Blade Network Technologies

BLADE Network Technologies
IndustryNetwork hardware
Founded2006
HeadquartersSanta Clara, California, United States
Key people
Vikram Mehta, Vice President, System Networking, IBM Systems and Technology Group
ParentLenovo

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.