With today's new 3.0 release of Medusa Labs Test Tool Suite, Finisar is introducing a next-generation test tool suite that provides complete I/O generation, data and signal integrity verification, stress testing, performance benchmarking, and remote management capabilities. These critical features allow test and validation engineers to develop higher-quality products in a shorter time frame, for faster time to market. The test tool suite is ideal for companies developing servers, switches, Host Bus Adapters (HBA), and other storage equipment.

"Finisar's Medusa Labs benchmark demonstrates a technology breakthrough in the IOPS achieved on a single server and it highlights the critical I/O performance and features Emulex's LightPulse(R) 8Gb/s Host Bus Adapters provide, such as support for the Message-Signaled Interrupts eXtended (MSI-X) standard," said Taufik Ma, vice president of product marketing at Emulex Corporation. "We have used Medusa Labs Test Tool Suite in the validation and optimization of the performance of our products for several years and thoroughly trust their expertise."

About MLTT 3.0

Key features of the new release include cross-platform remote management through a single GUI and scalability to accommodate large testing facilities. The enhanced GUI is designed around SQA workflow and enables the creation of full test plans with complete test coverage across multiple remote testing systems based on Windows, Linux, or Solaris. As a consequence, performance testing and benchmarking no longer require individual system management, making it possible for a single technician to initiate tests across multiple systems from a centralized management location.

The advanced I/O engine is optimized for the highest possible application bandwidth and IOPS performance. New graphical test scripting manages extensive test cases within a single test plan and new benchmarking options support full control of read/write and sequential/random traffic ratios.

"Finisar is committed to providing its customers with the best performance testing, verification, and benchmarking capabilities possible with an application. Our approach to testing with software allows engineers to use common system platforms to validate designs based on the latest protocols and technologies, including emerging protocols such as FCoE," said Paul Hansen, vice president of Network Tools marketing at Finisar Corporation. "With this new release, we focused on enhancing our current I/O engine and improving ease-of-use to assist developers in building more robust products with faster time to market."

Medusa Labs Test Tool Suite 3.0 is available now and operates with Finisar's industry-standard Xgig(R) monitoring and analysis platform to provide the most comprehensive testing solution on the market. For more information about Finisar's proven networking solutions, visit www.finisar.com or contact a Finisar Solution Expert at 1-408-400-1110 or email networktools-sales@finisar.com.

About Finisar

Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) is a global technology leader for fiber optic subsystems and network test systems that enable high-speed voice, video and data communications for networking, storage, wireless, and cable TV applications. For more than 20 years, Finisar has provided critical optics technologies to system manufacturers to meet the increasing demands for network bandwidth and storage. Finisar is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA with R&D, manufacturing sites, and sales offices worldwide. For additional information, visit www.finisar.com.

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The Emulex LP21000 family of CNAs enables customers to further consolidate their data centers by converging Fibre Channel and networking traffic over a 10Gb/s Enhanced Ethernet network, resulting in more streamlined IT operations and higher staff productivity. Emulex FCoE CNAs leverage field-proven Fibre Channel SAN technology, allowing customers to extend their existing investments in infrastructure, management, training and processes. Emulex CNAs also leverage a common driver model and the familiar Emulex HBAnyware(r) management suite.

Emulex CNAs also support Emulex's Virtual HBA technology with industry-standard N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support, allowing customers to "virtualize" SAN connections so that each virtual machine has independent access to its own protected storage. With Emulex NPIV-enabled FCoE CNAs, customers have the ability to track and chargeback storage utilization at the virtual machine level using Emulex's HBAnyware management suite. For more information on Emulex LightPulse CNAs, visit: http://www.emulex.com/products/fcoe/index.jsp.

(1)IBM makes no guarantee regarding the compatibility of specific products. For detailed information, see: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/serverproven/index.html. Click in the middle of the EMC logo to see compatibility results for Emulex LP21000, IBM Servers attached to EMC Storage.

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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Emulex Safe Harbor Statement

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. The company wishes to caution readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the rapidly changing nature of technology, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products and enhancements by competitors; fluctuation in the growth of Fibre Channel and IP markets; changes in economic conditions or changes in end user demand for technology solutions; fluctuations or delays in customer orders; the highly competitive nature of the markets for Emulex's products; Emulex's ability to gain market acceptance for its products; the company's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the company's reliance on third-party suppliers. These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are also discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.

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"Customer service and satisfaction is of utmost importance to us, and this new office will provide our international customers with the personal touch they require," said Brian Peterson, vice president of international operations, Emulex. "We are pleased to have chosen Ireland, because it has a strong workforce with a solid understanding of the complex and challenging technical operations and finance functions that are inherent within our industry."

The office's functions include supply chain management, purchasing, order management, Return Material Authorization (RMA) testing, processing, shipping and receiving, financial reporting, credit collections, customer support and sales functions.

"IDA (Industrial Development Agency) Ireland welcomes the launch of the Emulex Operation in Dublin. The opening of this office signals further growth in Ireland's reputation as a leading European base for technology led enterprises and is an excellent addition to the technology sector here," said Barry O'Leary, CEO, IDA Ireland. "The IDA looks forward to attracting further companies of similar high levels of technical expertise to locate in Ireland."

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 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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Emulex Safe Harbor Statement

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. The company wishes to caution readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the rapidly changing nature of technology, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products and enhancements by competitors; fluctuation in the growth of Fibre Channel and IP markets; changes in economic conditions or changes in end user demand for technology solutions; fluctuations or delays in customer orders; the highly competitive nature of the markets for Emulex's products; Emulex's ability to gain market acceptance for its products; the company's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the company's reliance on third-party suppliers. These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are also discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.

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"Third I/O is very supportive of open benchmarking with full disclosure on our results." said Mark Lanteigne, founder of Third I/O. "For the last several months, the storage industry has seen several unsubstantiated claims of extraordinary IOPS and bandwidth performance. In fact, some vendors are hyping products that are prototype or several months away from shipping level stability. And rarely do these same vendors provide any reasonable level of benchmark configuration details. It is our hope to bring more clarity to high speed storage initiatives by being the first to publish a performance brief on our experiments."

"The technology that Third I/O, Emulex, and AMD have collaborated to enable provides a 'perfect storm' that helps to realize the true potential of each company's technology, which is illustrated by surpassing the 1 Million IOPS mark on a single server for the first time," said Margaret Lewis, director, Commercial Solutions and Software Strategy, AMD. "We fully expect that future enhancements to Third I/O's software, Emulex's hardware and software, and AMD's processors and chipsets will extend these benchmark results even further."

"The Third I/O benchmark highlights the critical I/O performance and features Emulex's LightPulse(r) 8Gb/s Host Bus Adapters provide, such as support for the Message-Signaled Interrupts eXtended (MSI-X) standard," said Taufik Ma, vice president of product marketing, Emulex Corporation, "Emulex's MSI-X supported HBAs deliver the reduced host CPU utilization and greater I/O scalability required for transaction intensive environments. such as Microsoft SQL Server 2008."

For more information, Third I/O's performance brief can be found at: www.thirdio.com/1million.pdf.

About Third I/O

Third I/O Incorporated specializes in high-speed bandwidth and supercomputing technologies. Our founder and key employees are experts in the enterprise server, storage, and networking industries. Our combined experience and talents allow us to quickly move to master and create needed solutions and services in emerging areas of technology. For more information on Third I/O you can visit us on the web at: http://www.thirdio.com.

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