StorIT to host Business Power Lunch during Gitex

Dubai, September 21, 2005: StorIT Distribution, leading Digital Storage Infrastructure Specialist Company, is organising a Business Power Lunch for Value Added Resellers and Systems Integrators with their vendor partner â€" Qlogic Corporation during Gitex. The Power Lunch, to be hosted at the Fairmont Hotel (Ballroom) on September 26, 2005, will act as a forum for Resellers and System Integrators to meet with representatives from QLogic and StorIT and to understand the latest technology trends and market opportunities.

“Gitex is undoubtedly the largest technology trade show in the Middle East. It is a great networking platform for companies to meet with their industry fraternity. The primary objective behind organising this Power Lunch is to get our resellers together and keep them updated with current technology trends, industry vision and emerging market opportunities,â€? says Suren Vedantham, Managing Director â€" StorIT Distribution. “We also want to show our partners the long term benefits of partnering with the very best vendors in the industry,â€? Suren adds.

The event will begin with a brief presentation by QLogic Corporation followed by lunch, which will also act as a great networking platform for all of StorIT’s channel partners. QLogic Corporation, the proven leader in the Storage Area Connectivity domain, will use this forum to share its vision for the Middle East market and will brief the resellers of the benefits of partnering with them.

StorIT Distribution is planning to organise similar events for its other vendor partners during Gitex and road shows post Gitex.

About StorIT Distribution:
The Middle East’s leading Storage Specialist Value Added Distributor, StorIT, provides comprehensive suite of solutions & services that enable enterprises of all sizes to efficiently store, protect & manage business critical data, and harness the value of information. Extremely client-centric and technology-neutral, StorIT offers full spectrum Data Storage Infrastructure solutions to customers in the SMB, SME & Large Enterprise domain through a wide Reseller Channel Network consisting of Value Added Resellers and Systems Integrators spread across the Middle East & North Africa. Focused approach, superior industry knowledge and advanced technical skill sets make StorIT a recognized market leader in the region. StorIT is the Authorized Middle East-wide Value Added Distributor for World’s leading storage technology providers viz., EMC, ADIC, StorageTek, Qlogic, Fibrenetix, Imation, etc.

About QLogic Corporation (Nasdaq:QLGC):
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Since 1993, over 50 million QLogic products have shipped inside servers, workstations, RAID subsystems, tape libraries, disk and tape drives. QLogic products are delivered to small, medium and large enterprises around the world. Powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance, Quantum, StorageTek and Sun Microsystems, the broad line of QLogic controller chips, host bus adapters, network switches and management software move data from storage devices through the network fabric to servers. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index and NASDAQ 100 Index. For more information visit www.qlogic.com .