Continuing to demonstrate widespread acceptance of its single-chip Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) portfolio, QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC) today announced that its 8100 Series converged network adapters (CNAs) have been named the 2009 Connectivity Product of the Year by StorAge Magazine at the publication's annual StorAge Awards, or "Storries," in the U.K. Now in its sixth year, the "Storries" recognize outstanding products, services and people in the industry as nominated and voted on by the magazine's readers. Winners of this year's awards will be showcased in the July/August issue of StorAge Magazine. 

Based on QLogic's advanced Network Plus Architecture, the 8100 Series is designed for next-generation, virtualized and unified data centers with powerful multi-processor, multi-core servers. Available in multiple form factors, including standard and mezzanine cards, the 8100 Series offers full certification for nearly every operating system, including Windows, Linux, AIX and HP-UX, and virtualization platforms, such as VMware ESX Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer, as well as any hardware platform from PowerPC to Nehalem. QLogic 8100 Series CNAs are optimized for both data and storage networking virtualization with superior 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet performance to handle massive quantities of virtual machines.

"This award is particularly significant because it comes directly from the readers of StorAge Magazine," said Scott Genereux, senior vice president, Worldwide Sales & Marketing, QLogic. "They see the tremendous problem-solving capabilities of FCoE and specifically the 8100 Series adapters and have validated our strategy to deliver the highest performing FCoE connectivity solutions, which are making it easier for businesses to manage their storage and data on a single, unified network."