QLogic SANblade 4Gb Fibre Channel HBAs Available From Hitachi Data Systems
QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), the leader in Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), today announced that its reliable SANblade Pro™ 4Gb Fibre Channel HBAs are now available from Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), and authorized Hitachi Data Systems resellers. Hitachi Data Systems will resell and support single and dual-port versions of PCI-X 2.0 and PCI Express SANblade Pro 4Gb HBAs.
QLogic SANblade Pro 4Gb Fibre Channel HBAs are highly reliable and scalable, making them ideal for medium and large enterprises. To ensure seamless interoperability, the two companies have completed rigorous qualification testing of SANblade Pro 4Gb HBAs with a suite of Hitachi Data Systems enterprise and mid-range storage systems.
"Hitachi Data Systems enterprise storage customers value reliability, performance and support for their heterogeneous environments," said Jack Domme, senior vice president, Global Solutions Strategy and Development, Hitachi Data Systems. "The availability of the new QLogic 4Gb host bus adapters more than meet our customers' needs for SAN connectivity across their most popular operating environments."
"Hitachi Data Systems' open, collaborative approach to storage networking solutions gives customers the ability to implement the best-of-breed solutions that fit their needs," said Roger Klein, vice president, marketing, QLogic Computer Systems Group. "We're pleased to offer our high performance 4Gb SANblade Pro HBAs to HDS' broad range of enterprise customers around the globe."
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About QLogic
QLogic is a leading supplier of high performance storage networking solutions including Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), blade server embedded Fibre Channel switches, Fibre Channel stackable switches, iSCSI HBAs, iSCSI routers and storage services platforms for enabling advanced storage management applications. The company is also a leading supplier of server networking including InfiniBand host channel adapters that accelerate cluster performance. QLogic products are delivered to small-to-medium business and large enterprises around the world via its channel partner community. QLogic's products are also powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index. For more information go to www.qlogic.com.