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]
| Industry | Network hardware |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, California, United States |
Key people | Vikram Mehta, Vice President, System Networking, IBM Systems and Technology Group |
| Parent | Lenovo |
History
editOn 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Blade Network Technologies, Inc. Overview". Archived from the original on Jun 7, 2011.
- ^ "Lenovo Enters Datacenters with $2.3 Billion IBM X86 Server Deal". 23 January 2014.
- ^ "Garnett & Helfrich Capital — Portfolio Companies". Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Vikram Mehta: Blade Network Technologies". Corporate biography page. Garnett & Helfrich Capital. Archived from the original on August 12, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ^ Jim Duffy (April 23, 2008). "Blade Takes Virtualization to Data-Center Rack". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ^ "IBM to Acquire BLADE Network Technologies". press release. IBM. September 27, 2010. Archived from the original on September 30, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ^ "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.