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.
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, this .org is putting the collective ingenuity of its members to work on challenges and opportunities alike within the blade server ecosystem.
