OVERVIEW

QLogic (NASDAQ: QLGC) is a global leader and technology innovator in high performance networking, including adapters, switches and ASICs. Leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide rely on QLogic products for their data, storage and server networking solutions. QLogic is a NASDAQ Global Select company and is included in the S&P 500.

Headquarters: Aliso Viejo, California
Employees: Over 900
Fiscal 2009 Revenue: $633.9 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

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

Industry Firsts

• World's First and Only 10GbE iSCSI Router
• 1st FCoE Converged Network Adapter (CNA)
• 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 adapters
• 1st 2Gb Fibre Channel Switch
• 1st Dual-Port Adapter on a Chip
• 1st Hard Disk Controller with embedded transceiver
• 1st embedded Fibre Channel transceiver

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 Adapters
• #1 Fibre Channel Adapters for Blade Servers
• #1 Transparent Fibre Channel Switches for Blade Servers
• #1 Stackable Fibre Channel Switches
• #1 iSCSI Adapters
• #1 iSCSI Adapters for Blade Servers
• #1 DDR InfiniBand Switches

Recent 3^rd Party Recognition for Market Leadership

• 2009  Best FCoE Connectivity Solutions, StorAge Magazine (8100 Series adapters)
• 2008 AEA Product of the Year (QLogic 8Gb network)
• 2008 Technology Council Company of the Year
• 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
• 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

• Introduced industry's first fully- integrated single chip converged network adapter with Full FCoE Offload, based on the breakthrough Network Plus Architecture
  

• Introduced industry's 1st FCoE converged network adapter
• Introduced industry's 1st end-to-end 8Gb network
  

• 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
  

• 1st company to pass 40,000 DDR InfiniBand switch ports
• Demonstrated industry's 1st FCoE SAN with NetApp
• Introduced QLogic Global Services®
• 1st company to ship over 500,000 blade server adapter ports
  

• Introduced Industry’s 1st Stackable Fibre Channel Director
• 1st company to ship over 1 million Fibre Channel adapter ports in one year
• Acquired SilverStorm Technologies and InfiniBand switch products
• Acquired PathScale, Inc. and InfiniBand adapter products
  

• Acquired Troika Networks and Storage Virtualization products
• Introduced QLogic Global Services®
• 1st company to ship over 500,000 blade server adapter ports
  

• Market share leader for Fibre Channel Adapters.
• Introduced Industry’s 1st stackable Fibre Channel switch
• Introduced Industry’s 10Gb Fibre Channel technology
  

• Introduced Industry’s 1st Fibre Channel blade server switches and adapters
• SANbox 2Gb Fibre Channel switches win Network Computing “Switch Product of the Year” award
  

• SANblade 2Gb Fibre Channel Adapters win Network Computing “Overall Storage Product of the Year” Award
  

• Introduced Industry’s 1st 2Gb Fibre Channel Switch
• Acquired Little Mountain Group and iSCSI chip and adapter products
• Introduced SANblade iSCSI products
  

• Introduced Industry’s 1st Dual-Port Adapter on a Chip
• Introduced Industry’s 1st InfiniBand Switch
• Acquired Ancor Communications and SANbox switch products.

• Acquired Silicon Design Resources, Inc.
  

• Introduced Industry’s 1st Hard Disk Controller with embedded transceiver

• Introduced Industry’s 1st embedded Fibre Channel transceiver
  

• 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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