Company Information

CORPORATE OVERVIEW

QLogic is a leading supplier of high performance storage networking solutions, which include the controller chips, host adapters and fabric switches that are the backbone of storage networks for most Global 2000 corporations. The company delivers a broad and diverse portfolio of products that includes Fibre Channel HBAs, blade server embedded Fibre Channel switches, Fibre Channel stackable switches, iSCSI HBAs and iSCSI routers. The company is also a leading supplier of InfiniBand switches and InfiniBand host channel adapters for the emerging high performance computing market. QLogic products are delivered to small-to-medium businesses and large enterprises around the world via its channel partner community. QLogic products are also powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index.

Headquarters: Aliso Viejo, California
Employees: Over 900
Fiscal 2008 Revenue: $597.9 million
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INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP

QLogic is an industry and technology leader by virtue of its leadership positions in industry organizations and track record of being first to introduce innovative new technology.

Industry Memberships

Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)
Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA)
InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA)
StorageNetworking.org
Green Grid Consortium
Blade.Org
OpenFabrics Alliance
HyperTransport Consortium
PCI-SIG

Industry Firsts

1st 20Gb Fibre Channel technology.
1st end-to-end 8Gb Fibre Channel network.
1st FCoE SAN (with NetApp).
1st adapter-to-fabric portfolio for storage and HPC.
1st Transparent Fibre Channel Blade Server Switch.
1st stackable Fibre Channel switch.
1st Fibre Channel switch with 10Gb Fibre Channel technology.
1st Fibre Channel blade server switches and HBAs.
1st 2Gb Fibre Channel Switch.
1st Dual-Port HBA on a Chip.
1st Hard Disk Controller with embedded transceiver.
1st embedded Fibre Channel transceiver.

PRODUCTS

Storage and HPC Networking Product Portfolio:

QLogic 2000 Series Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters
QLogic 4000 Series iSCSI Host Bus Adapters
SANbox Fibre Channel Switches
SANbox Intelligent Storage Routers
QLogic 7000 Series InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters
SilverStorm InfiniBand Switches
QLogic 8000 Series FCoE Converged Network Adapters

OEM Innovation:

QLogic is a leading supplier of innovative OEM solutions like its market share leading blade server switches1. Developer of the world's first embedded SAN infrastructure for bladed servers, QLogic is the leading supplier of Fibre Channel switch modules and HBAs for bladed servers. Single-chip HBAs and switches from QLogic provide fast, reliable and scalable storage expansion in an ultra-compact form-factor.

MARKET LEADERSHIP

QLogic is a market leader in terms of #1 market share positions for key products and in terms of third party recognition.

Market Share Leadership

#1 Fibre Channel HBAs
#1 Fibre Channel HBAs for Blade Servers
#1 Stackable Fibre Channel Switches
#1 iSCSI HBAs
#1 iSCSI HBAs for Blade Servers
#1 DDR InfiniBand Switches

Recent 3^rd Party Recognition for Market Leadership

2008 Storage Magazine Product of the Year finalist (QLogic 8Gb network)
2007 Storage Magazine Product of the Year Silver Award (SANbox 9000 Director)
2007 Forbes 200 List of Best Small Companies
2007 Best Practices Award (Customer: Cambridge University)
2007 Five-Star Rating from VARBusiness and GovernmentVAR Magazines
2006 QLogic named to NASDAQ Global Select Market
2006 Windows IT Pro Readers Choice Award (SANbox line of Switches)
2006 Big Bytes Awards (Customer: Saturday Night Live)
2006 Best Practices Award (Customer: Digital Film Tree)
2006 Global Technology Distribution Council’s inaugural Rising Star Award
2006 Forbes 200 List of Best Small Companies

COMPANY HISTORY

2008 - Introduced industry's 1st end-to-end 8Gb network

2007 - 1st company to pass 40,000 DDR InfiniBand switch ports.

         - Demonstrated industry's 1st FCoE SAN with NetApp.
          - Introduced Industry’s 1st adapter to fabric portfolio for storage and HPC.
          - Introduced Industry’s 1st Transparent Fibre Channel Blade Server Switch.
2006  - Introduced Industry’s 1st Stackable Fibre Channel Director.
          - 1st company to ship over 1 million Fibre Channel HBA ports in one year.
          - Acquired SilverStorm Technologies and InfiniBand switch products.
          - Acquired PathScale, Inc. and InfiniBand adapter products.
2005 - Acquired Troika Networks and Storage Virtualization products.
          - Introduced QLogic Global Services®.
          - Opened EMEA Fulfillment Center in Ireland.

          - 1st company to ship over 500,000 blade server HBA ports.
2004 - Market share leader for Fibre Channel HBAs.
          - Introduced Industry’s 1st stackable Fibre Channel switch.
          - Introduced Industry’s 10Gb Fibre Channel technology.
2003 - Introduced Industry’s 1st Fibre Channel blade server switches and HBAs.
          - SANbox 2Gb Fibre Channel switches win Network Computing

“Switch Product of the Year” award.
2002 - SANblade 2Gb Fibre Channel HBAs win Network Computing

“Overall Storage Product of the Year” Award.
2001 - Introduced Industry’s 1st 2Gb Fibre Channel Switch.

           - Acquired Little Mountain Group and iSCSI chip and HBA products.
          - Introduced SANblade iSCSI products.
2000 - Introduced Industry’s 1st Dual-Port HBA on a Chip.
          - Introduced Industry’s 1st InfiniBand Switch.

          - Acquired Ancor Communications and SANbox switch products.
1998   - Acquired Silicon Design Resources, Inc.
1997   - Introduced Industry’s 1st Hard Disk Controller with embedded transceiver.
1996   - Introduced Industry’s 1st embedded Fibre Channel transceiver.
1994   - Founded and traded on NASDAQ under the symbol QLGC

Forward-looking statements contained in this document may involve risks and uncertainties. The company wishes to advise readers that a number of important risk factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include new and changing technologies; a change in semiconductor foundry conditions; fluctuations or cancellations in orders from customers; and the company's ability to compete effectively with other companies.These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are also discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Form S-3, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.

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