BLADE READY™ Program

Blades Close Up Blade Servers are the fastest growing segment in the overall server market and will account for 20% of all server shipments worldwide by 2010 (Gartner, Inc. June '05). An increasing number of companies are switching from conventional, rack-mounted units to compact blade servers that can simplify management and provisioning while delivering reliability and availability. Blades are flexible and scalable which allows them to be easily installed, managed and repaired compared to conventional servers. However, the high-density environment in which your blade server will reside requires careful consideration to localized cooling and power requirements, and interoperability with your Network Critical Physical Infrastructure (NCPI).

Program Overview


The BLADE READY™ Program unites vendors of complementary Network Critical Physical Infrastructure (NCPI) technologies to deliver comprehensive interoperable products, solutions, and services for high density and blade computing environments. Together, BLADE READY™ members help you take full advantage of new blade technologies by offering products and services to help you assess, design, procure, stage, implement and interconnect your blade solution. Members in this program are a group of strategic, best-in-class hardware and software vendors that help enable operational excellence and unsurpassed compatibility with blade networks environments. To ease your blade implementation and enable operational excellence in your blade environment, look for industry vendors that carry the BLADE READY™ logo.

Ready or Not?

End User - Want to find out if you are ready to implement a blade environment? Click here to access helpful tools, white-papers, industry information and to find out how to get our Blade Server Readiness Assessment.

Industry Partner – If you manufacture or create products, software or services for an NCPI Blade environment, and would like to find out if you have what it takes to be a BLADE READY™ Partner, click here.