QLOGIC CORPORATION | QLogic Makes Solid Gains in 10Gb Ethernet Market Share |
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Latest Reports from Dell'Oro Group and Crehan Research Confirm QLogic Achieved Sequential Quarter-Over-Quarter and Year-Over-Year Gains in 10GbE Adapter and Controller Revenue Share ALISO VIEJO, Calif., March 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), a leading supplier of high performance network infrastructure solutions, today announced that the company gained significant revenue share in the non-captive 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) adapter and controller market in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2014 and the full calendar year, as confirmed by recent reports from the Dell'Oro Group1 and Crehan Research2. On a sequential quarter-over-quarter basis, QLogic gained 2.3 percentage points in calendar Q4 2014 to achieve nearly 18 percent revenue share, according to Dell'Oro Group. Similar quarter-over-quarter share gains were corroborated by the Crehan Research report, which indicated QLogic gained 2.5 percentage points in calendar Q4 2014 to achieve 16.5 percent revenue share. "QLogic has executed extremely well in delivering a much more robust portfolio of 10GbE solutions to the marketplace," said Vikram Karvat, vice president of products, marketing and planning, QLogic. "These products have been widely adopted by the industry's tier-one server OEMs and we've recently been able to amplify that success by making our 3400 Series and 8400 Series solutions broadly available through our extensive network of channel partners. As demand for 10GbE adapter solutions continues to grow, QLogic is committed to delivering products that provide exceptional value and superior performance to our channel partners and OEMs." QLogic 10Gb Ethernet: Performance with Flexibility By delivering wire-speed 10GbE performance with low CPU utilization, QLogic 10GbE adapters excel in modern computing environments. Featuring multiple protocol offload and concurrent LAN (TCP/IP) and SAN (FCoE, iSCSI) protocol processing over a shared 10GbE link, QLogic 10GbE adapters offer maximum flexibility. Ultra-low CPU utilization frees up server cycles for business-critical applications and the increased mobility of VMs. 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, and robust infrastructure management capabilities put network controls in the hands of customers. 1Dell'Oro Group Q4 2014 Ethernet Market Share Report 2Crehan Research Q4 2014 Quarterly Market Share Report Follow QLogic @ twitter.com/qlogic
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