COSTA MESA, Calif. and WHIPPANY, N.J., May 17, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Info X Distribution, a leading distributor of storage area networking host bus adapters (HBAs), announced today that it has awarded the Info X 2004 Partner of the Year award to Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) for its continued execution of strategic distribution channel programs and technology leadership. The Info X 'Partner of the Year' Award recognizes the vendor who has excelled in providing strong channel support, training and educational tools as well as superior technology and robust SAN connectivity solutions. This is the third consecutive year Emulex has been awarded the Info X 'Partner of the Year' award, which reinforces the Company's commitment to continually raising the bar in terms of channel excellence and execution.
"Emulex realizes the importance of providing its channel partners with strategic training, support and sales incentive programs to help broaden deployment of its SAN infrastructure solutions, which is why we've elected to honor Emulex with this year's 'Partner of the Year' award," said Thomas Carlucci, President of Info X. "Further, Emulex continues to innovate within the channel by launching new products and solutions, such as the LP10005DC HBA for IBM BladeCenter, along with rewards programs to help its channel partners increase profitability while broadening the deployment of state-of-the-art SAN solutions."
Emulex SAN connectivity solutions available from Info X include a variety of LightPulse HBAs, including the LP10000, LP1050, LP1005DC for IBM eServer BladeCenter and the LP101 for connecting the EMC AX100 within small and midsize enterprises. Additionally, all EMC E-Lab tested and qualified Fibre Channel HBAs from Emulex are available via Info X.
"Info X has been instrumental in helping Emulex expand the market for its award-winning SAN connectivity solutions and we are honored to receive the Info X 'Partner of the Year' award in recognition of our ongoing execution and success in the channel," said Fred Gill, executive vice president of worldwide sales, Emulex Corp. "Info X has a well-established midrange and enterprise customer base and its SAN infrastructure expertise will continue to help us extend the reach of Emulex-based SAN solutions."
Following its commitment to channel excellence, Emulex recently introduced a new sales incentive program called "Perfect 10" -- that rewards channel partners for achieving incremental growth targets when selling the Emulex Thor-based LP10000 and LP1050 family of Fibre Channel HBAs. For more detailed information on the "Perfect 10" program, visit http://www.emulex.com/promos/perfect10/index.html.
The Emulex family of HBAs offers firmware-based architecture and operating system driver compatibility across Emulex's entire HBA product line, which provides customers with a simplified upgrade path, reduced management complexities and also ensures a lower total cost of ownership. Emulex also offers a robust suite of HBA installation and management tools, including Enterprise AutoPilot Installer, EZPilot and HBAnyware, which incorporates driver-based technology to enable complete management of Emulex HBAs and the ability to upgrade firmware anywhere in a SAN from a single console.
About Info X
Info X is one of the largest distributors of SAN connectivity equipment in the world. The company provides only the best solutions for storage OEMs and System Integrators. In addition to providing non-OEM specific Fibre Channel products, Info X offers the full line of EMC E-lab Tested and Qualified HBAs for both CLARiiON and Symmetrix storage systems. Customers have access to Info X's knowledgeable and SAN-focused salespeople, a team of Engineer-Level Technical Support Personnel, and superior logistics and warehousing capabilities. Corporate Headquarters is located in Whippany, NJ and Info X's European Distribution Hub is located in Eindhoven, NL. More information about Info X can be found at www.info-x.com.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation is the industry's preeminent source for a broad range of advanced storage networking infrastructure solutions spanning host bus adapters, embedded storage switches, I/O controllers and SAN Storage Switches. Emulex ranked number 16 in the Deloitte 2004 Technology Fast 50 and most recently received recognition as one of Forbes 200 Best Small Companies.
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(r) 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. Emulex'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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