3UP anticipated cloud services in providing a server blade solution of high density to include switching, traffic control, firewall and load balancing. 3UP was first to market integrated virtualization and SDN/NFV provisioning capabilities in a blade server: Status: 3UP Systems has been closed. Technology acquired by Inventec. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040308006206/en/3UP-Systems-Announces-Ultra-Dense-Blade-Server https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/3up-systems#/entity