IBM Turns Back on Juniper to Buy Blade Networks

Explore Structure Blog (Sep 27 2010) Networking

...ell has signed several partnerships with any networking vendor that has a port, including some with Brocade, Juniper and Mellanox. Updated: IBM today said it would buy Blade Networks, a company that makes ne......d raised $25 million in venture capital at that point. When I last spoke to Blade President and CEO Vikram Mehta in March, the company had 9,500 customers and was already working with IBM. Related ... (Read Full Article)

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IBM Acquires BLADE Network Technologies

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Sep 27 2010) Cloud Computing , Networking

...tches. The company was formed in 2002 as a division of Nortel Networks, but was spun off by founder Vikram Mehta in 2006 with the backing of Garnett & Helfrich. NEC and Juniper came on as investors in 2009. ‘Thou......ded its core networking business through relationships with leading networking companies, including Brocade and Juniper. Those moves were seen as strategic responses to the decision by networking giant Cisco... (Read Full Article)

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