Promotes energy efficiency in data centers; deploys Rackonomic solutions for economically sound environmental value.

BLADE Network Technologies, Inc., a provider in network virtualization for servers and storage, today announced that it has joined The Green Grid consortium. The company states that as a member of the consortium, it will promote the energy efficiency of today's data centers through best practices for implementing "green" networking infrastructures. It claims that as a pioneer of energy-efficient data center networking, it is the only company in the networking industry recognized on AlwaysOn's GoingGreen 100 list of the world's foremost "green" companies.

The company explains that The Green Grid is a global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems. It says that The Green Grid seeks to provide industry-wide recommendations on best practices, metrics, standards and technologies that will improve overall energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems. It adds that joining The Green Grid is part of its initiative to deliver advanced data center networking with the industry's lowest power and cooling requirements.

The company states that it is a proponent of "Rackonomics," which recommends that an energy-efficient data center should be made up of replicated racks that have standard configurations of servers, storage and network. Rackonomics-based data centers can realize lower ongoing total cost of ownership through improved energy efficiency, it avers.

"The Green Grid is leading the way forward to the energy-efficient data center," said Andre Luthard, Chief Green Officer, BLADE Network Technologies. "At a time when data center standards are not yet clearly identified, understood or adopted -- particularly when it comes to networking equipment -- BLADE is committed to leading the charge towards recognized industry best practices by deploying Rackonomic solutions for energy efficiency and economically-sound environmental value."