BLADE Network Technologies Goes Green for Energy-Efficient Data Centers

MUNICH, GERMANY, Nov 09 (MARKET WIRE) --
BLADE Network Technologies Inc. (BLADE), the trusted leader in data centre
networking, announced today that Charles Ferland, BLADE's vice president
for Europe, Middle-East & Africa (EMEA) will speak at the Green IT Expo
at the Barbican Exhibition Centre in London at 2:45pm on November 10 and
11 on the topic "Optimizing Data Centre Networking for Energy-Efficient
Data Centers."

"Network virtualization, the convergence of multiple switching fabrics
over 10 Gigabit Ethernet and energy-efficient networking solutions are at
the forefront of green networking for the data center," said Ferland.
"Integrating these three elements can build a better, more efficient, less
wasteful, green IT infrastructure that can meet or exceed proposed
European environmental guidelines, as well as provide significant cost
and space savings."

An industry leader in green networking, BLADE's products enable the
world's largest enterprises to implement energy-efficient data centre
networks that result in the lowest carbon footprint for next-generation
data centers. BLADE was the first networking company named to the
AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100. Its 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet blade server and
top-of-rack data center switches consume power equivalent to just one or
two standard light bulbs, using up to 60 percent less power than other
comparable switches. BLADE's Ethernet switches offer a patent-pending
design that provides data centers with side-to-side, as well as
front-to-back, cooling. BLADE's breakthrough approach to network
virtualization and converged networking optimizes data centre networks
for the most energy-efficient operations.

About Green IT Expo

Spiraling energy prices, new reporting requirements, increasing political
pressure and growing consumer awareness are rapidly becoming key factors
in the changing socio-economic landscape. Green IT Expo 2009 will provide
a complete one-stop-shop for senior IT and business decision-makers to
identify environmentally-friendly technologies, green innovations and
socially responsible suppliers that can help them rise to these new
challenges. For more information, visit http://www.greenitexpo.com.

About BLADE Network Technologies

BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE) is the leading provider of Gigabit and
10G Ethernet cloud-ready networking solutions for dynamic, enterprise
data centers worldwide. In addition to its innovative OEM blade switches,
and SmartConnect with VMready virtualization and BLADEHarmony Manager
software, BLADE's "Virtual, Cooler, Easier" RackSwitch family enables
"Rackonomics" -- an efficient approach for scaling out data center
networks to drive down total cost of ownership. BLADE's customers include
more than 300 of the Fortune 500 across 26 industry segments,
representing nearly 7 million switch ports connecting over 2 million
servers and storage systems in data centers around the globe. Visit:
www.bladenetwork.net. Twitter: @BLADENetwork.

BLADE Network Technologies, the BLADE logo, BLADEHarmony, RackSwitch,
RackSwitch Solution Partner, SmartConnect and VMready are trademarks of
BLADE Network Technologies. All other trademarks and copyrights are owned
by their respective owners.

CONTACTS:
Maxine Bingham
BLADE Network Technologies
(408) 806-5028
Email Contact

Zee Zaballos
ZNA Communications
(831) 425-1581 x201
Email Contact

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