About BLADE

About BLADE Network Technologies

BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE) is a leading provider of high-performance, low-latency, lossless, low-power and low-cost Ethernet switches, as well as Virtual Machine-aware network virtualization and management solutions for enterprise data centers. BLADE’s blade switches, top-of-rack RackSwitch™ family and VMready™  and BLADEHarmony Manager™ software are key elements of BLADE’s Unified FabricArchitecture™ (UFA).  BLADE’s interoperable, standards-based UFA empowers companies to simplify and virtualize data center networks; meet rising demand while reducing TCO; converge servers, storage and networks on Ethernet; and build massively-scalable cloud networks.  Over 8 million BLADE switch ports are deployed at major corporations and government agencies worldwide. Visit: http://www.bladenetwork.net. Twitter: @BLADENetwork.

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  – 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, Computerworld Honors Program Laureate