archived press 2000
Sanbolic Collaborates with QLogic
Newcomer on the SAN market works with well-established vendors.

Watertown, MA, November 28, 2000 - Sanbolic, Inc. the latest addition to SAN software developers, providing Volume Sharing for enhanced intraSAN communication, today announced a relationship with QLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QLGC). The volume sharing software was originally developed on a SAN system with QLogic 2200 Series Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs). The extensive testing has since been broadened to cover other QLogic Fibre Channel HBAs and the results have been extraordinary.

"We are pleased to be working with Sanbolic, Inc. and to include them in our SANTrack interoperability program. QLogic believes that our customers can benefit from affordable volume sharing software from Sanbolic, says Samir Desai, manager of product marketing, QLogic Computer Systems Group.

"We have found excellent support from many of the hardware vendors and future partners in the SAN market. We have been working with QLogic for a few months now and are pleased with the technical results. We anticipate that the collaboration will take us to levels of business and to customers we could not have reached without their help," says Eva Helen, Director of Business Development at Sanbolic, Inc.

About Sanbolic, Inc.
Sanbolic, Inc. is a privately held company incorporated in 2000 and located in Watertown, Massachusetts. Sanbolic, Inc. is providing the market with the latest software for sharing and access of data.

Pricing and Availability
The pricing for Sanbolic's Volume Sharing software Kayo will start at USD 1990.00 per copy/seat. The product will be available from an authorized network of reseller and OEM partners. For more information about Kayo, please contact Sanbolic, Inc. sales headquarters office at: 304 Pleasant Street, Watertown, MA 02472; Phone: 617 926 2802, Fax: 617 926 2808 or Email: sales@sanbolic.com.

About QLogic Corporation
QLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QLGC) is changing the way the world views Storage Area Networks (SANs), serving OEMs, VARs and system integrators with the broadest line of SAN infrastructure components in the industry. With over 15 years of enterprise storage experience, the company delivers a full range of Fibre Channel switches, PCI host bus adapters, controller silicon and management chips for systems and peripherals, as well as the QLogic Management Suite of SAN management software solutions. A member of the Nasdaq-100® Index, QLogic recently emerged on the Forbes 500 and Business Week 200 lists. QLogic is integrated in over 200 OEM solutions, including: AMI, Compaq, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, INRANGE, Iwill, MTI Technology Corp., Quantum, Raidtec, Siemens, Sun and Unisys. For more information about QLogic and its products, contact QLogic Corp., 26600 Laguna Hills Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656; telephone: 800 662 4471 (sales); 949 389 6000 (corporate); fax: 949 389 6126; web: www.qlogic.com.

The following terms are trademarks of Sanbolic, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries: Sanbolic, Kayo, Melio FS. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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