QLogic Gains HBA Market Share

QLogic Corp. announced that the company once again ranked number one in every category of storage area network (SAN) host bus adapter (HBA) revenue and port market share, according to new data from the Dell’Oro Group Q2 2008 SAN Report. Dell’Oro reports that QLogic gained in overall revenue market share versus its primary competitor for the fifth consecutive quarter achieving 55 percent market share in overall ports and 53 percent of revenue share with a gain of 3.1 percentage points over the previous quarter. This increased the company’s revenue lead over its nearest competitor to 15 percentage points and port share lead to 17 percentage points for the quarter. In addition, Dell’Oro Group has begun to record market data for 8Gb Fibre Channel; QLogic is the only company to show shipments for the second calendar quarter 2008.

"Among other factors such as performance and innovation, a key differentiator for QLogic is reliability," said Amit Vashi, vice president of marketing, QLogic Host Solutions Group. "OEM and channel customers choose our Fibre Channel adapters because they know they are highly reliable, as evidenced by our industry-leading five-year warranty."