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QLogic announced that the company gained revenue market share in Fibre Channel adapters in calendar Q1 2011 according to new reports from two leading industry research firms, Dell'Oro Group1 and Crehan Research.

Both research firms show QLogic gained market share and increased the lead over its nearest competitor in Fibre Channel adapters. QLogic maintained its clear number one position with more than 55 percent of total revenue share, a lead of more than 18 percentage points over its nearest rival and an increase of 1.9 percentage points over the previous quarter.

"These latest market share figures are validation that QLogic continues to gain momentum in the Fibre Channel adapter market by continuing to make the right technology and engineering investments and executing well with our growing customer base," said Amit Vashi, vice president of marketing, Host Solutions Group, QLogic. "Enterprise customers worldwide continue to depend on Fibre Channel networks to run their high performance storage applications. This large, loyal base of customers has come to rely on QLogic as the trusted leader in Fibre Channel adapters and with 16Gb Fibre Channel products on the horizon Fibre Channel continues to meet the performance demands of insatiable storage applications that require reliable and proven high-performance storage bandwidth."

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.