COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 1998--Emulex Corp.
(NASDAQ:EMLX), a leader in gigabit fibre channel, printer server and
network access products, Wednesday announced that Michael E. Smith,
formerly the marketing manager for Fibre Channel Products at Adaptec
Inc., has joined Emulex as its senior director of Fibre Channel
Marketing.
"Mike brings a wealth of experience in both I/O and fibre channel
marketing which will significantly augment our emerging fibre channel
sales effort," said Paul F. Folino, president and chief executive
officer of Emulex. Prior to joining Adaptec, Mike spent 10 years with
Western Digital Corp., most recently as their Director, Marketing I/O
Solutions.
"Having spent most of this decade in the I/O industry, he is
technically astute and well versed in fibre channel technologies. We
expect that Mike's decade-long track record in I/O and fibre channel
technologies will further enhance our ability to penetrate emerging
fibre channel market opportunities, and we look forward to him joining
our senior management team," added Folino.
Emulex is a leading designer of high-performance network
connectivity products including fibre channel, printer server and
network access products. The company's hardware and software-based
networking solutions improve communication in computer networks and
enhance data flow between computers and peripherals. Fibre channel is
a high-performance ANSI standard interface that is supported by the
120+ worldwide member Fibre Channel Association that includes Sun,
Hewlett-Packard and Seagate.
As a leading developer and supplier of fibre channel technology,
Emulex's fibre channel devices support all implementations of the
fibre channel standard, including arbitrated loop, switched fabric and
point-to-point topologies. 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. |
