BLADE SERVER TECHNOLOGY - HOT TOPICS

There are several hot topics in the blade server arena today and this section of the www.blade.org web site will explore a number of them over the coming months

Among the first "Hot Topics" are Energy Efficiency and Virtualization.

Blade Servers and Energy Efficiency

Blade Servers and Virtualization Overview

ACADEMIC PAPERS ABOUT BLADE.ORG

There have been several academic papers written about Blade.org in the many universities that analyze collaborative and open source innovations. Here are some of the most interesting ones that focus specifically on Blade.org and how it is providing a new blueprint for collaborative innovation.

Title	Description
Blade.org: A Collaborative Community of Firms	The purpose of this paper is to analyze Blade.org, a community of firms focused on the development and adoption of open blade server platforms (a computer server technology). Founded in early 2006, Blade.org has become a successful community of nearly 60 member firms which engage in various types of collaboration. Blade.org is a community of firms, but it was creatively designed to emulate the characteristics and processes of a community of individuals. We argue that a community of firms is a new organizational form, one that increasingly will be found in situations where continuous innovation is a strategic objective. This paper was presented by Dr. Charles C. Snow and Doreen Strauss from Penn State University at the Third International Conference on Organization Design in Denmark in May, 2008.
Blade.org: A New Beast in the Jungle?	This thesis paper by Doreen Strauss of the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University examines Blade.org as a new organizational form that blurs organizational boundaries and establishes communities of firms that work cooperatively and collaboratively to co-innovate. It sees Blade.org with its unique membership and tremendous success as a leader in the newest organizational form and innovation strategy.
Blade.org - The Future Arrives Early	This paper by Dr. Krsimarja Blomqvist, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Dr. Grant Miles, University of North Texas, Dr. Raymond Miles, University of California, Berkeley, and Dr. Charles Snow, Penn State University is the result of their study of Blade.org as a new organizational form that is composed of many firms working together collaboratively to create a continous stream of innovative products and market applications.