BLADE’s CEO Vikram Mehta On Virtualization and Being Acquired by IBM

Move a VM from one physical server to another and network port profile, VLANs, security settings etc have to be reconfigured adding cost, delay and rigidity to what should be an adaptive infrastructure.  BLADE’s data center 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet blade and top-of-rack switches incorporate what they call VMready with Virtual Vision that enables data centers to deploy VM-aware networks that automate network change management as VMs move between physical servers.  Vikram Mehta President and CEO of BLADE Network Technologies joins me and talks about BLADE’s virtualization strategy plus being acquired by IBM.  It’s a great talk and we hit lots of industry nerves in this podcast. To learn more about BLADE, visit their web site at www.bladenetwork.net