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Jim McCluney, CEO, Emulex: Page 3 of 6

Our OEMs are driving us to have 8-Gbit/s products available to them by the end of '07 -- all of the blue ribbon server and storage guys. Most of the server and storage people will take a year to test these things out.

Byte & Switch: On the subject of virtualization, the first products based on your partnership with VMware are expected next year. How is that progressing?

McCluney: It's progressing extremely well. We’re planning an upgrade in the first half of '07. We're working on things like encryption for virtualized environments.

Byte & Switch: After buying Vixel, Aarohi, and Sierra Logic, it seems like you're on a tear. What does Emulex's acquisition strategy look like going forward? (See Emulex Completes Vixel Acquisition, Emulex Secures Sierra Logic, and Emulex Buys Aarohi.)

McCluney: Our overarching goal of growth is to get the company to billion-dollar revenue by the end of the decade. We're still out there looking for companies that have good technology that can propel us to our billion-dollar goal.