Blade.org, the industry group driving innovation in blade-based
solutions, today launched a localized initiative to grow the
organization in Germany. The new initiative is designed to build the
regional ecosystem and strengthen the ability of German members --
particularly ISVs, IHVs and channel partners - to contribute to the
development of blade-based IT solutions and expand the range of
covered solution areas. A second key objective is to increase
opportunities for international collaboration for Blade.org members
based in Germany.
Blade.org recently celebrated its first anniversary. In 2006,
technology leaders, including Blade Network Technologies, Brocade,
Citrix, IBM, Intel, NetXen, Nortel and VMware, joined to form the
organization as an open, collaborative community dedicated to building
blade-based solutions for customers. From eight founding companies,
Blade.org has grown to nearly 100 members in just one year, including
leading blade hardware and software providers, developers,
distribution partners and end users from around the globe.
"We intend to use the globally successful model of Blade.org and
apply it to the creation of a regional cross-vendor and cross-user
community in Germany," said Axel Schwarz, acting governing member and
commissioned delegate of Blade.org in Germany.
"Intel and IBM have been part of the Group of founding members of
Blade.org," said Andreas Schneider, Intel product marketing manager,
EMEA. "Intel underlines its interest in the local community in
Germany, helping establish standards for blades."
"Open Standards are helping all market participants to be
successful in the fast growing segment of blade servers with
integrated solutions. We are a member of Blade.org because we support
this thought proactively," said Jens Rodewyk, managing director of
Anders & Rodewyk - Das Systemhaus fur Computertechnologien GmbH.
"In the view of a networking technology supplier, it makes sense
to bring forward integrated and open solutions on the base of the fast
growing blade platform. This is even more the case, if regional market
needs can be addressed," said Wim te Niet, president, central region,
Nortel.
About Blade.org
Blade.org is a collaborative organization and developer community
focused on accelerating the expansion of blade solutions and the IBM
and Intel blade ecosystem. This organization is intended to create new
solutions, maximizing the value of the blade platform. More
information is available at www.blade.org or in German,
http://www.blade.org/welcome_DE.cfm
