April 22, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Fortifying its position as the premier supplier of single-chip based fibre channel over ethernet converged network adapters, QLogic Corp. (NASDAQ: QLGC) said its award-winning 8100 Series CNAs are now available from Hitachi Data Systems and over 500 authorized Hitachi resellers worldwide.

The QLogic 8100 Series is fully qualified and interoperable with the comprehensive Hitachi portfolio of storage systems, including the midrange Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 family and Universal Storage Platform V (USP-V) and USP VM enterprise systems.

QLogic 8100 Series CNAs reduce costs and complexity for Hitachi midrange and enterprise customers by converging their SAN and ethernet infrastructures through FCoE. By unifying IP and storage networks for Hitachi customers, the consolidation of server adapters reduces cabling by up to 50 percent and broadens the advantages of SANs such as LAN-free backup, business continuity, improved storage utilization, better application performance and lower total cost of ownership .

QLogic single-chip CNA technology supports simultaneous storage and data networking traffic, enabling Hitachi customers to leverage the ubiquity and economics of ethernet while preserving the investment and strengths of fibre channel.

QLogic (NASDAQ: QLGC) is a leader and technology innovator in high performance networking, including adapters, switches and ASICs. Leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide rely on QLogic products for their data, storage and server networking solutions.

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