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Emulex Provides LightPulse Fibre Channel HBAs for HP 8Gb/s Infrastructure Bundle
New HP Infrastructure Bundle Delivers Increased Bandwidth and Scalability to Better Support Growing Virtualised Server Environments
LONDON, November 4, 2008 - Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that its LightPulse® 8Gb/s Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) have been selected as part of a new HP 8Gb/s Fibre Channel infrastructure bundle. The HP 8Gb/s bundles are being delivered at a time when an increasing number of customers are turning towards virtualised server environments, which is driving higher SAN attach rates and increased I/O and bandwidth requirements.
"With the exponential growth in digital information, end users are seeking powerful, affordable, easy-to-deploy SAN solutions that meet their ever-increasing storage needs," said Stephane Mandel, product marketing manager, Storage Works Division, HP EMEA. "The new HP 8Gb/s infrastructure bundle, combined with Emulex 8Gb/s HBAs, provides higher performance and increased networking bandwidth for companies demanding higher transaction processing, implementing server and storage virtualisation and consolidating systems onto higher compute platforms."
Emulex HBAs featuring advanced LightPulse Virtual HBA technology, which allows end users to effectively "virtualize" SAN connections, leading to more efficient host utilization and compliance with SAN management best practices. In addition, Emulex HBAs support more Vports than any other HBA provider, aiding in increased scalability and return on investment.
"This new bundle is a testament of our long-term strategic OEM relationship with HP," said Jason Phippen, director of marketing and alliances, EMEA, Emulex. "Emulex 8Gb/s HBAs provide HP customers with greater performance and advanced virtualization features, while maintaining backward compatibility with existing 4Gb/s and 2Gb/s Fibre Channel products."
The bundle includes two Emulex 8Gb/s HBAs, one Brocade B-Series 8/8 base switch, cables and small form-factor pluggables (SFPs). To learn more about HP's 8Gb/s infrastructure bundle visit, www.emulex-hp.com/emeabundles.html. For more information on Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel HBAs, visit: www.emulex-hp.com/8gb.html.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation creates enterprise-class products that intelligently connect storage, servers and networks. The world's leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex's award-winning HBAs, intelligent storage platforms and embedded storage products, including switches, bridges, routers and I/O controllers, to build reliable, scalable and high-performance storage and server solutions. Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) and has corporate headquarters in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at www.emulex.com.
Emulex Safe Harbor Statement
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. The company wishes to caution readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the rapidly changing nature of technology, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products and enhancements by competitors; fluctuation in the growth of Fibre Channel and IP markets; changes in economic conditions or changes in end user demand for technology solutions; fluctuations or delays in customer orders; the highly competitive nature of the markets for Emulex's products; Emulex's ability to gain market acceptance for its products; the company's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the company's reliance on third-party suppliers. These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are also discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.
