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 Former headquarters inCosta Mesa, California | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| NYSE: ELX | |
| Industry | Technology |
| Founded | 1978; 48 years ago (1978) |
| Defunct | 2015; 11 years ago (2015) |
| Fate | Acquired byAvago Technologies |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Bruce C. Edwards (Executive chairman) Jeff Benck(CEO) |
| Revenue |  US$478.60 million (2013)[1] |
 −US$5.21 million (2013)[1] | |
| Total equity | US$761.8 million (2009)[2] |
Number of employees | More than 1200 (2013)[3] |
| Website | emulex.com at theWayback Machine (archived 2014-12-26) |
Emulex Corporation[4] was an American computer hardware company active from 1978 to 2015. The company was a provider of computer network connectivity, monitoring and management hardware and software. The company's I/O connectivity offerings, including its line ofEthernet andFibre Channel-based connectivity products, are or were used in server and storage products from OEMs, includingCisco,Dell,EMC Corporation,Fujitsu,Hitachi,HP,Huawei,IBM,NetApp, andOracle Corporation. In 2015, the company was acquired byAvago Technologies.
Emulex was founded in 1978[5] by Fred B. Cox "as a supplier of data storage products and data communications equipment for the computer industry."[6] By 1983, Emulex was able to advertise its products as if it were grocery items: a 2-page spread headlined "One stop shopping for VAX users? Emulex, of course" showed 3 paper bags, each with the Emulex name and logo and each holding a large computer board. One bag also said, "Disk Controllers" while the second bag said, "Communication Controllers;" the third said "Tape Controllers".[7]
Much of Emulex's early market was forDigital Equipment Corporation'sVAX andPDP-11 systems.[8] One of the company's most successful products early on was the Performance series of low-cost, low-profileterminal servers. The inaugural Performance 4000 (P4000), released in August 1988, was the first third-party terminal server compatible withDEC'sLocal Area Transport protocol.[9][10] As one of the industry's first compact design terminal servers, it was instantly profitable for Emulex,[11] selling well in shops that were looking for low-cost access methods to a fast-growing base of DECVAX server products.[original research?] The P4000 was fixed in port count (16) and housed in a plastic shell with an LCD status screen.[9]
In 1992, Emulex spun off their disk controller business intoQLogic.[12]
Headquartered inCosta Mesa, California, Emulex employed more than 1,200 people in 2013. In 2000, Emulex acquired Giganet for $645 million,[13] and in 2013, it acquiredEndace, based in New Zealand. On April 21, 2009,Broadcom made a proposal to the Emulex board of directors to buy all existing shares of Emulex for $764 million, or $9.25 per share, a 40% premium over the stock's closing price on April 20, 2009.[14][15] After Emulex's board of directors recommended against the sale, Broadcom increased their offer to $11 per share on June 30, which valued the company at $925 million.[16] On July 9, 2009, it too was rejected[17] Broadcom subsequently withdrew its offer.[18]
In February 2015,Avago Technologies Limited announced it would acquire Emulex for $8 per share, in cash.[19] Avago, a spinoff of Hewlett Packard, merged with Broadcom in May of that year.[20][21] Avago assumed the Broadcom name.[19][22]
For the fiscal year ended: July 29, 2008
Emulex's entry into the VAX 11/780 SBI controller field ...
Avago ... born as a component division of Hewlett-Packard
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