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BLADE Announces Patent Cross-License Agreement with IBM

2009/04/20

BLADE Network Technologies Inc. (BNT), a leading supplier of Gigabit and 10G Ethernet network infrastructure solutions, announced in a press release a patent cross-license agreement with IBM.

 

Over the past three years, BLADE has been providing industry-first data center networking solutions for IBM including the first native 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch for IBM BladeCenter, the first top-of-rack switch for iDataPlex in massive Web 2.0-style data centers and cloud computing, and the first network virtualization solution that automates the enterprise data center for dynamic migration of virtual machines.

 

BLADE currently delivers its embedded Ethernet switches for IBM BladeCenter under the “BNT” name and its top-of-rack RackSwitch data center switches for IBM’s iDataPlex and IBM System Cluster 1350.

 

“Licensing IBM patents will serve to accelerate BLADE’s development of leading-edge products in open unified computing, I/O virtualization, data center network provisioning and cloud networking,” BLADE Network Technologies President and CEO Vikram Mehta said.

 

“IBM’s patent cross-licensing agreement with BLADE Network Technologies supports the company’s commitment to balancing proprietary and open innovation,” IBM Intellectual Property Licensing General Manager Dan Cerutti commented.

 

For the past 16 years, IBM has received more US patents than any other company. In 2008, IBM received 4,186 US patents.

 


SOURCE:AGIPNEWS




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