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Broadcom ups hostile offer for Emulex; Sets July 14 deadline

Broadcom raised its hostile takeover bid for Emulex from $9.25 a share to $11 a share and told its target that it shouldn't get too cocky about its future prospects. The message from Broadcom: Without a buyout Emulex is unlikely to see $11 a share for a while. ...

Tags: Broadcom Corp., Emulex Corp., Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Getting Started With VMware vSphere and Emulex/Cisco SANs

The combination of VMware vSphere and Fibre Channel SANs provides substantial CapEx and OpEx savings. Cisco and Emulex are leaders in Fibre Channel technologies and provide scalable, high-performance hardware and software components that fully enable server virtualization in the data center. This paper explains some of the components and concepts...

Tags: Emulex Corp., SAN, VMware Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Virtualization, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Hardware, Storage

White papers 2009-06-26

Emulex to Broadcom's merger overture: No thanks

Emulex on Monday said its board has rejected Broadcom's unsolicited takeover offer at $9.25 a share.  In a statement, Paul Folino, chairman of Emulex's board, said the Broadcom offer was an "opportunistic attempt" to get the company on the cheap. Emulex argued that Broadcom knew that the...

Tags: Merger, Broadcom Corp., Emulex Corp., Proposal, Company, Corporate Governance, Data Centers, Manufacturing, Storage, Leadership, Investment, Networking, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Broadcom makes $764 million bid for Emulex

After an earlier snub, Broadcom Corp. BRCM today made an unsolicited offer to buy Emulex Corp. ELX for $764 million, or $9.25 a share, in a bid that represents a 40 percent premium over Emulex's closing price of $6.61 yesterday. Broadcom disclosed its offer after sending a...

Tags: Broadcom Corp., Emulex Corp., Data Centers, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Semiconductors, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-21

Virtualization and Emulex

Although I wouldn't have thought of Emulex and virtualization technology at the same time, a conversation with the company changed my viewpoint.  How did Emulex achieve the improbable? Read on. Here's what Emulex says about itself Emulex makes a wide range of enterprise-class products...

Tags: Emulex Corp., Storage, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-01

SAN Deployment on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Using Emulex HBAs and CNAs

With the unrelenting escalation of costs for power, cooling and data center footprint, IT managers are under pressure to extract even more performance from their hardware and software. Server virtualization never made more sense. Microsoft's Hyper-V is the next-generation hypervisor technology that provides highly efficient server virtualization fully integrated with...

Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Emulex Corp., SAN, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Server Virtualization, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

White papers 2008-10-01

Why Windows Enterprise Data Centers Are Choosing Emulex

Over 50% of the Windows-based SANs are Fibre Channel. Emulex is the dominant provider of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters HBA for Windows-based SANs because of a history of delivering high performance, scalable, reliable connectivity solutions that offer the finest software architecture and the best interoperability and support. In this...

Tags: Data Center, Emulex Corp., Microsoft Windows, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Operating Systems, Storage Management, Software, Hardware

White papers 2008-07-01

Enhanced SAN Connectivity for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 and 2008

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager VMM provides a comprehensive management application for Microsoft virtualized environments. Emulex 4Gb/s and 8Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs and FCoE Converged Network Adapters CNAs work with Virtual Machine Manager to provide a fully integrated SAN solution for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V Server and...

Tags: Emulex Corp., SAN, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Desktop Virtualization, Storage, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Storage Management, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

White papers 2008-07-01

Booting Servers Directly From a Storage Area Network: The Benefits of SAN Fibre Channel and FCoE Connectivity

This paper discusses the capability of booting servers directly from OS images located on the SAN through a Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter HBA or a Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE Converged Network Adapter CNA. It describes the Emulex "Boot from SAN" implementation, and how it delivers a markedly enhanced...

