COSTA MESA, Calif., April 19, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the most trusted name in storage networking connectivity, today announced that Steve Marconi, Vice President of Worldwide Distribution Sales for Emulex, has been recognized by the editors of CMP Media's VARBusiness Magazine as one of North America's "Top 100 Channel Executives" - a class of industry-leaders whose innovation and expertise are driving the information technology (IT) distribution channel. Marconi was honored in the special April 3 issue of the biweekly magazine that provides strategic insight to technology integrators.
"We celebrate the men and women who enable solution providers with programs, products and inspiration," says VARBusiness Editor Lawrence M. Walsh. "These executives are worthy of emulation by all of their peers."
"Steve Marconi has spent his tenure at Emulex striving to not only meet the company's objectives, but to consistently surpass them," said Fred Gill, executive vice president of worldwide sales for Emulex Corporation. "With his leadership and team, Emulex's channel program has grown tremendously and looks forward to continued success in the future. It is an honor to have Marconi's hard work and commitment to the channel recognized by the editors of VARBusiness in such a prestigious fashion."
The "Top 100 Channel Executives" list is based on a survey of channel executives with respect to years of service, size of their channel programs and their partner priorities for the coming year. In addition to being published in the April 3 issue of VARBusiness magazine, the feature package and executive listing is posted to the Web at www.varbusiness.com.
About VARBusiness Magazine
For the past 19 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available at its Web site, www.varbusiness.com.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation is the most trusted name in storage networking connectivity. The world's leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex award-winning HBAs, embedded storage switching and I/O controller products to build reliable, scalable and high performance storage solutions. Emulex ranked number 19 in the Deloitte 2005 Technology Fast 50 and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX). 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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