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Emulex’s John Alfieri Recognized for Second Consecutive Year as UBM Tech Channel CRN Channel Chief 

COSTA MESA, Calif., February 19, 2013 – Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that John Alfieri, Emulex vice president, Americas channel sales,  has been named one of UBM Tech Channel’s 2013 Channel Chiefs for the second straight year. This prestigious list of the most influential and powerful leaders in the IT channel recognizes executives that are directly responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their organization, while evangelizing and defending the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT industry.

The Emulex Connect Partner Program™, a 2012 CRN Five Star Partner Program winner, aims to help Emulex’s channel partners and Value Added Resellers (VARs) maximize revenue and gross margins with industry-leading I/O connectivity solutions for contemporary applications like big data management and evolving high performance computing (HPC) applications that require high bandwidth and low latency.These products include Emulex’s latest LightPulse® 16Gb Fibre Channel (16GFC) Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) and Emulex OneConnect® Network Xceleration™ (NX) solutions.  The program offers partner-specific content, Emulex Expert™ online technical and sales training certifications, bigger SPIFs, faster claims and higher profit margins. It also includes an interactive and innovative community ecosystem to foster independent discussions around the transition to emerging technologies and platforms.

“One of Emulex’s key goals is to ensure our partners’ success by helping them connect technology to market trends and translate our product leadership into their revenue gains,” said Jeff Hoogenboom, senior vice president of worldwide sales, Emulex. “John’s appointment yet again as a CRN Channel Chief speaks to his guidance and stewardship of the Emulex Connect Partner Program, which has quickly developed into one of the premiere programs in the industry and is helping our partners – and end users - develop and deploy the latest high performance I/O connectivity and management solutions to power their cloud, big data, virtualization and HPC environments.”

For more than ten years, Channel Chiefs were selected by the CRN editorial team based on channel experience, program innovations, channel-driven revenue, and public support for the importance of IT Channel Sales.

“The 2013 Channel Chiefs list recognizes vendor executives dedicated to driving channel programs in the IT marketplace,” said Kelley Damore, Senior Vice President, Editorial Director, CRN. “Our annual Channel Chiefs issue is a must-read for IT solution providers evaluating new vendors or looking to expand solution offerings. These are the people, the products and the programs that any savvy solution provider needs to know. We congratulate this year’s Channel Chiefs for their stellar record of business innovation and applaud them for their continued dedication to the partner community.”

Selected by CRN's editorial staff, the 2013 Channel Chiefs list is featured in the 2/25/13 issue of CRN Magazine and will be featured online at www.crn.com.

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About Emulex

Emulex, the leader in converged networking solutions, provides enterprise-class connectivity for servers, networks and storage devices within the data center. The Company's product portfolio of Fibre Channel host bus adapters, network interface cards, converged network adapters, controllers, embedded bridges and switches, and connectivity management software are proven, tested and trusted by the world's largest and most demanding IT environments. Emulex solutions are used and offered by the industry's leading server and storage OEMs including, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, Huawei, IBM, NEC, NetApp and Oracle. Emulex is headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. More information about Emulex (NYSE:ELX) is available at www.Emulex.com.

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UBM Tech Channel, a UBM company, is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, UBM Tech Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. To learn more about UBM Tech Channel, visit us at: www.ubmchannel.com.