Seagate Software Continues Growth Into Fibre Channel Market With Support Of QLogic Corporation Fibre Channel Adapter Products
Seagate Software Certifies Two QLogic PCI-to-Fibre Channel Adapters With
Seagate Backup Exec Shared Storage Option
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. and COSTA MESA, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/
-- Seagate Software (NYSE: SEG), a leading provider of storage management solutions for Microsoft Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstation operating systems, and QLogic Corporation (Nasdaq: QLGC), a creator of high-performance semiconductor and board-level I/O products, today announced that two QLogic products have been certified with Seagate Backup Exec Shared Storage Option for Windows NT. Seagate Software's certification of QLogic's QLA2100 and QLA2100F carries both Companies to a stronger level within the Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) market.
"Seagate Backup Exec Shared Storage Option is gaining influence with enterprise customers with large-scale storage environments who are considering adoption in the emerging Fibre Channel technology," said Michael Colemere, vice president of product management and business alliances, Seagate Software, Network and Storage Management Group. "By certifying two popular host bus adapters from QLogic, we are able to support current hardware investments for the emerging Fibre Channel networking within the SAN market."
"QLogic provides Fibre Channel adapters to eight of the world's top-ten server manufacturers and is a key technology enabler of the SAN marketplace," said Larry Fortmuller, vice president and general manager, QLogic Computer Systems Group. "By supporting Seagate Backup Exec Shared Storage Option, we are providing our joint customers access to a robust, high-performance storage management solution."
QLogic QLA2100 and QLA2100F 64-Bit PCI-to-Fibre Channel Adapters
QLogic QLA2100 and QLA2100F are industry-leading PCI-to-Fibre Channel adapter boards, which uniquely combine extremely high performance with a highly integrated, cost-effective design. The QLA2100F enables fibre optic technology to address price points similar to copper-based solutions. The Fibre Channel adapters support 100 MB per second sustained data transfer rates and software drivers for all major operating systems, including Windows NT. Both adapters are based on the leading-edge QLogic ISP2100 PCI-to-Fibre Channel processor.
Seagate Backup Exec Shared Storage Option
Seagate Backup Exec Shared Storage Option leverages the benefits of a Fibre Channel SAN, including increased backup performance, centralized management, reduced impact on network users, consolidation of storage devices, superior efficiency, scalability and lower total cost of ownership. Within a SAN, backup traffic no longer needs to pass over the main network, but is off-loaded to a separate, confined SAN. A dedicated Fibre Channel - Arbitrated Loop within a SAN provides the flexibility to run backup operations more frequently, instead of restricting backups to off-peak network times. As a result, business productivity increases as network users no longer need to compete with the backup data traffic for network bandwidth.
Seagate Backup Exec Shared Storage Option is immediately available starting at a U.S. suggested retail price of $1095 per backup server through Seagate Software's global network of TeamExec VARs. Seagate Backup Exec Shared Storage Option works with Seagate Backup Exec for Windows NT (v7.2 or greater). For a complete list of certified hardware, visit seagatesoftware.com. For more information about Seagate Software, network and storage management solutions, contact the Orlando-area office at: 400 International Parkway, Heathrow, FL 32746; 800-327-2232; 407-531-7501 or FAX: 407-531-7730.
About QLogic Corporation
QLogic Corporation is a leading designer and supplier of semiconductor and board-level I/O and enclosure management products. The company's products provide high-performance interface connections for computer systems and their attached data storage peripherals, such as hard disk and tape drives, CD-ROM drives and RAID subsystems. In addition, QLogic provides enclosure management products that monitor and communicate management information related to components that are critical to computer system and storage subsystem reliability and availability. QLogic's highly integrated, fully featured solutions are targeted at the computer system, storage device and storage subsystem marketplaces.
The company is utilizing its expertise to develop products for emerging standards such as Fibre Channel and Ultra3, as well as SAF-TE, SES, IPMI enclosure management solutions.
For more information about QLogic and its product lines, contact QLogic Corp., 3545 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626; telephone: 800-662-4471 (sales); 714-438-2200 (corporate); fax: 714-668-5008; home page qlc.com.
About Seagate Software
Seagate Software, a subsidiary of Seagate Technology, Inc. develops tools and applications for Enterprise Information Management (EIM); the solution for the growing need of corporations for superior information delivery, analysis and availability. Seagate Software's diverse technology and breadth of leading products -- including the award-winning Seagate Backup Exec, Seagate Crystal Reports, Seagate Desktop Management Suite, Seagate Holos, Seagate Info, Seagate Manage Exec and Seagate WinINSTALL -- make it uniquely qualified to deliver EIM with an integrated infrastructure. Seagate Software has established strategic relationships with Compaq, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM, Informix, Microsoft, Netscape, Novell, Oracle, PeopleSoft and other industry leaders, and markets its products worldwide, through distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, retailers, and OEMs. Seagate Software's home page address on the World Wide Web is seagatesoftware.com.
Seagate Technology, Inc. is a leading provider of technology and products enabling people to store, access, and manage information. The Company is committed to providing best-in-class products to help people get information when, where and how they want it. Seagate is the world's largest manufacturer of disc drives, magnetic discs and read-write heads, an innovator in tape drives, and a leading developer of Enterprise Information Management software. Seagate can be found around the globe and on the World Wide Web at seagate.com. For automated news, stock and financial information by phone, dial toll-free 877-SEG-NYSE. Outside the U.S. and Canada, dial 760-704-4368.
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