Blade Network Technologies Explained

BLADE Network Technologies
Key People:Vikram Mehta, Vice President, System Networking, IBM Systems and Technology Group
Industry:Network hardware
Parent:Lenovo
Foundation:2006
Location:Santa Clara, California, United States

BLADE Network Technologies, based in Santa Clara, California, was a supplier of Ethernet network switches for blade servers and server and storage data center racks.[1] BLADE became part of IBM System Networking in 2010. Later sold to Lenovo as part of purchase of IBM x86 server division [2]

History

On February 13, 2006, Garnett & Helfrich Capital[3] established BLADE Network Technologies, Inc., as a privately held company from a spin-out of Nortel's Blade Server Switch Unit, focused on networking for the blade server market.[4] [5] Vikram Mehta was president and CEO.[6]

In 2008, the company introduced its RackSwitch[7] line of top-of-rack 1-10 Gigabit Ethernet data center switches. IBM acquired BLADE in October 2010.[8] Lenovo acquired IBM's server business, including BLADE in 2014.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blade Network Technologies, Inc. Overview . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607134226/http://www.hoovers.com/company/Blade_Network_Technologies_Inc/jrkhsrkrs-1.html . Jun 7, 2011 . dead.
  2. Web site: Lenovo Enters Datacenters with $2.3 Billion IBM X86 Server Deal. 23 January 2014.
  3. Web site: Garnett & Helfrich Capital — Portfolio Companies . 2009-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090201174357/http://garnetthelfrich.com/pages/portfolio.html . 2009-02-01 . dead .
  4. News: Nortel spins off blade server switch business . Jennifer Mears . Network World . February 13, 2006 . July 10, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615014516/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/021306-nortel-server-blade.html . June 15, 2011 .
  5. News: Garnett & Helfrich Creates New Company from Nortel Blade Server Switch Unit . Press release . February 13, 2006. dead . June 12, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100612003407/http://bladenetwork.net/?pageid=600 . July 18, 2013 .
  6. Web site: Vikram Mehta: Blade Network Technologies . Corporate biography page . Garnett & Helfrich Capital . July 18, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130812003048/http://www.garnetthelfrich.com/pages/portfolio_mehta_bio.html . August 12, 2013 . dead .
  7. News: Blade Takes Virtualization to Data-Center Rack . The New York Times . Jim Duffy . April 23, 2008 . July 10, 2013 .
  8. News: IBM to Acquire BLADE Network Technologies. . press release . September 27, 2010 . July 10, 2013 .
  9. News: Lenovo Completes Initial Closing for Acquisition of IBM's x86 Server Business . . press release . October 1, 2014 .

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