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QLogic today announced that it continues to strengthen its number one position in storage area network (SAN) Fibre Channel adapters as it increased its lead in market share and widened its lead over its nearest competitor, according to new data published by the Dell'Oro Group in its Q3 2009 SAN Report.

QLogic increased its overall Fibre Channel adapter revenue share and strengthened its number one position in Q3 to 54.4 percent. QLogic also boosted its lead over its nearest rival by 1.9 percentage points, achieving a lead of 17.9 percentage points for Q3.

On the 8Gb Fibre Channel adapter front, QLogic increased its revenue share by 3.6 percentage points compared to the previous quarter, increasing its revenue share lead to 56.6 percent for Q3. In the category of 8Gb Fibre Channel mezzanine cards, QLogic continued to dominate with 78 percent of revenue share for Q3 compared to the nearest competitor's 22 percent share. In the broader category of all mezzanine adapters (4Gb and 8Gb), QLogic increased revenue share by 1.6 percentage points to 72.4 percent and held a 44.8 percentage point lead for the quarter.

"QLogic's leadership in market share mirrors our leadership in innovation," said Amit Vashi, vice president of marketing, Host Solutions Group, QLogic. "This is most evident in the 8Gb mezzanine market, where the transition to Intel Nehalem-based servers, the increasing prevalence of VMware and other leading hypervisors, and the shift to Windows Server 2008 R2 is taking place. The intersection of these technologies has resulted in increased volume of QLogic 8Gb mezzanine adapters, which are being selected over the competition by virtue of the fact that they are designed to take advantage of the leading virtualized OS platforms and provide superior performance while minimizing power. Since QLogic's adapters don't require a cumbersome heat sink, their compact form factor makes them ideal for OEM blade servers and high-density storage systems."

QLogic: The Fibre Channel Adapter of Choice in the Data Center

QLogic market share leadership is driven by IT professionals in Global 2000 corporate data centers that are deploying Fibre Channel adapters. Fibre Channel adapters from QLogic offer a suite of technology advancements that enable storage administrators in large enterprises to ensure comprehensive business continuity, maintain application performance and cost-effectively scale their networks.