As data centers are designed, there are many considerations: density, power, performance, space and cooling. Blades can potentially accomplish all of these goals. But there is a more basic question: How do you know that the blades you buy today will be able to handle your needs tomorrow? Since most blades today are built for specific workloads, changing needs might prematurely end the life of an important part of the infrastructure. For this reason, Dell has launched a new blade with flexible I/O capabilities, so that as needs change, so too can the configuration of the blade. Listen to Aaron Hanson, Senior Manager for PowerEdge Servers at Dell.