Tags: Operating System, Emulex Corp., SAN, Benefit, Server, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Storage Management, Hardware

White papers 2008-07-01

Cisco Nexus 5000 and Emulex LP21000

Data Center managers are challenged to keep pace with continuous growth while managing capital, operational and facilities costs. Organizations have turned to server virtualization as a means of reigning in the costs by consolidating applications on virtual servers. Increases in SAN attachment have gone hand in hand. Fibre Channel over...

Tags: Emulex Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Data Center Manager, Fibre Channel Over Ethernet, Data Centers, Server Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Servers

White papers 2008-05-01

NPIV: Emulex Virtual HBA and Brocade, Proven Interoperability and Proven Solution

N-Port ID Virtualization NPIV is an extension to the Fibre Channel industry standard, which is available across the Emulex Host Bus Adapter HBA product line and the Brocade Storage Area Network SAN switches and directors. NPIV delivers significant advantages for running multiple Virtual Machines VMs and managing the workload across...

Tags: Interoperability, Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Emulex Corp., N-Port ID Virtualization, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Hardware

White papers 2008-04-01

bfs_201a4_x86_signed.zip 5.2.1.4 (Windows)

This package supports the following driver models:Emulex PLUS Emulex LightPulse HBA - Storport Miniport Driver

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Emulex Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-02-07

bfs_201a4_x64_signed.zip 7.2.1.4 (Windows)

This package supports the following driver models:Emulex PLUS Emulex LightPulse HBA - Storport Miniport Driver

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Emulex Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-02-07

bfs_200a12_2b_x64.zip 7.2.0.12 (Windows)

This package supports the following driver models:Emulex PLUS Emulex LightPulse HBA - Storport Miniport Driver

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Emulex Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-12-21

bfs_200a12_2b_x86.zip 5.2.0.12 (Windows)

This package supports the following driver models:Emulex PLUS Emulex LightPulse HBA - Storport Miniport Driver

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Emulex Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-12-21

bfs_200a12_x64.zip 7.2.0.12 (Windows)

This package supports the following driver models:Emulex PLUS Emulex LightPulse HBA - Storport Miniport Driver

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Emulex Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-10-16

bs_200a12_86.zip 5.2.0.12 (Windows)

This package supports the following driver models:Emulex PLUS Emulex LightPulse HBA - Storport Miniport Driver

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Emulex Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-10-16

Cisco MDS and Emulex Virtual HBA Solutions for VMware Infrastructure 3: A Technology Overview for SAN Connectivity Using NPIV in a VMware ESX Server 3.5 Environment

Virtualization. This one word speaks volumes and is first on the minds and the agendas of most IT professionals today - and it has to be. For the ever increasing service and resource demands placed on IT departments by users to remain manageable - or to become manageable - the...

Tags: Information Technology, Environment, Emulex Corp., SAN, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, Cisco Systems Inc., N-Port ID Virtualization, VMWare ESX, IT Organization, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Data Centers, Hardware, Servers, Storage, Data Management

White papers 2007-10-08

FCoE Driven Network Consolidation in the Enterprise Data Center

This white paper describes a blueprint for a converged Ethernet fabric as a catalyst for network consolidation in the enterprise data center. To date, the actual deployment of a converged Ethernet fabric in the data center - as a means of consolidating networking, storage and clustering traffic - has largely...

Tags: Data Center, Network, Consolidation, Emulex Corp., Fabric, Ethernet, Data Centers, Networking, Network Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2007-08-01

Virtual server SAN connectivity: Why blade server virtualistaion and Fibre Channel SAN connectivity are rapidly becoming adopted

Server virtualisation is rapidly gaining market acceptance for server provisioning. The introduction of virtual HBA technology will allow users to combine and leverage virtual servers and storage networks into flexible, secure and reliable solutions. The early generations of blades offered little synergy with virtualisation, but the convergence of blades and...

Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Blade Server, Fibre Channel, Blade, Emulex Corp., SAN, Fibre Channel SAN, Blade Servers, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Server Virtualization, Servers, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2007-06-05