Blade Network Technologies

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BLADE Network Technologies
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HeadquartersSanta Clara, California, United States
Key people
Vikram Mehta, Vice President, System Networking, IBM Systems and Technology Group
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ParentLenovo
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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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Blade Network Technologies, Inc. Overview". Archived from the original on Jun 7, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Lenovo Enters Datacenters with $2.3 Billion IBM X86 Server Deal". 23 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Garnett & Helfrich Capital — Portfolio Companies". Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  4. ↑ Jennifer Mears (February 13, 2006). "Nortel spins off blade server switch business". Network World. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Garnett & Helfrich Creates New Company from Nortel Blade Server Switch Unit". Press release. February 13, 2006. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Vikram Mehta: Blade Network Technologies". Corporate biography page. Garnett & Helfrich Capital. Archived from the original on August 12, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
  7. ↑ Jim Duffy (April 23, 2008). "Blade Takes Virtualization to Data-Center Rack". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  8. ↑ "IBM to Acquire BLADE Network Technologies". press release. IBM. September 27, 2010. Archived from the original on September 30, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Lenovo Completes Initial Closing for Acquisition of IBM's x86 Server Business". press release. IBM. October 1, 2014. Archived from the original on October 3, 2014.

External links

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