About Blade.org
 

Overview

Blade.org is a collaborative organization and developer community focused on accelerating the development and adoption of open blade server platforms. The organization was established in February 2006 to increase the number of blade platform solutions available for customers and to accelerate the process of bringing them to market. From eight founding companies, Blade.org has grown to nearly 100 members including leading blade hardware and software providers, developers, distribution partners and end users from around the globe.

Mission

Blade.org is a collaborative organization and developer community focused on accelerating the development and adoption of blade server solutions. The organization provides leadership to the blade market and fosters a thriving industry ecosystem focused on delivering valuable solutions to blade computing customers.

Why Blade.org?

Blades are the fastest growing segment of the server market reaching customer revenues of $11 billion by 2010 (IDC Quarterly Tracker, August 2006). As customers look to grow their data centers or replace aging infrastructures, many are turning to blades to save space, increase density and decrease power consumption, while lowering total cost and improving infrastructure flexibility.

Blade.org was chartered to promote the development and innovation of blade technology to help customers meet the growing demands on their IT infrastructures. By creating an open, collaborative environment, Blade.org is putting the collective ingenuity of its members to work on challenges and opportunities alike within the blade server ecosystem.

The overarching objective for Blade.org is to provide value to the blade server customer. With "Blade.org solutions," Blade.org has designed a program to give customers the confidence that an offering has met requirements for quality and that it has been deployed successfully in a customer environment.

By creating an environment that promotes innovations among members, Blade.org is bringing new blade server applications and solutions to market more quickly, creating opportunity for the entire blade ecosystem. With contributions from hardware and software vendors, to developers and investors, to the end-user looking for the best way to do business, the collaborative environment of Blade.org is forging the next generation in blade technology.

For more information, visit www.blade.org and the real story about blade.org.