COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that it now leads the market in 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) port market share, with almost 35 percent share, and that it continues to lead the market in 10GbE LAN on Motherboard (LOM) revenue market share, according to the Crehan Research Q3 2011 Server-class Adapter and LOM market share report and the Dell'Oro Group Q3 2011 Network Controller and Adapter report.
Key areas for Emulex market share growth for the quarter including the following:
- #1 in 10GbE Ports: Emulex continues to lead the market in 10GbE-based port market share, which includes adapters and LOMs, with nearly 35 percent share, according to the Dell'Oro Group and Crehan Research.
- #1 in 10GbE LOM Revenue and Ports: Emulex is the undisputed leader in the 10GbE market in the LOM market, with over 40 percent of the revenue market share in Q3, according to the Dell'Oro Group and Crehan Research.
- #1 in Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Revenue and Ports: Emulex is the leading non-captive vendor in overall FCoE revenue, with more than 30 percent revenue market share and 80 percent of port shipments, according to Dell’Oro Group and Crehan Research.
- #2 in Overall 10GbE Revenues: Emulex now has 17 percent in revenue share for the overall 10GbE market, according to the Dell'Oro Group and Crehan Research.
- 3 Percent Share Gain over Nearest Competitor in 10GbE Revenue: Emulex gained 3 percent share in total 10GbE-based product revenue market share over its nearest competitor in the third quarter, according to the Dell'Oro Group and Crehan Research.
- 5 Consecutive Quarters of 10GbE Growth: Emulex is the only non-captive vendor to gain share five straight quarters in 10GbE revenue, according to the Dell'Oro Group and Crehan Research.
"Emulex continues to gain share, and close the gap in 10GbE revenue leadership, due to our strong market position with industry leading OEMs and our rapidly expanding global channels for our OneConnect 10GbE Universal Converged Network Adapters and ULOMs," said Shaun Walsh, vice president of marketing, Emulex. "Each quarter, we are building momentum in the fast-growing 10GbE market, that is expected to grow from about $400 million in 2011, to over $1 billion by 2015, according to both the Dell'Oro Group and Crehan Research."
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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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