COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 13, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the market leader in Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) and embedded storage switches, announced today that its market-leading LightPulse(tm) HBAs and SAN Storage Switches include comprehensive support for Microsoft Data Protection Server (DPS). Data Protection Server provides rapid, reliable recovery and continuous efficient protection for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2000 users, streamlining backup and recovery processes and cost effectively integrating with storage area networks (SANs).
"Data Protection Server is yet another example of Microsoft's consistency in enhancing the storage capabilities of their server technologies," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing, Emulex Corp. "Emulex supports a broad range of Microsoft's innovative storage technologies in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 platform, including Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO), Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), Virtual Disk Service (VDS) and Storport. We work closely with Microsoft to ensure that our customers are able to maximize the benefits they derive from new Windows-based storage technologies."
"Customers are telling us that shrinking backup windows are affecting their IT operations," said Jim Herbert, general manager, Windows Server Division at Microsoft Corp. "The combination of Microsoft Data Protection Server and Emulex HBA and switch products will offer customers continuous, faster and more reliable disk-based backup and recovery that is non-disruptive to their IT environments."
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation is the world leader in Fibre Channel HBAs and delivers a broad range of intelligent building blocks for next generation storage networking systems. Emulex ranked number 16 in the Deloitte 2004 Technology Fast 50.
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(tm) 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 Dell, EMC, Fujitsu Ltd., Fujitsu Siemens, Bull, HP, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance, Quantum Corp., StorageTek, Sun Microsystems, Unisys and Xyratex. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Brocade, Computer Associates, Intel, McDATA, Microsoft and VERITAS among its strategic partners. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at http://www.emulex.com.
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