COSTA MESA, Calif., Nov. 13, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that new data from analyst firm Dell'Oro Group confirms it has achieved the fastest growth in the market for Fibre Channel HBAs during calendar year 2007. According to Dell'Oro Group's Q3 2007 SAN report, the Company has achieved market share gains of more than five percentage points, exceeding the growth rate of its nearest competitor. The Company's growth has been fueled by strong demand for its 4Gb/s HBAs and mezzanine cards, which gained three percentage points and eight percentage points, respectively during this period, while its nearest competitor experienced market share declines.
"Increased momentum in the fast-growing server blade and virtualization segments continues to drive growth in Emulex's core HBA business," said Jim McCluney, president and CEO, Emulex Corp. "As a traditional bellwether for the storage business, the growth of the HBA segment illustrates the continued dominance of Fibre Channel, and the increasing demand for SANs due to the proliferation of strong deployments in server virtualization and blade environments."
Rapid uptake in server blades and virtualization also is driving greater demand for 4Gb/s SAN connectivity solutions. Emulex attributes its success to increased traction with new design wins, such as IBM System X and all the major server blade systems.
For more information about Emulex SAN Connectivity solutions, visit www.emulex.com/products.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation creates enterprise-class products that intelligently connect storage, servers and networks. The world's leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex award-winning HBAs, intelligent storage platforms and embedded storage products, including switches, bridges, routers and I/O controllers, to build reliable, scalable and high performance storage and server solutions. Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) and 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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