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Emulex

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." Much of Emulex's early market was for Digital Equipment Corporation's VAX and PDP-11 systems. 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, 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. On July 9, 2009, it too was rejected In February 2015, Avago Technologies Limited announced it would acquire Emulex for $8 per share, in cash.{{Cite news ==See also==
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