BLADE Company Overview

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Company Overview

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Solutions– Leader in enterprise datacenter networking solutions– Ethernet embedded and top-of-rack switches– Innovative Software: BLADEOS, VMready network

virtualization, BLADEHarmony Manager, CEE/FCoE

Milestones– 9M datacenter ports shipped – 16,000+ switches at one customer– #2 Data Center Switch – #3 in 10 Gigabit Ethernet

Strong Partnerships with Global Leaders

BLADE’s Position in the Market Place

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Company– Founded 2006; privately-held– Profitable, 350-person company– Headquartered in the Silicon Valley– Global presence– Experienced team

Customers– Enterprise datacenter customers, including

leading retailer & leading financial services companies


Comprehensive Product Portfolio


DataCenter Fabric Solutions to Improve Server & Storage I/O

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Rack


#2 Data Center Switch SupplierBy Shipments

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Cisco53%

BLADE17.4%

Juniper10%

HP8%

Avaya

3%

Bro-cade3% Others

6%

Source: Competitive Landscape: Data Center Ethernet Switches, Worldwide, Gartner, July 2010


We Are Amongst the World’s Top Three 10GE Switch Suppliers

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Source: Ethernet Switch Report, 1Q10, Dell’Oro Group, May 2010Note: Ports shown in 1000s; 10GE fixed managed switches

The only vendor on this list whose reported numbers are exclusively in the datacenter space.

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10G Fixed, Managed EthernetRank Vendor 1Q10 Ports (K) 1Q10 Share

1 CISCO 273.6 47.6%

2 HP PROCURVE 140.0 24.4%

3 BLADE 36.8 6.4%

4 3COM/H3C 26.0 4.5%

5 DELL 24.6 4.3%

6 EXTREME 12.8 2.2%

7 AVAYA 8.2 1.4%

9 BROCADE 6.4 1.1%

10 JUNIPER 5.3 0.9%

11 ALCATEL-LUCENT 4.1 0.7%

12 ALLIED TELESYN 2.2 0.4%

14 FORCE10 1.8 0.3%

15 DLINK 1.7 0.3%

16 ENTERASYS 1.4 0.2%

17 NETGEAR 0.4 0.1%

18 HUAWEI 0.4 0.1%

Others 29.2 5.1%


Industry Firsts

• Leading blade server switch vendor

• 1st to ship CEE/FCoE 10G blade switch

• 1st to ship integrated Layer 2-3 & Layer 2-7 switching for blade servers

• 1st to bring 10G Ethernet connectivity to blade server chassis

• 1st to provide blade network virtualization, stacking, and simplified management

• Industry’s leading price-performance for blade server switches

• High throughput and lowest latency switches– 100% percent line rate for all packet sizes

• Green Networking company– Winner of AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100



BLADE Industry Recognition

• Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist 2009

• Frost & Sullivan 2008 Product Innovation

• EE Times ACE Award 2008 & 2009 Startup of the Year

• Red Herring 100 Global Winner 2007

• Networking Hot Companies 2007 & 2008

• 2007 Top 10 Startups to Watch (Byte and Switch Magazine)

• CRN Emerging Networking Vendors to Watch 2007 & 2009

• First network equipment vendor to win AlwaysOn GoingGreen Award

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Marquee Customers

of the Top 10 largest global companies

of the Top 5 entertainment companies

of the Top 25 global banks

of the Top 20 global telecommunications companies

of the Top 10 US aerospace and defense companies

of the Top 10 global electronics companies

of the Top 5 food and drug stores

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Serving the World’s Top Industry Leaders

The #1 Global Securities Exchange

The #1 European Securities Exchange

The #1 Search Engine in China

The #1 Chemical Company

The #1 Computer Software Company

The #1 General Merchandiser

The #1 Diversified Financial Company

The #1 Beverage Company

The #1 Electronics Company

The #1 Property And Casualty Insurance Company

The #1 Mail/Package/Freight Delivery Company

The #1 and #2 Healthcare Wholesalers

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*Source: Global Fortune 500 and World Federation of Exchanges. Company rankings are based on revenues.

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Global Footprint

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NBS ManufacturingSanta Clara, California

Blade Network TechnologiesR&D CenterSanta Clara, California

Corporate HQSanta Clara, California

Plexus ManufacturingFremont, California

Blade Network Research Ltd.Advanced Hardware R&D and DMT LabsOttawa, Canada

Foxconn ManufacturingShenzhen, China

Flextronics ManufacturingPenang, Malaysia

Alpha ManufacturingHsinchu, Taiwan

HP Americas HubHouston, Texas

IBM Americas HubGuadalajara, Mexico

IBM AP & EMEA HubShenzhen, China

HP EMEA HubPaisley, Scotland

HP A.P. HubSingapore

HP Service CenterLouisville, KY

IBM Service CenterMechanicsburg, PA

HP & IBM Service CentersNetherlands

HP Service CenterHouston, TX

HP Service CenterSingapore

DCTR&D Center

RTP, NC

Blade Network TechnologiesR&D CenterWuxi, PRC


Ecosystem Consists of Strong Partnerships with Global Leaders

Blade System Industry

Energy

System Vendors

Technology

Storage

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10G EthernetNICs


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Unified FabricArchitecture


10Gb Unified Fabric

BLADE RackSwitch

BLADE Embedded Switches

VMready Virtualization

Advanced Fabric Management & Smart Server Control

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Why

Speed

• Line-rate 10Gb Ethernet with no dropped packets

• Ultra-low latency – as low as 360ns

Intelligence

• 1000-port VM-aware switch• Moves network

policies with the VM automatically

• Converged server & storage networking with DCB

• Easy to manage 1000s of switches

• Optimized power – less power than 2 light bulbs

Interoperable

• Partnerships to works with• Any server• Any storage• Any hypervisor• Any core

• Available through IBM, HP, NEC, SGI, Netezza, and more

• Tolly certified interoperability

Proven

• Nearly 9M datacenter ports installed

• 16,000 switches at a single customer

• #2 in datacenter networking per Gartner

• #3 in 10G Ethernet per Dell’Oro

Why BLADE?

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BLADE Network Technologies 2051 Mission College Blvd.Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA+1.408.850.8999 phone+1.408.855.9550 [email protected] Twitter: @BLADEnetwork

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Disclaimer

• BLADE makes no warranties regarding the accuracy of this information. BLADE does not warrant or represent that it will introduce any product to which the information relates. It is presented for discussion purposes only.

• All statements regarding BLADE’s future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, at BLADE’s sole discretion.

• Prices, delivery dates and technical specifications are subject to change without notice.

• Copyright 2010 BLADE Network Technologies. BLADE Network Technologies, the BLADE logo, BLADEHarmony, RackSwitch, SmartConnect and VMready are trademarks of BLADE Network Technologies. All other names or marks are property of their respective owners.
