COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 18, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the world's leading supplier of storage networking host bus adapters (HBAs), announced today that Unisys Supply Chain Operations has recognized it as a benchmark for supplier manufacturing quality. With this recognition, Unisys continues to ensure the highest levels of quality in the design, testing and manufacturing of solutions that are added to its high-end servers and related systems. Emulex was recognized as a result of Unisys' experience with Emulex HBAs for use in its own products.
"Unisys, as standard practice, conducts quarterly reviews of all key suppliers. Emulex has excelled in providing products that have consistently exceeded our expectations for HBA quality and reliability. In fact, we experienced zero defects during the three months of May through July," said Harry Brunner, director of OEM Commodity Management at Unisys. "The manufacturing and testing processes that Emulex has implemented consistently deliver quality products. This success has led Unisys to raise the bar in terms of what is deemed acceptable from suppliers of similar products."
Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company. It combines expertise in systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, server technology and consulting with precision thinking and relentless execution to help clients, in more than 100 countries, quickly and efficiently achieve competitive advantage.
"The quality of Emulex products is unmatched, as demonstrated by its number one position in the storage networking HBA market, with a 48 percent market share," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of Worldwide Marketing for Emulex. "With this in mind, we are pleased to see partners like Unisys implement rigorous guidelines to elevate its testing and manufacturing requirements for customers worldwide."
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation, which was named one of Forbes Magazine's 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in 2002, is the world's largest supplier and developer of storage networking host bus adapters. The Emulex product families are based on internally developed ASIC, firmware and software technologies spanning both Fibre Channel and IP networking protocols, 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 Dell, EMC, Fujitsu Siemens, Groupe Bull, HP, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance, StorageTek and Unisys. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Brocade, Computer Associates, Intel, McDATA, Microsoft and VERITAS among its strategic partners. Via a joint development agreement, Emulex and Intel are pioneering the industry's first storage processors for Serial ATA, Serial Attached SCSI and Fibre Channel interfaces within a single architecture.
Emulex markets to OEMs and end users through its own worldwide selling organization, as well as its two-tier distribution partners, including ACAL, Avnet, Bell Microproducts, Info-X, Netmarks, Tech Data, TidalWire and Tokyo Electron. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at www.emulex.com.
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