Emulex 8Gb/s HBAs Awarded the 2009 Storage Magazine Editor's Choice Award

LONDON, June 16, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

* Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that its family
of LightPulse(r) 8Gb/s Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs)
were awarded the 2009 Editor's Choice by The Storage Awards
-- Storries VI.
* The Storage Awards recognise outstanding products and services
in the storage industry by asking readers of Storage Magazine
and the general public to vote for winners.
* Emulex was presented with this award at a ceremony on 11 June
2009 for the enterprise scalability, maximum SAN performance
and superior quality and reliability of its LPe12000 Fibre
Channel HBAs.
* Brian Wall, editor of Storage, said: "What impressed me most
about the Emulex LPe12000 Fibre Channel HBA was how
user-friendly and streamlined they are when it comes to
installation and management. They also offer genuine
scalability and virtualisation support, so they are an
excellent solution for a very wide range of business needs.
All in all, they deliver impressive performance across many
applications and environments."
* Emulex HBAs draw from eight generations of advanced,
field-proven technologies to deliver a distinctive set of
benefits that are relied upon by the world's largest
enterprises.
Learn more about Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel HBAs:
http://www.emulex.com/products/hba/index.jsp.

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