NET Collaborates With QLogic

NET’s NX5010 high-speed multiprotocol exchange platform
enables the
extension of InfiniBand fabrics over the WAN, allowing datacenters
and
disparate computing and storage resources to be connected
into a single
pool of utilizable and interchangeable assets. The NX5010,
in combination
with QLogic InfiniBand switches and host channel adapters
(HCAs), offers
customers a robust end-to-end solution for InfiniBand over
the LAN and WAN.

"Our relationship with QLogic and our participation in their
HPCtrack
partner program are a core element of our partner-centric
market strategy.
NET is excited to join QLogic in its efforts to deliver
superior InfiniBand
solutions," said John Sandschulte, VP and GM of NET’s Broadband
Technology
Group. "We are enthusiastic about this partnership and are
looking forward
to working with QLogic as the InfiniBand market continues
to expand."

The QLogic HPCtrack program provides its alliance partners
with access to
the resources they need to create, test and certify their
solutions’
interoperability with QLogic storage and high performance
clustering
technologies. The program is designed to provide the building
blocks for
partner companies to certify and optimize SAN and HPC solutions.

"The addition of NET to the QLogic HPCtrack program allows
us to deliver
certified solutions with all the benefits of InfiniBand
within the
datacenter and across the WAN to our mutual HPC customers
in the commercial
and government markets," said Joe Kimpler, director of business
alliances,
QLogic Corp. "We look forward to working with NET to expand
InfiniBand’s
footprint in the HPC market and to extend its reach into
new markets and
applications."

Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.

QLogic Corp.