KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Aug. 21, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- Beacon Street Partners, a leader in business broadcast solutions for events on the Internet announced that it will produce a 'live' webcast and audio conference for QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), to discuss its products, on Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 11 a.m. PST. Interested participants should visit http://www.beaconcalls.com/qlogic/082101/ to view and listen to this event. To access the audio conference, participants should call 1-800-776-0700 or 800-946-0712 and use Confirmation code No. 686925
QLogic, the only end-to-end storage area network (SAN) infrastructure provider, announced Monday it has formed a consortium of vendors committed to developing open, interoperable 2Gb Fibre Channel solutions for Storage Area Networks (SANs). 2Gb Fibre Channel devices deliver twice the performance of 1Gb legacy products, at dramatically lower costs, while protecting customers' existing SAN investments by maintaining seamless compatibility with the enormous installed base of current 1Gb Fibre Channel devices. The presence of 2 Gig-ready SANs are expected to fuel continued high growth currently being experienced in the SAN marketplace.
About QLogic Corporation
QLogic Corporation is changing the way the world views Storage Area networks (SANs), serving OEMs, VARs and system integrators with the only end-to-end SAN infrastructure in the industry. With over 15 years of enterprise storage experience, the company delivers a full range of Fibre Channel switches, PCI host bus adapters, controller silicon and management chips for systems and peripherals, as well as the QLogic Management Suite of SAN management software solutions. A member of the S&P 500 Index, QLogic was ranked fourth on Forbes' Best 200 Small Companies and number 20 on Fortune's 100 Fastest Growing Companies. QLogic is integrated in over 200 OEM solutions, including: Compaq, Computer Associates, DataCore, Dell, EMC, FalconStor, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, INRANGE, Iwill, Quantum, Raidtec, Siemens, Sony, Sun, Unisys, VERITAS and XIOtech. For more information about QLogic and its products, contact QLogic Corp., 26600 Laguna Hills Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656; telephone: 800/662-4471 (sales); 949/389-6000 (corporate); fax: 949/389-6126; home page: http://www.qlogic.com.
About Beacon Street Partners
Beacon Street Partners is a leader in business broadcasts and distribution of events on the Internet. These events consist primarily of business and financial conferences (both virtual & bricks and mortar) as well as shareholder meetings, analyst presentations, earnings calls and audio interviews for public companies. Beacon Street Partners (www.beaconstreetpartners.com) will also, through existing strategic alliances and partnerships, function as an ASP (Application Services Provider), to bring together the necessary components of shareholder management-communication services, marketing, transfer agent/record keeping, IR/PR.