CreekPath to Integrate Emulex's HBAnyware to Enhance Functionality of its Storage Operations Management Suite.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2003 CreekPath Suite Leverages Functionality of Emulex's Centralized HBA (Host Bus Adapter) See host adapter. Management Solution to Simplify Storage Operations for Customers Emulex Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ELX Elx, Spain: see Elche. ), the world's leading supplier of storage networking host bus adapters (HBAs), today announced CreekPath Systems(R) will integrate Emulex's centralized HBA management suite, HBAnyware(TM), into its Suite of Storage Operations Management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. (SOM) solutions. CreekPath Systems offers a comprehensive, integrated Storage Operations Management suite designed to aggregate the critical functionality necessary for enterprise-class storage operation. CreekPath will utilize Emulex's HBAnyware within its SOM Suite to enhance and streamline the discovery and management of Emulex host bus adapters across multiple operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and the servers in which they operate. The CreekPath SOM platform combines the critical functionality necessary for optimal Storage Operations Management including, Storage Network Management, Storage Resource Management, Storage Performance Management, Storage Service Management and Data/Storage Security Management. Emulex's HBAnyware is a centralized HBA management suite that enables complete management of Emulex HBAs and the ability to upgrade firmware anywhere in a Fibre Channel or iSCSI SAN from a single console. HBAnyware complements and enhances third-party management applications, such as the CreekPath Storage Operations Management Suite, by providing full visibility to the SAN and enabling dynamic access to critical SAN information, such as port attributes, link status and discovery information. Further, Emulex partners may take advantage of seamless HBAnyware integration using driver-based technology which features Emulex's extensions to the industry standard common HBA API. Further, HBAnyware is fully backwards compatible See backward compatible. backwards compatible - backward compatibility with previous generations of Emulex HBAs, enabling immediate access to customers' installed base. "Emulex's HBAnyware management suite provides the critical intelligence that is required to help simplify management of large-scale SANs, which is goal shared by both CreekPath and Emulex. "Integrating HBAnyware functionality enables our customers to obtain maximum value and efficiency from their SANs, while simplifying the storage management process through the use of a single management console A terminal or workstation used to monitor and control a network. See Microsoft Management Console. ," said Scott Hansbury, vice president of market and business development at CreekPath Systems. "Further, Emulex's APIs enable a quick and seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. process for incorporating HBAnyware functionality into the CreekPath Storage Operations Management Suite." HBAnyware utilizes secure, in-band protocols, enabling complete support of heterogeneous SANs, without the need for remote agent software. Today, OEMs have deployed storage solutions using more than 900,000 Emulex Fibre Channel HBAs in Fortune 1000 data centers worldwide and HBAnyware is fully compatible with Emulex's entire product line and supported installed base and can be easily deployed, leveraging customer investments in network and storage environments. "Utilizing HBAnyware enables CreekPath to provide compelling functionality to reduce SAN management complexity and cost," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing at Emulex. "We are confident SAN administrators utilizing Emulex's HBAnyware in conjunction with storage software solutions, like the CreekPath Storage Operations Management Suite, will experience increased efficiency and reduced management complexity." About HBAnyware Emulex's HBAnyware is a centralized HBA management suite that dramatically simplifies SAN management and lowers total cost of ownership. HBAnyware incorporates driver-based technology to enable complete management of Emulex HBAs and the ability to upgrade firmware anywhere in a Fibre Channel or iSCSI SAN from a single console. Emulex's HBAnyware complements third-party management applications and enables cost-effective and scalable management that is critical to the efficient operation of enterprise-class SANs. Additionally, HBAnyware leverages Emulex's unique HBA architectural capabilities including firmware upgradeability and driver compatibility across product generations to further reduce planned downtime and improve IT management productivity. About Emulex Emulex is a leading supplier and developer of storage networking host bus adapters based on both Fibre Channel and IP networking technologies. The Emulex product families are based on internally developed ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. , firmware and software technologies, and offer customers high performance, scalability, flexibility and reduced total cost of ownership. The company's products have been selected by the world's leading server and storage providers, including Dell, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , Fujitsu Siemens, Groupe Bull, HP, Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Network Appliance and Unisys. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Brocade, Computer Associates, INRANGE, Intel, Legato, McDATA, Microsoft and VERITAS among its strategic partners. Emulex markets to OEMs and end users through its own worldwide selling organization, as well as its two-tier distribution partners, including ACAL ACAL Asociación de Archiveros de Castilla Y León (Castille and Leon, Spain) ACAL Academia de Ciencias de América Latina (Spanish: Academy of Sciences of Latin America, Venezuela) , Avnet, Bell Microproducts, Info-X, Netmarks, Tech Data, TidalWire and Tokyo Electron. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa. News releases and other information about Emulex are available at www.emulex.com. EMULEX -- We network storage "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. The company wishes to caution readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the rapidly changing nature of technology, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products and enhancements by competitors; fluctuation in the growth of Fibre Channel and IP markets; changes in economic conditions or changes in end-user demand for technology solutions; fluctuations or delays in customer orders; the highly competitive nature of the markets for Emulex's products; Emulex's ability to gain market acceptance for its products; the company's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the company's reliance on third-party suppliers. These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are also discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q. Note to Editors: This news release refers to various products and companies by their trade names. 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