ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 26, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), the company that powers storage area networks (SANs), today announced that EMC has qualified the QLogic SANblade QLA200 value line of host bus adapters (HBAs) as E-Lab Tested for the new EMC CLARiiON AX100 networked storage system targeting the Small and Medium Business (SMB) market. The QLogic SANblade QLA200 line, which features easy set-up and configuration wizards, was designed specifically for leading storage providers like EMC who are delivering pre-configured, customer installable entry-level SAN solutions. EMC has also qualified the QLogic SANblade QLA2340 Series high performance Fibre Channel HBAs as E-Lab Tested with the CLARiiON AX100.
"EMC and QLogic have worked together to develop simple, low-cost storage solutions," said Chuck Hollis, EMC's vice president of platforms marketing. "The QLogic SANblade QLA200 helps EMC deliver easy-to-install and manage networked storage solutions designed specifically for first-time networked storage customers."
"Simple, low-cost SANs are a reality with the EMC CLARiiON AX100," said Frank Berry, vice president of marketing, QLogic Corp. "With a leadership position in the SAN market, EMC is well positioned to blaze a trail with smart SAN solutions for SMB customers."
About the SANblade QLA200 Line
The SANblade QLA200 family helps makes simple, low cost SANs a reality for OEMs designing SAN solutions for SMBs. These new HBAs enable OEMs with a low price of acquisition as well as a low cost of ownership due to the family's extreme reliability. In addition, the SANblade QLA200 is extremely easy to use with enhanced wizard-based installation and auto-configured software.
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Since 1993, over 50 million QLogic products have shipped inside servers, workstations, RAID subsystems, tape libraries, disk and tape drives. These products were delivered to small, medium and large enterprises around the world. Powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Network Appliance, Quantum, StorageTek and Sun Microsystems, the broad line of QLogic controller chips, host bus adapters, network switches and management software move data from storage devices through the network fabric to servers. A member of the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100, QLogic was named to the following during fiscal year 2004: (i) Fortune's 100 Fastest Growing Companies list for the fourth consecutive year; (ii) Forbes' Best 200 Small Companies for the fifth consecutive year; and (iii) Business Week's list of 100 Hot Growth Companies. For more information visit www.qlogic.com.
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