Dell announces new Blades...what a coincidink!

So, I'm actually down in Round Rock, TX, attending a Dell Executive Briefing, today and tomorrow.  I'm sitting in the hotel room catching up on my RSS feeds, and one thing caught my eye:

Dell continues the innovation in Blade technology (via BladeWatch)

First, I have to give mad props to the BladeWatch blog.  It's, generally speaking, an aggregation of a lot of the DataCenter consolidation news around the interwebs, focusing on Blade Technology, but also Virtualization of every flavor.  It has a unique slant, which I appreciate, towards "Green IT", something I'm completely in favor of and hold quite dear.

I'll be learning more about the M1000e and M600 line of Blades and enclosures from Dell tomorrow, but I'm immediately excited by what I see on their website.  Finally, I think Dell has a Blade product-line that can really compete with the IBM BladeCenters that we've been running for years.

Oh, and you can buy them now!  Girlz?  Why didn't we hear about this *before* we bought that latest round of R900s for Project Bubblewrap?!?  Oh, and they run more efficiently than the other guys.  SUH-WEET!

Check out Dell's Blade Server Product Page for the current spec.  Also, check out that sweet step-by-step (pdf) on the unboxing of the Blades chassis from Dell, HP, and IBM.  I can *fully* corroborate the almost bass-ackwards packaging and process for the IBM BladeCenter chassis.  Awkward!