Company Recognized by American Electronics Association for 2Gb Silicon, SANblade(TM) HBAs and SANbox2(TM) Switches
QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), the company that simplifies storage area networks (SANs), today announced that QLogic's family of 2Gb end-to-end SAN infrastructure products have been awarded "Innovative Product/Technology of the Year" by the American Electronics Association (AeA). The Orange County, Calif. chapter of the AeA recognized QLogic for its one-of-a-kind family of complete SAN infrastructure products, consisting of controller chips for storage devices, silicon and SANblade host bus adapters for servers and workstations and SANbox2 Fibre Channel network switches.
"We're grateful to be recognized by the AeA for the breadth of our product line and the benefits associated with what that means to our customers," said Frank Berry, vice president of marketing, QLogic Corp. "We've made it our mission to simplify SANs for our customers by delivering not just one piece of the puzzle, but an entire set of interoperable building blocks that allow OEMs, system integrators and resellers to rely on open-standard, interoperable connectivity solutions with superior performance."
All available from a single vendor, the QLogic 2Gb family of SAN products allows OEMs, VARs storage service providers (SSPs) and end-users to build cost-effective, plug-and-play SANs that are centrally managed and highly available. Pre-tested for interoperability and administered by a complementary management software platform, QLogic's 2 Gb products allow OEMs and IT professionals to immediately build cost-effective, plug-and-play SANs capable of handling today's explosive increases in data volumes.
SANbox2 Switches
QLogic SANbox2 2Gb Fibre Channel network switches ensure complete investment protection for current and future SAN infrastructures, establishing new standards of performance, reliability and simplicity. Available in 8-port and 16-port, slim form factors, QLogic SANbox2 switches are the fastest, most scalable, and easiest to manage Fibre Channel switches on the market. SANbox2 switches protect SAN investments by offering faster 1 Gb connections for existing storage and server devices, automatically supporting 2 Gb devices as they are added to the network.
ISP2312 2Gb Controller Chips
Incorporated in hundreds of OEM-installed solutions, QLogic's ISP Fibre Channel single-chip architecture is installed in a multitude of SANs industry-wide. It is designed for integration directly into system boards, RAID controllers and host adapters, including QLogic's SANblade Fibre Channel host adapters. QLogic's ISP architecture embeds a highly sophisticated layer of exclusively developed firmware based on years of development and field experience. The ISP2312 chip is able to deliver record-breaking throughput of up to 80,000 Input/Output Operations per second (IOPs).
SANblade 2300 Series 2Gb HBAs
Based on the QLogic ISP2312 single-chip controller, SANblade 2300 Series are PCI/PCI-X, CompactPCI (cPCI) and SBus to 2Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters. Targeted specifically for SANs and server clustering environments, the SANblade 2300 Series has been optimized for peak performance and real-world scalability. The SANblade QLA2300 Series features support for SCSI, IP, VI and FICON protocols and high reliability for mission critical applications. Network Computing magazine recently awarded the SANblade QLA2300 "Data Management and Storage Technology Product of the Year."
QLogic 2Gb Peripheral Controllers
Embedded in disk drives, tape drives and other peripheral devices, QLogic's FTEC and FibreFAS Peripheral Controllers deliver flexibility and high performance. The FTEC series of controllers provides all the advanced features required by leading hard disk drive suppliers. Field-proven architecture supports fast disk data rates and highly automated interface logic enables high throughput with low drive microprocessor overhead, maximizing overall performance. The FibreFAS family of I/O controllers provides powerful Fibre Channel functionality for new-generation Fibre Channel tape drives, and other peripheral devices.
About AeA
Advancing the business of technology, AeA is the nation's largest high-tech trade association. AeA has more than 3,500 member companies that span the high-technology spectrum, from software, semiconductors and computers to Internet technology, advanced electronics and telecommunications systems and services. With 18 regional U.S. councils and offices in Brussels and Beijing, AeA offers a unique global policy grassroots capability and a wide portfolio of valuable business services and products for the high-tech industry. AeA has been the accepted voice of the U.S. technology community since 1943.
About QLogic (www.qlogic.com)
QLogic Corporation (Nasdaq:QLGC) simplifies the process of networking storage for OEMs, resellers and system integrators with the only end-to-end infrastructure in the industry, consisting of award-winning controller chips, host bus adapters, network switches and management software to move data from the storage device through the fabric to the server. QLogic designs and produces solutions based on all storage network technologies including SCSI, iSCSI, InfiniBand and Fibre Channel. A member of the S&P 500 Index, QLogic was recently ranked number 25 on Forbes' Best 200 Small Companies and number 20 on Fortune's 100 Fastest Growing Companies.
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Disclaimer -- Forward-Looking Statements
With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company wishes to advise readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include new and changing technologies and customer acceptance of those technologies; a change in semiconductor foundry capacity or conditions; fluctuations in the growth of I/O markets; fluctuations or cancellations in orders from OEM customers; the Company's ability to compete effectively with other companies; cancellation of OEM products associated with design wins; and reductions in the need for space and increased costs of operations due to facility relocation. Carrying additional expansion space may increase costs and adversely impact future earnings.
These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are also discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Form S-3, Form 10-K, and Form 10-Q.
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