Emulex Wins TechAmerica Orange County High-Tech Innovation Awards for OneCommand Vision
I/O Management Solution Honored in the Software Category
COSTA MESA, Calif., June 15, 2011 – Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the leader in converged networking solutions, today announced it has been recognized as the winner in the Software category for the TechAmerica Orange County High-Tech Innovation Awards. Emulex was honored for OneCommand™ Vision intelligent application, which provides proactive management of I/O within data center environments.
“We are pleased to be recognized for technology innovation by the TechAmerica Orange County High-Tech Innovation Awards, alongside so many notable organizations,” said Shaun Walsh, vice president of marketing, Emulex. “Emulex’s OneCommand Vision provides an end-to-end view into I/O as data travels throughout the data center, giving IT administrators an edge in navigating today’s complex data center environments and fixing bottlenecks before they become a problem. We are proud of the capabilities of OneCommand Vision, and this award is a true testament to the value of our products.”
Emulex OneCommand Vision is part of the OneCommand framework, and proactively manages I/O within physical, virtual and cloud data center environments. With OneCommand Vision, IT administrators can monitor I/O data paths and proactively configure data center resources to solve bandwidth and contention issues within their infrastructure. This allows IT administrators to maximize I/O performance, availability and resource utilization by analyzing both physical and virtual I/O layers, including the operating system, adapters, networks and the array end-points.
“We congratulate all of the winners and finalists for their innovation over the last year, and look forward to seeing the trend continue,” said Bob Brunson, associate director, TechAmerica Orange County. “Emulex is an important contributor to Orange County and the innovations created here for the country and the world.”
Now in its 18th year, the TechAmerica awards are a premier business event in Orange County, celebrating excellence and achievement in the region’s technology industry and honoring local companies, individuals and products that drive innovation. This year’s honorees were announced at the annual dinner on June 9, 2011, at the Hyatt Hotel in Irvine, CA.
In addition to the awards, TechAmerica Orange County recognized educators and students for their innovative use of science, math, and technology in the classroom and the community in conjunction with Project Tomorrow, the nation’s leading education nonprofit group focused on preparing today’s students to be tomorrow’s innovators. Emulex is a proud sponsor of this program.
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About Emulex
Emulex, the leader in converged networking solutions, provides enterprise-class connectivity for servers, networks and storage devices within the data center. The Company's product portfolio of Fibre Channel host bus adapters, network interface cards, converged network adapters, encryption solutions, controllers, embedded bridges and switches, and connectivity management software are proven, tested and trusted by the world's largest and most demanding IT environments. Emulex solutions are used and offered by the industry's leading server and storage OEMs including, Apple, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, Huawei, IBM, LSI, Lenovo, NEC, Oracle, NetApp, Samsung and ZTE. Emulex is headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. More information about Emulex (NYSE:ELX) is available at www.Emulex.com.
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