Emulex Publishes Second Edition of Convergenomics - The Guide to Network Convergence Solutions with Contributions from Six New Collaborators

SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
Today, Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) published the second edition of
Convergenomics - The Guide to Network Convergence Solutions, which is a
comprehensive introduction to network convergence. The book offers IT managers a
resource to help them craft their next-generation network strategy and explains
how to converge protocols, such as Fibre Channel and iSCSI, onto a 10Gb/s
Enhanced Ethernet backbone. The latest edition includes new contributions from
key ecosystem participants, including BLADE Network Technologies, Brocade,
Fulcrum, Juniper Networks, Novell and Oracle, in addition to previous
contributions from Cisco, EMC, Panduit, Scalent Systems and VMware.

Convergenomics - The Guide to Network Convergence Solutions provides an
assessment of the challenges facing the data center, the business case for
network convergence, use cases and applications, an overview of the technology
evolution and standards activities, a review of the building blocks for
deploying a converged network solution, including software, storage, switches,
host connectivity and management tools.

Supporting Quotes:

"Traditionally, data centers have used specialized networks to meet individual
I/O connectivity requirements for networking and storage; as data centers
continue to grow, IT managers are inherently facing huge network sprawl," said
Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of business
development. "Network convergence solutions simplify IT networking
infrastructure and provide the foundation for creating an agile data center.
Convergenomics - The Guide to Network Convergence Solutions helps IT managers
simplify networking, reduce costs and increase business agility through network
convergence."

"Our RackSwitch and blade switch products provide a revolutionary approach for
scaling out data center networks and driving down total cost-of-ownership," said
Dan Tuchler, vice president of Product Management and Strategy for BLADE Network
Technologies. "The Convergenomics guide from Emulex is an ideal resource for our
customers who are gearing up for this new approach and want a firm grasp on how
to deploy cloud-ready converged networking environments."

"Fulcrum`s FocalPoint family of 10GbE switch/router chips include critical
capabilities to support lossless converged networks, such as Fibre Channel over
Ethernet (FCoE) which cannot tolerate packet loss or high latency and jitter,"
said Gary Lee, Director of Product Marketing for Fulcrum Microsytems. "We
understand what`s needed for next-generation data center fabric designs, which
is why we work closely with an ecosystem of partners like Emulex to help our
customers optimize FCoE technology, and maximize performance as they deploy
converged networking."

"As an industry leader in developing high-performance network technologies to
support next-generation data centers, Juniper Networks employs industry
standards, carrier-class reliability, and integrated security to deliver an open
network for converged communications," said Andy Ingram, vice president of
marketing and business development, Data Center Business Group, Juniper
Networks. "Because our EX Series of Ethernet switches simultaneously advance
both the economics and fundamentals of networking, we applaud Emulex for
publishing Convergenomics-a technical guide with a similar goal in advancing
network convergence."

"We are pleased to be a part of The Guide to Convergenomics. A next-generation
virtual infrastructure requires a converged network that can satisfy the demands
of fail-over, live migration and fault tolerance for virtual machines and
virtual storage, and be integrated by a common management of network access and
quality of service," said Robert Wipfel, distinguished engineer at Novell.
"Novell and Emulex are committed to meeting the demands of SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server customers and providing seamless interoperability as they begin this
migration to a fully converged data center."

"Emulex, whose CNAs have been certified with Oracle Enterprise Linux, works
closely with Oracle to provide converged network support and investment
protection for end users who deploy Emulex FCoE CNAs in Oracle Enterprise Linux
and Oracle VM environments," said Monica Kumar, senior director Open Source
Product Marketing, Oracle. "The Guide to Convergenomics is another tool provided
by Emulex in its ongoing efforts to make it easier for IT professionals to plan
highly-available, scalable and reliable environments."

"Converged networking offers many attractive benefits to data center architects
deploying and upgrading to 10Gb/s Ethernet networking," said Mike Doorhy, Vice
President - Datacom, Panduit. "Panduit is pleased to partner with Emulex in
helping customers optimize their cabling solutions and drive greater operational
efficiency in building out their next-generation data centers."

"The Guide to Network Convergence Solutions from Emulex highlights the `wire
once` philosophy behind the dynamic data center," said Chandy Nilakantan, CTO,
Scalent Systems. "Scalent V/OE offers integrated management to optimize
workloads across physical and virtual resources, while maintaining seamless
compatibility between emerging and legacy data center infrastructure."

Visit Emulex at VMworld, booth #1937, in San Francisco, Calif., August
31-September 3, 2009 to learn more about Convergenomics.

You can download Convergenomics - The Guide to Network Convergence Solutions on
Emulex`s Convergence Solution Site:

http://www.emulex.com/solutions/convergence.html

To learn more about Emulex, please visit: http://www.emulex.com

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About Emulex

Emulex is the leader in converged networking solutions for the data center. Our
Connectivity Continuum architecture provides intelligent networking services
that transition today`s infrastructure into tomorrow`s unified network
ecosystem. Emulex provides a single framework that intelligently connects every
server, network and storage device within the data center. Through strategic
collaboration and integrated partner solutions, Emulex provides its customers
with industry leading business value, operational flexibility and strategic
advantage. Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) and has
corporate headquarters in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other
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Katherine Lane, 714-885-3828
Manager, Public Relations
katherine.lane@emulex.com

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