Emulex to Present at Needham Growth Conference


MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 5, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) --



 WHAT:
     Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) will present to investors
     attending the Needham Growth Conference on Wednesday, Jan 11,
     2006 at 6:00 a.m. Pacific time.  Emulex President and COO, Jim
     McCluney and 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:
      Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 6:00 a.m. Pacific time

 WHERE:
      Live webcast at www.emulex.com

 CONTACT:
      Investor contact:                 Press contact:
      Mike Rockenbach, CFO              Robin Austin,
      (714) 885-3695                    Director, Public Relations
                                        (714) 885-3462 or
                                        robin.austin@emulex.com

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About Emulex

Emulex Corporation is the most trusted name in storage networking connectivity, with solutions spanning host bus adapters, embedded storage switches, I/O controllers and SAN Storage Switches. Emulex ranked number 19 in the Deloitte 2005 Technology Fast 50 and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX).

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. The company's products have been selected by the world's leading server and storage providers, including Bull, Dell, EMC, Engenio, Fujitsu Ltd., Fujitsu Siemens, HP, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance, Quantum Corp., Sun Microsystems, Unisys and Xyratex. 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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Emulex Safe Harbor Statement

"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. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.

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