Fibre Channel News:
10/28/97 - EMULEX AND DIGITAL EQUIPMENT
CORPORATION ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO
INTEGRATE
Emulex Fibre Channel Host Adapter with Digital's Storage Solutions
COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Emulex Corporation (Nasdaq: EMLX), an industry leader in fibre channel products
and technology, and Digital Equipment Corporation announced today that Digital will integrate the Emulex LightPulse(TM) PCI host
adapter with their StorageWorks solutions. The Emulex fibre channel host adapters will provide arbitrated loop fibre channel
connectivity and be included in an attachment kit supplied by Digital.
"Emulex has a robust PCI fibre channel host adapter which supports all classes of services and topologies," said Ellen Lary, vice
president of Digital's Storage Business Unit. "Digital chose Emulex because the embedded processor architecture design of the adapter
enhances the overall performance of the fibre channel system," she added.
"Digital is a leader in both server and storage products and we are pleased to announce that Digital has chosen Emulex to be the
supplier for fibre channel connectivity for their StorageWorks arrays," said Mike Kane, marketing director for Emulex. "The addition
of gigabit fibre channel connectivity provides Digital customers a high performance, high availability solution for networked storage,"
he added.
Digital Background
Digital Equipment Corporation, recognized for product and service excellence, is a leading supplier of high-performance, Web-based
computing solutions which help enterprises compete in the global marketplace. Digital gives its customers a winning Internet
advantage through a comprehensive portfolio of Internet solutions based on award-winning systems, advanced networking
infrastructure, innovative software, and industry applications -- including those from its business partners. The expertise and
experience of Digital employees help customers plan, design, implement, manage and support Internet solutions in countries
throughout the world. For the latest company information, visit Digital on the World Wide Web at digital.com.
Emulex Background
Emulex is a leading developer of fibre channel technology, a high- performance ANSI standard interface and an active participant in
the 120+ member Fibre Channel Association (FCA), which includes Sun Microsystems, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Seagate. Fibre
channel architecture is uniquely designed to serve both local area networking and peripheral I/O communications needs and has
scaleable transmission speeds from 266 Mbps to 1.062 Gbps over distances of up to 10 kilometers. The Company markets to OEMs
and end-users through its own worldwide selling organization, as well as two-tier distribution partners. Corporate headquarters are
located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available via Emulex's World
Wide Web address at emulex.com.
This news release refers to various products and companies by their trade names. In most, if not all, cases these designations are
claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks by their respective companies. SOURCE Emulex Corporation
-0- 10/28/97 /CONTACT: Mike Lanto, Sr. Manager, Marketing Service of Emulex Corporation, 714-513-8155 or e-mail:
marketing@emulex.com; Karen Quatromoni of Digital Equipment Corporation, 508-467-4120 or e-mail: quatromoni@mail.dec.com; or
Carol Bardia, Principal, of Bardia International 714-661-4183 or e-mail bardintl@ix.netcom.com/
/Web site: digital.com./ /Web site: emulex.com./ (EMLX)
CO: Emulex Corporation; Digital Equipment Corporation ST: California IN: CPR SU: |
