Contact Information: Media Contacts: Matt Tracewell Tracewell Systems +1 614 846-6175 mtracewell@tracewell.com Lisa Galish Blade.org Marketing Committee Chair +1 919 486-2280 galish@blade.org Jeff Pane Blade.org Marketing Coordinator +1 732 465-6605 jeff@blade.org
Tracewell Systems Joins Blade.org to Grow Rugged Blade Solutions for the Military and Aerospace Market
| Source: Blade.org
PISCATAWAY, NJ--(Marketwire - December 16, 2009) - Blade.org, the premier open, collaborative
organization and developer community focused on accelerating the
development and adoption of blade server solutions, announced today
Tracewell Systems as the latest company to join as a general member.
Tracewell Systems is an advanced form factor engineering company that
specializes in packaging high-performance, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)
products into rugged implementations that meet mil-spec requirements. The
company has been working to design and manufacture a rugged blade server
version for military and aerospace deployment. Tracewell's innovation is
designed for customers who want to take advantage of the benefits of a COTS
blade solution, but need a form factor that meets specific size, weight,
power and environmental requirements.
"We are pleased to see Tracewell Systems join Blade.org," said Alex Yost,
chairman, Blade.org. "They are a forward-thinking company, and we think
their solution offers the Blade.org community an exciting opportunity to
deploy their technologies and products in new ways and in new
environments."
Blade.org was formed in 2006 with the mission to promote the development
and innovation of blade server technology to help customers meet the
growing demands on their IT infrastructures. Blade.org is putting the
collective ingenuity of over 200 hardware vendors, software vendors and
end-user members to work on challenges and opportunities within the today's
datacenter.
"We are at a tipping point where high-performance, standard, COTS
technology is revolutionizing solutions for the military, aerospace and
other markets that need intensive data processing in form factors designed
to withstand the impact of harsh and unusual environments," said Matt
Tracewell, executive vice president, Tracewell Systems. "Our rugged blade
solution was created to leverage present and future high-performance blade
technologies, and we look forward to being a member of Blade.org and
collaborating with this community to bring these technologies to market."
About Tracewell Systems
Tracewell Systems provides Advanced Form Factor Engineering ™ services
to organizations that need to deploy high-performance computing hardware in
harsh environmental conditions, including Department of Defense agencies
and companies in aerospace, healthcare, telecom and other industries.
Since 1973, Tracewell Systems has provided innovative design, engineering
and manufacturing services to some of the nation's largest military,
aerospace and commercial organizations. The company applies industry
expertise and patented technologies to create custom ruggedized systems
from commercially available hardware. Tracewell Systems solutions help
clients fulfill their mission IT requirements with equipment that meets the
most demanding technical and environmental requirements. For more
information, visit www.tracewell.com.
About Blade.org
Blade.org is a collaborative vendor and end-user 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. More information is available at www.blade.org.