Emulex to Present at Needham Growth Conference


MEDIA ALERT/ WEBCAST ADVISORY, Dec. 30, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) --


        WHAT:      Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) will present to 
                   investors attending the Needham Growth Conference 
                   on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 5:30 a.m. Pacific 
                   time.  Emulex Executive Vice President and Chief 
                   Financial Officer, Michael Rockenbach will host 
                   the presentation.  The presentation can be heard 
                   and viewed live on the Internet via a Webcast at 
                   www.emulex.com.  The archived version of Emulex's 
                   presentation will be available for seven days 
                   following the conference in the audio archive 
                   section of the Company's website.

        WHEN:      Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 5:30 a.m. Pacific 
                   time

        WHERE:     Live Webcast at www.emulex.com

About Emulex

Emulex Corporation is the world's largest supplier and developer of storage networking host bus adapters and a leading provider of embedded storage switching and connectivity technologies to the industry's top-tier storage and server manufacturers. Emulex was recently named one of Forbes Magazine's 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in 2002, and ranked number 15 in Deloitte & Touche's 2003 Technology Fast 50.

The Emulex award-winning product families, including its LightPulse HBAs and InSpeed(tm) embedded storage switching products, 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 Apple, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu Siemens, Groupe Bull, HP, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance, StorageTek, Sun Microsystems, Unisys and Xyratex. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Brocade, Computer Associates, Intel, McDATA, Microsoft and VERITAS among its strategic partners. Additionally, Emulex and Intel, via a joint development agreement, 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.

EMULEX -- We network storage

"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.

This news release refers to various products and companies by their trade names. In most, if not all, cases these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks by their respective companies.



            

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