Established in 2006, BLADE Network Technologies Inc. is an independent and privately held company. It is one of the leading providers of high-performance, low-latency, lossless, low-power and low-cost Ethernet switches in the United States. The company has partnered with Hewlett Packard, IBM and NEC. Its switches are installed in clients data centers across various industries, such as apparel, automotive, investment banking, government, healthcare, insurance, entertainment, military/defense, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, retail, telecommunications and transportation. BLADE Network Technologies Inc. offers various other services, such as financial services, data warehousing, HPC (High Performance Computing) and virtualization. In 2009, CRN recognized BLADE Network Technologies Inc. as Emerging Networking Vendor . The company has alliances with HP BladeSystem Solution Builder, Blade.org, Fibre Channel Industry Association and Blade Systems Alliance.