SANTA CLARA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/29/09 -- BLADE Network Technologies, Inc. (BLADE), the trusted leader in data center networking, announced today it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Technology Vendor -- recognized as one of 17 hot and upcoming vendors of networking products. CRN's Emerging Technology Vendor list showcases companies with new ideas that are delivering high margins for solution providers with innovative and easy-to-use technology that undercuts industry giants. From the publication: "Need a new networking vendor? Then check out our list of 17 hot and upcoming vendors of networking products from our 2009 Emerging Vendors survey."

BLADE provides network infrastructure for next generation data centers -- where virtual-machine awareness, ultra-high performance, extremely low and deterministic latency, simplified deployment and management, low cost, and energy efficiency are of paramount importance. BLADE's Cloud Ready Networking Architecture is essential for the delivery of cloud computing applications. BLADE delivers its RackSwitch Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet data center switch family to leading solution providers worldwide through its RackSwitch Solution Partner Program. Solution providers can apply to become an Authorized or Champion Partner at www.bladenetwork.net/reseller.

"We are pleased to be recognized as a CRN Emerging Vendor," said Tracy Hickox, vice president of North American Sales, BLADE Network Technologies. "By complementing partners' existing server, storage and virtualization offerings with our innovative data center networking technology, global solution providers can meet their data center customers' needs affordably and efficiently. Solution partners can take advantage of BLADE's deal registration program, which rewards the partner's investment in developing new business with an assured margin."

About BLADE Network Technologies

BLADE Network Technologies is the leading provider of Gigabit and 10G Ethernet cloud ready networking solutions for servers and storage in dynamic data centers worldwide. In addition to its innovative OEM blade switches, virtualization, and management products, 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 at the rack-level. BLADE's customers include more than 300 of the Fortune 500 across 26 industry segments, for an installed base representing more than 250,000 network switches and nearly 6 million switch ports connecting over 1,200,000 systems. Visit: www.bladenetwork.net. Twitter: BLADENetwork.