ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Jan. 30, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), the leader in Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), stackable switches and blade server switches, today announced that H.K. Desai, chairman, CEO and president, and Tony Massetti, senior vice president and CFO, will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners 2006 Technology Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 9:45 a.m. Pacific Time in San Francisco. The conference will be held at the Fairmont Hotel.
The presentation can be accessed through live and archived webcasts via the QLogic web site at http://www.qlogic.com/company/investor_relations.asp.
About QLogic
QLogic is the leading supplier of Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), blade server embedded Fibre Channel switches and Fibre Channel stackable switches for storage area networks. The company is also a leading supplier of iSCSI HBAs. QLogic products are delivered to small, medium and large enterprises around the world, powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, HP, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index. For more information visit www.qlogic.com.
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