About BLADE

About BLADE Network Technologies

BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE) is the industry’s leading provider of network fabrics for high-performance data centers. Its blade switches, top-of-rack RackSwitch™, VMready™ network virtualization software and Smart Server Control™ software are key elements of the company’s Unified FabricArchitecture™. BLADE’s “Rackonomics” approach makes it simple for businesses to rapidly deploy and configure massive amounts of server and storage infrastructure, interconnect the various infrastructure elements, virtualize the infrastructure to maximize efficiency and utilization and easily manage the infrastructure to achieve the most optimal TCO. With 7.9 million ports in production deployment, BLADE’s proven fabric products connect millions of server and storage systems at over 9,500 enterprises in over 26 different industry verticals, including 350 of the Fortune 500. 

Company History

Major OEM Partners

• Hewlett Packard
• IBM
• NEC

Major Investors

NEC, Juniper Networks, technology industry leader silent investor, Garnett & Helfrich Capital

BLADE’s Industry "Firsts" Include:

• First to ship CEE/FCoE blade switch for unified fabric
• First to ship native 10 Gigabit Ethernet blade switches – received Frost and Sullivan’s Product Innovation Award
• Industry’s best price-performance for blade server switches - under $500/port for 10GbE
• Industry-leading product quality with over 5 million hours MTBF
• First to ship integrated Layer 2-3 and Layer 2-7 switching for blade servers
• Industry’s record holder for highest throughput and lowest latency blade switch
• First blade server networking product line offering 100-percent interoperability with existing infrastructures
• First green networking company – named to AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100
• First rack-level networking to provide software for network virtualization
• Award-winning startup – Network World Clear Choice, E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year National Finalist, EE Time ACE, Red Herring Global 100, Byte & Switch’s Top 10 Companies To Watch and CRN Emerging Tech