BLADE and Emulex Collaborate to Deliver Industry-Leading Convergence Solutions for IBM BladeCenter Optimized for Virtual Data Centers
SANTA CLARA, CA and COSTA MESA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/27/09 -- BLADE Network Technologies Inc.
(BLADE), the trusted leader in data center networking, and Emulex Corporation (NYSE: ELX) announced
that the two companies are kicking off a global co-marketing campaign at
VMworld to accelerate the adoption of converged networking in the data
center.
BLADE and Emulex will develop solution marketing initiatives and conduct
joint business development activities to showcase the advantages of BLADE
and Emulex solutions for converged networks that utilize next-generation
data center technologies, including 10 Gigabit Ethernet, virtual port
switching, iSCSI and FCoE. Next week at VMworld, BLADE and Emulex will
launch the campaign with a demonstration of the industry's first
convergence-ready Virtual Fabric for IBM BladeCenter in IBM's booth #1624.
BLADE will also have a presence at Emulex's booth #1937.
In Europe, the two companies will launch their co-marketing campaign at Storage Networking World Europe from
October 27-28 in Frankfurt, Germany. The global campaign will leverage
Emulex's Convergenomics(TM) - The Guide to Network Convergence
Solutions, which is a comprehensive introduction to network
convergence, and BLADE's approach to Rackonomics,
which defines a new set of rules for the data center to enable the lowest
total cost of ownership of essential datacenter network infrastructure.
"Emulex and BLADE are working together to bring our shared vision of
converged networking for the data center to customers and channel partners
worldwide," said Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice
president of business development, Emulex. "At VMworld, Emulex and BLADE
are demonstrating an industry-first solution for true network convergence.
Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapters for IBM BladeCenter are based on our
OneConnect(TM) Universal Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) architecture and
work seamlessly with BLADE's convergence-ready switches to provide an ideal
solution for IBM BladeCenter customers seeking to lower capital
expenditures, maximize blade consolidation and deploy highly virtualized
environments."
"BLADE and Emulex are ideal partners in a shared endeavor to ensure that
data center networks can keep pace with the I/O-intensive demands of
virtualization and network convergence," said Tim Shaughnessy, vice
president of Marketing, BLADE Network Technologies. "At VMworld, we are
pleased to collaborate with Emulex to demonstrate the IBM BladeCenter
Virtual Fabric in promoting how this advanced solution delivers flexible 10
Gigabit Ethernet connectivity and converged networking using iSCSI or FCoE
along with BLADE's VMready to enable agile workloads that span 1,000s of
virtual switch ports."
About the BLADE-Emulex Converged Networking Solution for IBM BladeCenter
The combination of Emulex's Virtual Fabric Adapter CFFh based on its
OneConnect UCNA architecture and BLADE's convergence-ready BNT 10-port 10G
Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter HS22 blade servers provides an
end-to-end converged networking solution in highly virtualized blade server
environments using VMware. This IBM BladeCenter Virtual Fabric provides the
flexibility of 100Mb-to-10Gb Ethernet connectivity, virtual port switching
and converged networking with iSCSI or FCoE.
