SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BLADE Network Technologies, Inc. (BLADE), the trusted leader in data center networking, announced today it was named a Finalist in TechInsight's EE Times fifth Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards (www.eetimes-ace.com) for Startup of the Year.
BLADE was selected a Finalist due to its leadership in blade server networking with a 2x lead over the nearest competition, the innovation demonstrated by its energy-efficient 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) RackSwitch products and VMready network virtualization software and approach to Rackonomics for the lowest total cost of ownership for data center consolidation, virtualization and cloud computing.
“BLADE enjoyed a banner year in 2008 because of our passionate commitment to customer satisfaction and innovative products that out-perform the competition while offering significant savings in cost and power,” said Vikram Mehta, president and CEO, BLADE Network Technologies. “We are honored that EE Times’s prestigious ACE Awards recognize that BLADE is in a pole position to emerge as a new giant in data center networking — not just for blade servers, an area it already dominates, but for all types of rack-mounted systems used in today’s enterprise data centers.”
The EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards celebrate the creators of technology who demonstrate leadership and innovation in the global industry and shape the world we live in. These creators, and their innovations, will be recognized at the EE Times ACE Awards Presentation on March 31, 2009, as part of TechInsight’s Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley, the largest electronic systems design event in North America.
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