EPS to Enhance Emulex’s Delivery of Storage Connectivity Products in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South Africa

Dublin Ireland, January 22, 2009 - Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) has announced that it has selected Electronic Product Services (EPS) Limited, one of Ireland’s fastest growing technology companies, targeting new and established markets, as a distributor in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South Africa. EPS’ presence and expertise in these countries will allow Emulex to raise its profile in these high-growth markets.

“This partnership with EPS will give us the opportunity to further enhance our presence in several important and growing markets,” said Craig Skelton, Emulex director of channel sales, EMEA. “It is the first partnership of its kind that EPS has entered into and will allow us to offer the full benefits of our storage connectivity products to a whole new set of customers.”

EPS will be distributing all of Emulex’s products including its LightPulse® Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) across these regions.

Mick McCarthy, chief executive officer at EPS added: “We’re very excited to be joining forces with Emulex – this new distribution partnership will enable us to deliver best-in-class storage connectivity products to our customers.”

About EPSElectronic Product Services (EPS) Ltd. is a fast growing technology company targeting new and established markets. They have achieved great success in the communications and networking markets where they deliver tailored, packaged systems to value-added resellers and systems integrators. EPS also create demand for their semiconductor partners' products in Europe then support their manufacturing Supply Chain from 18 global sales locations and 11 programming centres across Europe, MENA, China, Thailand and Malaysia. News releases and other information about Electronic Product Services are available at http://www.epsglobal.com

About Emulex Emulex Corporation creates enterprise-class products that intelligently connect storage, servers and networks. The world's leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex's award-winning HBAs, intelligent storage platforms and embedded storage products, including switches, bridges, routers and I/O controllers, to build reliable, scalable and high-performance storage and server solutions. Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) 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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