Clearly, power and cooling issues are hot priorities for data centers today, with users looking for help from hardware, software, and power companies, as well as resellers and integrators. Virtualization and blades can both directly contribute to addressing these issues. There are still many misconceptions about whether blades help or hurt in this area, often based on old data. Choose your partners carefully, and make sure you're working with up-to-date information. If you do, and you plan well, consolidating through virtualization on blades can save you big bucks in the short and long term.