BLADE Network Technologies Demonstrates Latest Advances in 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Converged Networking and I/O

SANTA CLARA, CA, Apr 22 (MARKET WIRE) --
BLADE Network Technologies, Inc. (BLADE), the trusted leader in data
center networking, will demonstrate the latest trends and developments in
10 Gigabit Ethernet, converged networking and I/O virtualization at
Interop Las Vegas with its partners Aprius, Emulex, Mellanox and Voltaire.

Aprius - Booth #2613 - Aprius and BLADE are demonstrating an innovative
solution for virtualized I/O traffic running using BLADE's RackSwitch
G8124 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch. A single 10GbE NIC which resides in the
Aprius I/O Gateway allows each server to have burst capability up to 10Gb
without needing to have a dedicated 10GbE NIC in each server.

Emulex - Booth #2342 - Emulex and BLADE are demonstrating the industry
pace-setting IBM BladeCenter Virtual Fabric, which combines BLADE's BNT
Virtual Fabric 10G Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter HS22 blade servers
with Emulex's Virtual Fabric Adapter cFFH based on its OneConnect UCNA
architecture to provide an end-to-end converged networking solution in
highly virtualized blade server environments. Dan Tuchler, BLADE's Vice
President and Business Line Executive, Top of Rack Products, will present
"Addressing Key I/O Requirements for the Next-Generation Data Center" on
Wednesday, April 28 at 3:00pm.

Mellanox - Booth #2307 - BLADE's RackSwitch is a key element of the
Mellanox BridgeX FCoE SDK Demo. BLADE's RackSwitch provides the CEE/DCB
capability to request and play multimedia traffic using FCoE connecting
the host to Fibre Channel storage. BLADE's Dan Tuchler will address
"Managing Virtual Traffic in a Physical Network" featuring BLADE's unique
VMready virtualization-aware networking each day at 12:15pm.

Voltaire - Booth #643 - BLADE and Voltaire recently announced the
industry's highest-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric solution. Voltaire
and BLADE will demonstrate a unified fabric environment including BLADE's
RackSwitch and Voltaire's new Unified Fabric Manager 3.0 software.

About BLADE Network Technologies
BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE) is
the industry's leading provider of network fabrics for high-performance
data centers. Its blade switches, top-of-rack RackSwitch(TM), VMready(TM)
network virtualization software and Smart Server Control(TM) software are
key elements of the company's Unified FabricArchitecture(TM). BLADE's
"Rackonomics" approach makes it simple for businesses to rapidly deploy
and configure massive amounts of server and storage infrastructure,
interconnect the various infrastructure elements, virtualize the
infrastructure to maximize efficiency and utilization and easily manage
the infrastructure to achieve the most optimal TCO. With over 8 million
ports in production deployment, BLADE's proven fabric products connect
millions of server and storage systems at over 9,500 enterprises in over
26 different industry verticals, including 350 of the Fortune 500. Visit:
http://www.bladenetwork.net. Twitter: @BLADENetwork.

BLADE Network Technologies, the BLADE logo, BLADEHarmony, BLADEOS,
FabricHarmony, RackSwitch, RackSwitch Solution Partner, SmartConnect,
Smart Server Control, VMready, vNIC, NMotion and Unified
FabricArchitecture are trademarks of BLADE Network Technologies. All
other names or marks are property of their respective owners.

CONTACT:
Maxine Bingham
BLADE Network Technologies
(408) 886-5028
press@bladenetwork.net

Zee Zaballos
ZNA Communications
(831) 425-1581 x201
BLADE@zna.com

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