ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Aug. 15, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq: QLGC ), the industry leader in Fibre Channel adapters, today announced that the company gained revenue share in the Fibre Channel adapter market in the first half of calendar year 2014, as confirmed by recent market share reports from the Dell'Oro Group 1 and Crehan Research 2 . On a combined basis, inclusive of QLogic and the acquired Brocade adapter product lines for all periods, QLogic gained an absolute 1.4 points of market share from calendar year 2013, extending its double digit market share lead over its nearest competitor by an additional 2.6 share points. QLogic currently holds a total revenue share of 58.0 percent according to Dell'Oro Group and 57.1 percent share according to Crehan Research and is on pace to achieve its 11 th consecutive year of Fibre Channel adapter market share leadership.
"The first half of 2014 saw continued expansion in QLogic's Fibre Channel share position," said Vikram Karvat, vice president of marketing, QLogic. "We were very pleased with our performance across the breadth of our OEM and channel customers, as well as across geographies, and with the Gen 5 Fibre Channel transition continuing, we see increased demand for our award-winning FlexSuite TM 2600 Series adapters."
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1 Dell'Oro Group Q2 2014 SAN Report
2 Crehan Research Q2 2014 Quarterly Market Share Report
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