COSTA MESA, Calif., Dec. 4, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that it was named one of the 20 most strategic storage vendors by Everything Channel's CRN. Everything Channel interviewed storage integrators who selected the companies they consider to be their most strategic partners.
Emulex was selected as a leader in the Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) market, and for driving Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) awareness and adoption. Emulex recently announced FCoE-based converged network adapters (CNAs), giving SAN customers and their solution providers the ability to simplify their networking infrastructure by consolidating Fibre Channel and networking traffic over a 10Gb/s Enhanced Ethernet network, which in turn helps lower power and cooling costs.
"Being selected from a group of industry-wide storage integrators is truly an honor and speaks to Emulex's best-in-class SAN connectivity solutions," said Steve Marconi, vice president of worldwide channel sales, Emulex. "We are excited to enter 2009 with such strong FCoE momentum and remain committed to bringing innovative next-generation solutions to the channel so that, in turn, our partners can provide end users with the tools they need to build high performance, easy-to-use and cost efficient storage systems."
Emulex's commitment to the channel and continued growth has received numerous industry accolades over the last year from Everything Channel. Most recently, Emulex was certified as a Silver 5-Star Winner in the VARBusiness 2008 Partner Program Guide, which acknowledges the commitment and strength of a vendor's partner program for its channel resellers, IT integrators and technology consultants. Additionally, Steve Marconi was named to the 2008 CRN Channel Chief for the third straight year.
To learn more about the Emulex Partner Program, please visit: http://www.emulex.com/partners/. To view the Emulex profile as part of the Top Strategic Storage Vendors list, as published by CRN, please visit: http://www.crn.com/storage/212001316;jsessionid=4GOU3042F5C5WQSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN?pgno=1.
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's 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 has corporate headquarters in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at http://www.emulex.com.
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