Emulex Recognized by IT Professionals as Leader in Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Adapter Market According to IT Brand Pulse Report

• Press Release
• Source: Emulex Corporation
• On 6:00 pm EDT, Monday April 6, 2009

COSTA MESA, Calif., April 6, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

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News Facts:

 -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX - News) today announced key findings from the
    March 2009 IT Brand Pulse(tm) FCoE Adapter Leader Survey detailing
    the opinions of 149 IT professionals on the Fibre Channel over
    Ethernet (FCoE) Adapter market.

 -- Overall, survey respondents favored Emulex over all other vendors
    in five out of six categories: overall FCoE Adapter Market,
    Performance, Reliability, Service and Support, and Innovation.

 -- In the overall FCoE Adapter market leader category, 35 percent of
    respondents selected Emulex over QLogic, Brocade, Intel, Broadcom
    and Mellanox.

 -- Across the sub-categories of performance, reliability, support,
    service and innovation, Emulex was chosen by at least 30 percent of
    the responses, higher than all five competitors.

 -- In general, the report showcased strong IT support for Emulex
    Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) in terms of bringing new products
    to market, with one IT professional responding, "Emulex does a
    better job with new technology."

 -- Emulex's LightPulse(r) FCoE CNAs simplify networking infrastructure
    by consolidating Fibre Channel and networking traffic over a 10Gb/s
    Enhanced Ethernet network, looking to reduce overall infrastructure
    costs and lower overall power and cooling costs. Additionally, the
    company's recently introduced OneConnect(tm) Universal CNAs provide
    true network convergence, supporting Enhanced Ethernet protocols
    that support IP and storage networking, including TCP/IP, NAS,
    FCoE, and iSCSI.

 -- Results of the FCoE Adapter Leader Survey are highlighted in
    today's "Storage Pulse" blog on byteandswitch.com. In addition, a
    slide show of the survey results can be viewed at
    http://itbrandpulse.com/featuredsurveys.aspx.

Supporting Quotes:

``The FCoE market leader survey showcased considerable interest and anticipation for FCoE adapters,'' said Frank Berry, CEO, IT Brand Pulse, ``At this time, FCoE is at technology inflection point and Emulex is overwhelmingly favored in terms of IT perceptions.''

``The IT Brand Pulse report findings clearly mirror reality; Emulex is the FCoE adapter market leader, beating out every competitor by a mile,'' said Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of business development, Emulex. ``Network convergence is a game-changing technology and is reaching a fever pitch in the industry, given it provides cost savings on adapters, cabling, power, space and people, without throwing away the investments in existing infrastructure, processes, software tools and knowledge. Our goal is to continue to drive FCoE adoption with our family of adapters that will, in turn, propel a new phase of consolidation for the data center through network convergence.''

Visit Emulex's Convergence Solution Site to learn more about Convergenomics(tm):

http://www.emulex.com/solutions/convergence.html

Learn more about Emulex CNAs:

http://www.emulex.com/products/converged-network-adapters.html

Learn more about Emulex:

http://www.emulex.com

About Emulex

Emulex is the leader in converged networking solutions for the data center. Our Connectivity Continuum architecture provides intelligent networking services that transition today's infrastructure into tomorrow's unified network ecosystem. Emulex provides a single framework that intelligently connects every server, network and storage device within the data center. Through strategic collaboration and integrated partner solutions, Emulex provides its customers with industry leading business value, operational flexibility and strategic advantage. Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX - News) 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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Emulex Safe Harbor Statement

``Safe Harbor'' Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 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. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.

          Emulex Corporation
          Katherine Lane, Manager, Public Relations 
          (714) 885-3828
          katherine.lane@emulex.com