QLogic provides SAN support for Intel Itanium 2 processors

QLogic Corp., a provider of SANs solutions, will support the latest Intel Itanium 2 processor and architecture in Windows and Linux environments.

The Intel Itanium 2 processor is designed to address issues such as massive data sets, scalability, security and high-uptime. Applications that benefit from the Itanium 2 processor include computing, database applications such as the Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, business intelligence, and security transactions. Compute-intensive, custom applications for vertical markets such as the oil and financial industries also benefit from the Itanium 2 processor.

QLogic has been involved since the early development of the Intel Itanium architecture, supplying hardware and software during its design and testing stages.