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BladeCenter HT Lays Siege to AdvancedTCA

IBM Systems appear to be at the forefront of Internet Protocol (IP) convergence and with BladeCenter, IBM can allow service providers to optimize their investment in both the data center and the network by offering fully interchangeable blade servers and components.

The pricing, and flexibility, for the BladeCenter servers and the performance comparisons are extremely important to the overall consideration for the platform-of-choice.

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Welcome to Crystal Cube Consulting (CCC)

Market Research for the Digital Domain

We are an Independent research and consulting firm, dedicated to providing our customers with the best services possible.

Previously Released Reports & Whitepapers

2007

Switch Fabrics 2007: RapidIO Takes the High Road To Embedded Systems

Released June 2007

A Competitive Analysis of IBM BladeCenter™ with Intel® Xeon® Processors vs. Sun Bladed Offerings - HT Update

Released February 2007

2006

What's Up with MicroTCA? AMC Modules in a MicroTCA

Released January 2006
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2005

AdvancedTCA Grows Up & Joins the Army: A PICMG Look at Federal and Other Verticals

Released September 2005
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New Open System Architectures (ATCA/AMC & µTCA)

Crystal Cube Consulting's report entitled, “Advanced Mezzanine Cards Take the AdvancedTCA to New Levels” has now been released and is available for your consideration. It certainly appears on the surface that Advanced Mezzainine Cards (AMC) will definitely trump the previous generation of CompactPCI and VME solutions.

2004

AdvancedTCA and Bus Architectures

Our third report, that was released January 2004, focuses on the new Advanced Telecommunications Computing Technology (ATCA) standard for telecom and datacom applications.

Bus Wars the Sequel: Life in the Fast Lane

The update of Bus Wars, entitled “Bus Wars the Sequel: Life in the Fast Lane” was released the last week o April 2004, which analysis the influences that the switch fabric design will have on the high-speed peer-to-peer market and how the bus architecture standards will fair in that environment. Please click on the navigational link to the left-side of this page labeled "Bus Wars Update", which will allow you to review the abstract and consider purchasing the report.

2003

The first major project we undertook was in sizing up the entire, hidden software market that has been festering within the Networking Equipment Industry. That report was released in May of 2003. Following that the ground-breaking report entitled, "Bus Wars Episode II: Clash of the Titans", was released July 31, 2003, providing a complete analysis of the high-speed bus architecture market.

Other Services

We are also available to provide other services, including, but not limited to:

  • Sponsored white papers
  • Other market research reports
  • Speaking engagements
  • Consulting services

Feel free to look around our site and contact us by using the navigational link on the left side of this Home Page.  We are available to provide any level assistance you may need in helping your business grow during these challenging, economic times.

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Crystal Cube Consulting offers several reports on AdvancedTCA and AMC, which are precursors to next generation open system platforms. Reports profile TEMs, chip providers, and module suppliers. Crystal Cube Consulting produces telecommunications market research reports on a wide spectrum of different topics that affect tomorrow's digital future. Subjects include third party networking software, telecommunications networking, high-speed serial and bus architectures, AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, Advanced Mezzanine Card Modules, AMC, and BladeCenter Platforms. We prepare telecommunication whitepapers including presentation support and speaking engagements. Develop trade shows and summit on telecommunications from open system platforms to blade servers. Contributing Editor to several telecommunications newsletters.