ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Jan. 17, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), a leader in networking for storage and high performance computing (HPC), today announced its membership in the Interop Vendor Alliance (IVA), a community of software and hardware vendors working together to enhance interoperability with Microsoft systems. Through the Interop Alliance, QLogic builds on its longstanding collaboration with Microsoft to simplify storage area networks (SANs). QLogic and Microsoft will be working together to enhance interoperability with QLogic end-to-end SAN products and Microsoft platforms, streamlining storage network installations and improving SAN performance for Global 2000 businesses.
"The addition of QLogic to the Interop Alliance gives additional credence to the program," said Sam Rosenbalm, interop vendor alliance manager, Microsoft. "Together with the other alliance members, we have the opportunity to work with customers to identify their top interoperability challenges such as systems management, virtualization, identity management, data integration, and storage management to name a few."
The alliance provides a venue for members to socialize customer feedback with an eye toward increasing technical collaboration that targets common interoperability challenges. Vendors share relevant technical information with other members to improve the interoperability of their products with Microsoft systems. In addition, Microsoft and IVA members test interoperability scenarios to validate real-life solutions for customers. Alliance members also post best-practice guides created as a result of scenario-based testing to the alliance web site.
"By creating an atmosphere of vendor collaboration and enabling real-world, scenario based testing, the Interop Vendor Alliance fosters greater interoperability in the storage network community," said Joe Kimpler, director of business alliances, QLogic Corp. "In addition, the program keeps customers up to date about proven interoperable solutions. Businesses will have an additional level of peace of mind when implementing QLogic end-to-end SAN solutions into their Microsoft environments."
About QLogic
QLogic is a leading supplier of high performance storage networking solutions, which include the controller chips, host adapters and fabric switches that are the backbone of storage networks for most Global 2000 corporations. The company delivers a broad and diverse portfolio of products that includes Fibre Channel HBAs, blade server embedded Fibre Channel switches, Fibre Channel stackable switches, iSCSI HBAs and iSCSI routers. The company is also a leading supplier of InfiniBand switches and InfiniBand host channel adapters for the emerging high performance computing market. QLogic products are delivered to small-to-medium businesses and large enterprises around the world via its channel partner community. QLogic products are also powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index.
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