Is your network ready for the next strategic challenge?

Web-based applications, virtualization, cloud computing, mobile devices, and clustering are driving massive increases in networking workloads. By the end of 2015:

• Annual global data center IP traffic is projected to quadruple to 4.8 zettabytes¹
• Global cloud IP traffic will increase 66 percent per year to reach 1.6 zettabytes¹

The increasing reliance on network-centric applications elevates the role of network adapters to strategic:

• Network performance is becoming a potential bottleneck in application performance
• Adapter growth is adding more points of failure just as I/O reliability becomes application-critical and mission-critical
• Increasing I/O complexity/growth threatens to drive costs for network equipment, management, and heating/cooling to unacceptable levels

Today and tomorrow’s networking challenges make I/O a strategic decision

Connectivity solutions provided by Emulex address the issue of soaring data traffic due to network-centric applications:

• Deliver optimal performance based on application-specific requirements
• Ensure uptime and continuity with enterprise-proven reliability
• Simplify complexity created by virtualization, cloud and clustering through innovation
• Control costs through power efficiency, offload techniques and enterprise management applications

Trust the networking leader that top OEMs depend on

Tier-1 OEMs choose Fibre Channel (FC) and Ethernet adapters provided by Emulex for their enterprise IT customers. Shouldn’t you?

• Emulex is the leader in converged networking solutions
• Emulex is the performance leader in 16Gb Fibre Channel HBAs with 75% worldwide port market share²

Webcasts

Date	Title
Sept 25, 2012	Emulex Presents Why I/O is Strategic Global Survey Results – Join us!
Oct 10, 2012	Emulex and Enterprise Strategy Group Present Why I/O is Strategic for Virtualization
Nov 14, 2012	Emulex and IDC Present Why I/O is Strategic for the Cloud
Dec 12, 2012	Emulex and the Evaluator Group Present Why I/O is Strategic for Big Data
Feb 5, 2013	Emulex and 451 Research Present Why I/O is Strategic for Convergence

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¹ Source: Cisco Global Cloud Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2010-2015
² Source: Crehan: Research Calendar Q1-2012 report released May 2012, (calendar quarters)