COSTA MESA, Calif., Aug. 14, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the most trusted name in storage networking connectivity, today announced that the Emulex LightPulse(r) family of 4Gb/s Fibre Channel PCI-X and PCI Express HBAs are selected for use in Microsoft Technology Centers (MTCs) worldwide. With centers in Boston, Chicago, Silicon Valley and the United Kingdom, among other locations, the MTCs provide customers with an outstanding environment and access to industry leaders and technology experts to envision, architect and demonstrate a secure, customized solution based on Microsoft and partner technologies. This dynamic collection of resources accelerates development time by removing traditional barriers, and reduces the total cost of solution acquisition. By incorporating Emulex 4Gb/s HBAs in its MTCs, MTC customers can explore a wide variety of options for easily and reliably connecting servers to 4Gb/s SAN architectures, essentially doubling the speed of previous 2Gb/s storage networks.
"The MTCs' incorporation of Emulex 4Gb/s HBAs provides customers with a state-of-the-art connectivity solution for Windows-based SANs, and the robust suite of features and industry-leading interoperability enables a broad array of equipment to be seamlessly integrated into high-performance data centers," said Adam Hecktman, director, Microsoft Technology Center in Chicago. "As an MTC alliance member and infrastructure provider, Emulex HBAs coupled with Microsoft operating environments provides a solution that not only meets the performance and feature set needs of SAN customers, but can also help customers improve profitability."
"Microsoft Technology Center customers can take advantage of the full 4Gb/s performance of Windows-based SANs utilizing Emulex and Microsoft networked storage solutions," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing, Emulex. "Through our longstanding relationship with Microsoft, we can help ensure the MTCs provide customers with best-in-class solutions for improved profitability and optimized IT infrastructure."
Emulex is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner with HBAs that support the Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server and Windows NT operating systems, including the Storport driver released with the Windows Server 2003 platform. The Microsoft Storport driver, coupled with the Emulex Storport miniport HBA driver, helps solution providers deliver greater storage resource manageability. Emulex HBAs also support Windows Server 2003 storage technologies, including Virtual Disk service (VDS), Volume Shadow Copy service (VSS) and Multi-Path I/O (MPIO). Emulex has also received the "Compatible with Simple SAN for Windows Server 2003" designation.
Emulex Fibre Channel HBAs -- Generations Ahead
Emulex LightPulse HBAs leverage seven generations of advanced, field-proven technology, providing customers with the highest quality SAN connectivity solutions that the world's leading enterprises have come to rely upon. With a unique firmware upgradeable architecture, common driver model and centralized management tools for simplified installation and deployment, Emulex HBAs are simply "Generations Ahead" of competing solutions. The Emulex suite of Fibre Channel HBAs offers the following industry-leading features and benefits:
-- Superior Quality and Reliability -- Field-proven, single-chip
design with a combination of parity and other advanced error
checking methods to validate the integrity of data blocks.
-- Most Efficient Installation and Management -- Unique tools
designed to automate installation and provide local and remote
HBA configuration and management. The Emulex architecture allows
complete independence of device drivers from HBA hardware and
firmware, which translates into time- and cost-savings by
eliminating the need to reboot during most configuration changes
and providing compatibility across HBA generations.
-- Maximum SAN Performance -- Experience superior full-duplex data
throughput and I/O processing, ideal for real-world application
environments. Dynamic Frame Multiplexing is another exclusive
Emulex feature designed to consistently provide superior
performance in mixed workload environments, such as disk and
tape back-up.
-- Fastest Diagnosis and Recovery -- Ensures fast and efficient SAN
troubleshooting with comprehensive diagnostics, detailed event
logging and tracing.
-- Broadest Enterprise Deployments -- With the largest installed
base of HBAs, Emulex SAN connectivity solutions are trusted by
the world's largest, mission-critical enterprises.
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). 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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