QLogic Fibre Channel SAN Products Certified With New VERITAS Backup Exec™ 9.0 for Windows Servers

 

SANblade™ Host Bus Adapters, SANbox2™ Switches Complement VERITAS'
Newest Backup and Recovery Solution for Windows-Based Users

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., January 22, 2003 - QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), the company that powers storage area networks (SANs), today announced support for VERITAS Software Corporation's (Nasdaq: VRTS) newest version of VERITAS Backup Exec™ backup and recovery software designed to address the data protection challenges of today's small-to-medium sized enterprises. The company's family of Fibre Channel SAN infrastructure products has been certified with VERITAS Backup Exec™ 9.0 for Windows Servers backup and recovery software.

The latest version of VERITAS' leading backup and recovery software for Windows data protection, Backup Exec™ 9.0 features the industry's fastest backup of Exchange servers. Other key features include new Web-based management tools and support for Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 Web services technology.

"VERITAS and QLogic share common goals of simplifying storage, and supporting high data availability and integrity," said Frank Berry, vice president of marketing, QLogic Corp. "The combination of VERITAS Backup Exec software with QLogic host bus adapters and switches addresses industry demands for end-to-end SAN infrastructure solutions that ensure reliable, cost-effective data protection."

QLogic products certified for use with VERITAS Backup Exec™ 9.0 include:

  • QLogic SANblade QLA2340 line of 2Gb/sec PCI/PCI-X-to-Fibre Channel host bus adapters, designed for optimal performance in SAN and cluster environments;
  • QLogic award-winning SANbox2 2Gb/sec Fibre Channel switches
  • QLogic SAN Connectivity Kit* 2000, a turnkey 2Gb/sec storage networking package consisting of the company's SANbox2 8-port switch, four SANblade 2Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapters, SANsurfer Tool Kit* management software, GBICs, cables, and documentation for just $9,999 MSRP.

"Extensive certification testing of QLogic's Fibre Channel products with VERITAS' industry-leading backup and recovery software ensures the highest levels of reliability and interoperability for heterogeneous SANs," said Brenda Zawatski, vice president of product and solutions marketing, VERITAS Software. "VERITAS Backup Exec 9.0 combined with QLogic's proven storage hardware offers a robust and budget-conscious solution for protecting critical data in small-to-medium business environments."

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About QLogic (www.qlogic.com)
QLogic Corporation (Nasdaq:QLGC <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=qlgc&d=t>) simplifies the process of networking storage for OEMs, resellers and system integrators with the only end-to-end infrastructure in the industry, consisting of award-winning controller chips, host bus adapters, network switches and management software to move data from the storage device through the fabric to the server. QLogic designs and produces solutions based on all storage network technologies including SCSI, iSCSI, InfiniBand and Fibre Channel. A member of the S&P 500 Index, QLogic was recently named to Forbes' Best 200 Small Companies for the fourth consecutive year and was named to Fortune's 100 Fastest Growing Companies list for the third consecutive year.

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