COSTA MESA, Calif., Dec. 15, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the most trusted name in storage networking connectivity, today announced that NEC Corporation has selected the Emulex LightPulse(r) LPe1150 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA for integration into its Express 5800 series of Windows 2000/2003-based servers. The Emulex LPe1150 host bus adapter includes native support for the high performance PCI Express bus technology in NEC's new PCI Express based server line.
NEC selected the Emulex LPe1150 as the exclusive Fibre Channel connectivity solution for its new class of 4 Gb/s PCI Express based Express 5800 server family. This design win by Emulex signifies the first deployment of 4 Gb/s FC HBA technology with a native PCI Express interface in Japan, and highlights the company's leadership momentum for 4 Gb/s technology throughout the industry.
"Emulex is committed to helping NEC deliver integrated server and storage networking solutions with unsurpassed speed and bandwidth to end users in the Japanese market," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing for Emulex. "By offering 4 Gb/s solutions that leverage a native PCI Express architecture, Emulex continues to lead the migration path to next-generation solutions and solidify its relationships with industry leaders such as NEC."
By using Emulex's 4 Gb/s HBA solutions, NEC customers now have the ability to easily and reliably implement high-speed connectivity between NEC servers and 4 Gb/s NEC-based SAN architectures. Emulex's 4 Gb/s HBAs provide customers with the ability to double the speed of today's 2 Gb/s storage networks, while leveraging the flexible Emulex firmware-based architecture to ensure backward compatibility and a seamless migration path.
"The adoption of 4 Gb/s storage networking technology in Japan is just beginning to ramp, and we are pleased to be the first to deploy next generation Fibre Channel-based SAN solutions with our longtime partner, Emulex," said Koji Iguchi, executive expert of NEC's Client and Server Div. "The use of Emulex's cutting-edge 4 Gb/s technology helps to reinforce NEC's position of strength in the storage industry by enabling us to quickly respond to our customers' needs for increased bandwidth for performance intensive applications."
About the Emulex 4 Gb/s Family of SAN Connectivity Solutions
Emulex boasts a broad range of production available 4 Gb/s SAN connectivity solutions, including HBAs, I/O controllers (IOCs) and embedded storage switches. The Emulex suite of 4 Gb/s infrastructure solutions includes general availability of its 4 Gb/s LightPulse Fibre Channel HBAs and IOCs for both PCI-X 2.0 and PCI Express-based servers. Designed to meet the needs of multiple solution environments, ranging from blade servers to enterprise and midrange storage systems, Emulex's 4 Gb/s products feature the latest ARM processor and integrated memory to maximize efficiency in the most data-intensive environments.
Customers utilizing Emulex 4 Gb/s HBAs and IOCs may take advantage of robust features, such as BlockGuard(tm), which was designed by Emulex to provide end-to-end data protection. Emulex's BlockGuard implementation is based on the Data Integrity Field (DIF) industry standard and is key to enabling reliable delivery of data across the storage network. For more information about the Emulex 4 Gb/s family of HBAs and other products, visit www.emulex.com.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation is the most trusted name in storage networking connectivity, with solutions spanning host bus adapters, embedded storage switches, I/O controllers and SAN Storage Switches. Emulex ranked number 19 in the Deloitte 2005 Technology Fast 50 and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX).
The world's leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex HBAs, embedded storage switching and I/O controller products to build reliable, scalable and high performance storage solutions. The Emulex award-winning product families, including its LightPulse(r) HBAs and InSpeed(tm) embedded storage switching products, are based on internally developed ASIC, firmware and software technologies, and offer customers high performance, scalability, flexibility and reduced total cost of ownership. The company's products have been selected by the world's leading server and storage providers, including Bull, Dell, EMC, Engenio, Fujitsu Ltd., Fujitsu Siemens, HP, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance, Quantum Corp., Sun Microsystems, Unisys and Xyratex. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at http://www.emulex.com.
EMULEX -- We network storage
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. Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Retek are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.
The Emulex Corporation company logo can be found at: http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=1744