Emulex Provides Fibre Channel Fabric Connectivity for Compaq TaskSmart N-Series NAS Appliance.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)--Feb. 27, 2001 Emulex's LP8000 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters Qualified on the TaskSmart(TM) N-Series Network Attached Storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) Appliance Emulex Corp. (Nasdaq:EMLX), the world's leading supplier of Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), announced today that it will provide Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ) with a custom version of Emulex's LightPulse(R) LP8000 Fibre Channel HBA (Host Bus Adapter) See host adapter. (Compaq part number 176479-B21) for its new TaskSmart N-Series NAS Appliance. The TaskSmart N2400 is the first in a family of NAS solutions optimized for Windows NT file server consolidation and heterogeneous file serving, delivering exceptional performance and efficient use of space. "Compaq is committed to delivering customers optimized NAS performance with the breakthrough economics of industry standards in the TaskSmart N-Series appliance," said Mark Nagaitis, director of product marketing, TaskSmart Servers, Compaq Industry Standard Server Group. "Emulex's Fibre Channel host bus adapters help Compaq provide the top-notch performance, robustness and scalability customers require to implement the highest quality TaskSmart NAS solutions." Emulex's flexible architecture ensures that Compaq TaskSmart customers can migrate seamlessly to the N-Series NAS appliance, without sacrificing existing technology investments. In addition, Emulex and Compaq have worked closely to provide scalable growth between direct attached storage, NAS and SANs. "Compaq and Emulex have long-standing business and technology development relationship and Compaq's selection of our market-leading HBA for its newest TaskSmart N-Series NAS appliances reinforces our dedication to providing both the NAS and SAN markets with best-of-breed Fibre Channel solutions," said Kirk Roller, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. at Emulex. "Emulex's HBAs offer proven reliability, needed to satisfy Compaq's demand for enterprise-class solutions." Emulex LightPulse Host Bus Adapters Emulex's LightPulse family of HBAs provide a unique combination of features required for mission-critical enterprise applications, including full fabric support, high data integrity, full-duplex operation, data buffering for up to 100km of cabling and support for all Fibre Channel topologies. The company's host bus adapters are also supported by a rich suite of software for storage protocol (SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. ), network protocol (IP), as well as multi-protocol (SCSI & IP) operation, enabling advanced SAN and network applications. Emulex provides a wide range of operating system support, including Windows NT and 2000, Solaris, AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , UnixWare and NetWare. The Emulex Fibre Channel family includes the 2 Gb/s LP9002 host bus adapter, SBus-based LP8000S host adapter, LP8000 host adapter, LP950 and LP850 host bus adapters, the high-performance PCI-based LP7000E and the industry's first digital re-timing hub, the LH5000 series. For more information about Emulex's Fibre Channel products, visit http://www.emulex.com/fc/index.html. About Emulex Emulex is a leading designer, developer and supplier of a broad line of Fibre Channel host adapters, hubs, ASICs and software products that provide connectivity solutions for Fibre Channel storage area networks (SAN), network attached storage (NAS) and RAID. The company's products 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. technology, and are deployable across a variety of SAN configurations, system buses and operating systems, enhancing data flow between computers and peripherals. Emulex's products offer customers the unique combination of critical reliability, scalability and high performance, and can be customized for mission-critical server and storage system applications. Emulex products have been selected by the world's leading server and storage providers, including Compaq, 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, Hewlett-Packard, 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. and Unisys. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Brocade, INRANGE, Intel, McDATA, Microsoft, Legato and Veritas among its strategic partners. Emulex markets to OEMs and end users through its own worldwide selling organization, as well as 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, Tech Data and TidalWire. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa. News releases and other information about Emulex are available via the Internet at http://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 following: Emulex's and Giganet's markets are characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products and enhancements, and the combined companies may not be able to respond to such changes on a timely basis; the fibre channel and IP market are at early stages of development; changes in economic conditions or changes in end-user demand for technology solutions, including the possibility of slower than expected growth in demand for Fibre Channel solutions; possible delays in OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and launches of products enabled by the company's solutions or deferrals in orders for the company's solutions by these OEMs; Giganet's VI/IP products remain in the development stage and are subject to significant technical, competitive and market acceptance risks; the ability of Emulex to effectively integrate Giganet's operations into its own; the highly competitive nature of the markets for Emulex's and Giganet's products as well as pricing pressures that may result from such competitive conditions; the combined companies' ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the companies' reliance on third-party suppliers for components used in the companies' products and on manufacturing subcontractors that assemble and distribute the company's products; the companies' reliance on certain OEMs, distributors and key customers; potential losses on strategic business investments; and potential fluctuations in Emulex's future effective tax rate. 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. In most, if not all, cases these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks by their respective companies. |
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