Santa Clara, United States
BLADE Network Technologies was a networking company that was acquired by IBM and later by Lenovo. The company brought intelligence and speed to the edge of the network, closer to business applications, users, and innovation. Its innovative technologies, including superior performance, ultra-low latency, and virtual machine awareness, were ideally suited to handle dynamic demands at the network edge. BLADE's products, such as the RackSwitch™ 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches, VMready network virtualization, and BLADEharmony switch management, connected and unified physical and virtual servers, storage, and networks in the world’s largest data centers. The company's Unified Fabric Architecture™ was a fast, virtual, proven, and interoperable converged fabric for Ethernet Everywhere.
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in the United States, BLADE Network Technologies received a $10.00M Series B investment on 09 September 2009. The investors in this round included Juniper Networks, NEC Corporation, and Garnett & Helfrich Capital. The company's focus on edge networking and virtualization technologies, coupled with strategic investments, positioned it as a significant player in the evolving networking landscape.
