Emulex

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title: "Emulex" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2015-mergers-and-acquisitions", "american-companies-established-in-1978", "american-companies-disestablished-in-2015", "broadcom", "cloud-storage-gateways", "companies-based-in-costa-mesa,-california", "companies-formerly-listed-on-the-new-york-stock-exchange", "computer-companies-established-in-1978", "computer-companies-disestablished-in-2015", "computer-storage-companies", "defunct-computer-companies-based-in-california", "defunct-computer-companies-of-the-united-states", "defunct-computer-hardware-companies", "technology-companies-established-in-1978", "technology-companies-disestablished-in-2015"] description: "Computer peripherals manufacturer" topic_path: "technology/computing" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulex" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Emulex Corporation
logo	Emulex Corporation logo.svg
image	Former Emulex Corporation Headquarters Costa Mesa California 2022.JPG
image_caption	Former headquarters in Costa Mesa, California
type	Public
traded_as
equity	US$761.8 million (2009)
revenue	US$478.60 million (2013)
net_income	−US$5.21 million (2013)
industry	Technology
foundation
defunct
fate	Acquired by Avago Technologies
location_city	Costa Mesa, California
location_country
United States
key_people	Bruce C. Edwards
(Executive chairman)
Jeff Benck (CEO)
num_employees	More than 1200 (2013){{cite web
url	http://www.emulex.com/artifacts/21a4291a-9066-4ee2-b070-94c2bba0e0a4/facts.pdf
title	Corporate Fact Sheet
date	June 3, 2008
accessdate	2009-02-22
page	1
homepage
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Emulex Corporation{{cite news |newspaper=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/topic/company/emulex-corporation |title=Emulex Corporation}} 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 of Ethernet and Fibre Channel-based connectivity products, are or were used in server and storage products from OEMs, including Cisco, Dell, EMC Corporation, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, Huawei, IBM, NetApp, and Oracle Corporation. In 2015, the company was acquired by Avago Technologies.

History

1979–1999

Emulex was founded in 1978 by Fred B. Cox "as a supplier of data storage products and data communications equipment for the computer industry."{{cite news |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |title=Emulex Corp. Founder to Give Up His Job as Firm's Chief Executive |date=June 30, 1990 |author=Cristina Lee}} 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".{{cite magazine |magazine=The DEC Professional |pages=36–37 |title=One stop shopping for VAX users? Emulex, of course |date=November 1983}}

Much of Emulex's early market was for Digital Equipment Corporation's VAX and PDP-11 systems.{{cite web |title=Performance Effects of Disk Subsystem Choices for VAX Systems |url=https://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/papers/diskperf.pdf |author=B. Kridle |date=July 27, 1983 |quote=Emulex's entry into the VAX 11/780 SBI controller field ...}} One of the company's most successful products early on was the Performance series of low-cost, low-profile terminal servers. The inaugural Performance 4000 (P4000), released in August 1988, was the first third-party terminal server compatible with DEC's Local Area Transport protocol. As one of the industry's first compact design terminal servers, it was instantly profitable for Emulex, selling well in shops that were looking for low-cost access methods to a fast-growing base of DEC VAX server products. The P4000 was fixed in port count (16) and housed in a plastic shell with an LCD status screen.

In 1992, Emulex spun off their disk controller business into QLogic.{{cite news |newspaper=New York Times |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/07/biztech/articles/05fibr.html |title=In Data Linkage, It's Spinoff vs. Parent |date=July 5, 1999 |author=Andrew Pollack}}

2000 to present

Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, Emulex employed more than 1,200 people in 2013. In 2000, Emulex acquired Giganet for $645 million,{{cite news |magazine=EE Times |url=https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1127751 |title=Emulex Acquires Giganet for $645 million}} and in 2013, it acquired Endace, 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.{{cite news |newspaper=New York Times |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/broadcom-launches-764-million-hostile-bid-for-emulex |title=Broadcom Makes $764 Million Hostile Bid for Emulex |date=April 22, 2009}}{{Cite web |title=Newsroom |url=https://www.broadcom.com/company/news |access-date=2021-06-09 |website=www.broadcom.com |language=en}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.streetinsider.com/Mergers+and+Acquisitions/Broadcom+(BRCM)+Raises+Offer+for+Emulex+(ELX)+to+$11/4762361.html |title=Broadcom (BRCM) Raises Offer for Emulex (ELX) to $11}} On July 9, 2009, it too was rejected{{cite web |url=http://www.emulex.com/resources/press-releases/2009/list/jul-9-2009-emulex-board-unanimously-rejects-broadcoms-1100-per-share-offer.html |title=Emulex Board Unanimously Rejects Broadcom's $11.00 Per Share Offer}} Broadcom subsequently withdrew its offer.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/31828742 |title=Broadcom Drops Takeover Bid for Emulex

In February 2015, Avago Technologies Limited announced it would acquire Emulex for $8 per share, in cash.{{Cite web |url=http://www.avagotech.com/pages/news |title=Avago Financial News 2015-02-25}} Avago, a spinoff of Hewlett Packard, merged with Broadcom in May of that year.{{cite news |newspaper=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/business/dealbook/avago-agrees-to-acquire-broadcom-for-37-billion.html |title=Avago Agrees to Buy Broadcom for $37 Billion |quote=Avago ... born as a component division of Hewlett-Packard |author1=Michael J. de la Merced |author2=Chad Bray |date=May 28, 2015}}{{Cite news |last=Mukherjee |first=Liana B. Baker, Supantha |date=May 29, 2015 |title=Avago to buy Broadcom for $37 billion in biggest-ever chip deal |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-broadcom-m-a-avago-correction-idUSKBN0OE28220150529|access-date=2021-04-07}} Avago assumed the Broadcom name.

References

References

1. [https://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=ELX ELX: Key Statistics for Emulex INC – Yahoo! Finance]
2. (2008-08-20). "Form 10-K". Emulex Inc., United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
3. Ryan, Alan J.. (September 7, 1987). "Emulex wants out of DEC bind". IDG Publications.
4. Brandel, William. (February 22, 1988). "Emulex unwraps first LAT-compatible server". Reed Business Information.
5. Staff writer. (August 8, 1988). "CDC and Emulex invade DEC's digs". IDG Publications.
6. Patch, Kimberly. (May 1, 1989). "Emulex ups earnings by 57% sparked by new product intros". Reed Business Information.
7. ''avagotech.com'' redirects to ''broadcom.com''

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