 companies.