QLogic Recognized as Leading Brand in 16Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters
July 17 2014 - 8:00AM
QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), the industry leader in Fibre Channel
adapters, today announced that for the fifth consecutive year,
QLogic has been recognized as the Market Leader in Fibre Channel
host bus adapters (HBAs) by IT Brand Pulse. QLogic 16Gb Fibre
Channel HBAs swept all six categories in the 2014 Storage Brand
Leaders survey, where IT Pros named QLogic the number one Market
Leader, Price Leader, Performance Leader, Reliability Leader,
Service & Support Leader and Innovation Leader.
"Being recognized as the Market Leader for 16Gb Fibre Channel
HBAs in 2014, QLogic becomes the only vendor in the IT Brand Pulse
Storage survey to win five consecutive years," said Frank Berry,
CEO and senior analyst at IT Brand Pulse. "This demonstrates that
QLogic's brand preference remains strong among IT professionals,
even as the market shifts to higher speed, 16Gb Fibre Channel
deployments."
A trusted source of research, data and analysis of IT
infrastructure, IT Brand Pulse delivers non-vendor-sponsored survey
data that captures the perceptions of IT professionals. Brand
Leader Surveys covering hundreds of IT categories each year—from
servers, storage and networking to software and other broad IT
market segments—are conducted regularly. Responses are solicited
from more than 1,000,000 members of on-line groups and the IT Brand
Pulse IT Pro and end-user database.
"IT Brand Pulse surveys carry particular merit, as results are
generated from direct interaction with the IT professionals who are
familiar with the products and solutions most valued in the data
center," said Vikram Karvat, vice president marketing, QLogic.
"Recognition from these IT professionals validates the overall
quality and value that QLogic continually delivers with our Fibre
Channel solutions."
Why QLogic?
The most advanced networks demand sophisticated capabilities,
and for 20 years QLogic has consistently delivered performance,
innovation, flexibility, reliability and control for these
environments. Breakthrough application performance gives customers
faster time-to-data. Innovation delivers new capabilities, greater
efficiency and maximum performance. Unprecedented flexibility
connects mission-critical applications to any storage network.
Reliability is backed by the highest mean-time-between-failure and
the industry's only five-year warranties, and robust infrastructure
management capabilities put network controls in the hands of
customers.
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QLogic – the Ultimate in Performance
QLogic (Nasdaq:QLGC) is a global leader and technology innovator
in high performance server and storage networking connectivity
products. Leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide rely on
QLogic for their server and storage networking solutions. For more
information, visit www.qlogic.com.
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CONTACT: Media Contact:
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QLogic Corporation
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QLogic Corporation
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