Milestones
2000-2009
2009
December
EMC Fast Technology: A New Era in Storage and Information Management
EMC outlines its fully automated storage tiering (FAST) vision, delivering technology to revolutionize the way storage is managed. FAST automates the movement of data, replacing hours or even days of repetitive storage administrative tasks.
November
Cisco, EMC, VMware Form Coalition to Accelerate Virtualization
Cisco, EMC, and VMware introduce the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition to accelerate customers' ability to increase business agility through pervasive data center virtualization and a transition to private cloud infrastructures.
September
First Data and RSA Team Up to Reduce Risk and Cost of PCI Compliance
EMC announces First Data® Secure Transaction ManagementSM, a service engineered to enable merchants to secure payment card data and remove it from their environment while allowing access when needed.
Gelsinger and Elias Join Executive Office of the Chairman
EMC announces Pat Gelsinger as President and Chief Operating Officer of Information Infrastructure Products and Howard Elias as President and Chief Operating Officer of EMC Information Infrastructure and Cloud Services.
EMC to Increase India Investment by U.S. $1.5 Billion
EMC plans to invest an incremental USD $1.5 billion in India over the next five years (2010-2014), a threefold increase compared to prior investments made by EMC in India over the previous five years.
EMC to Acquire Kazeon Systems, Inc.
EMC signs a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Kazeon Systems, Inc., a leading eDiscovery software provider for corporations, legal service providers, government entities, and law firms.
August
EMC Acquires FastScale Technology
EMC acquires FastScale Technology, Inc., adding a new dimension to the EMC Ionix portfolio to dramatically increase the performance and scalability of private cloud infrastructures.
EMC Leaders Mourn Passing of Co-Founder Dick Egan, the "E" in EMC
EMC remembers Dick Egan, who formed EMC Corp. with his friend Roger Marino 30 years ago. Mr. Egan passed away after a long battle with cancer and is remembered as "a great man and a great leader."
July
EMC Completes Tender Offer for Data Domain
EMC announces the successful completion of its tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Data Domain, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDUP).
New EMC Ionix Family Ushers in Next Generation of IT Management
EMC announces its EMC Ionix IT management software for helping customers accelerate their migration from physical IT to virtual IT to cloud infrastructures.
June
RSA Embeds DLP Technology and Policies into Cisco Ironport®
RSA's DLP technology is to be fully integrated into Cisco IronPort's email security platform as a comprehensive subscription software service for preventing the loss of data in motion over email.
May
EMC Announces Acquisition of Configuresoft
EMC announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Configuresoft, Inc., a leading provider of server configuration, change, and compliance management software.
April
EMC Appoints Frank Hauck to Lead Storage Division
EMC names Executive Vice President Frank Hauck, an 18-year EMC veteran with a broad track record of success in several senior executive roles, as the interim leader of the company's storage division.
EMC Virtual Matrix Architecture Delivers Massive Storage Scalability
EMC unveils a breakthrough new approach to high-end data storage with an innovative new architecture purpose-built to support virtual data centers.
March
EMC Delivers Next Generation of Enterprise Flash Drives
EMC announces the availability of new, larger-capacity, second-generation enterprise Flash drives for its market-leading EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 storage systems.
February
EMC and Microsoft Extend Strategic Alliance Through 2011
EMC and Microsoft announce an extension of their strategic alliance through 2011. The two companies are committed to product interoperability and service delivery to address key customer requirements.
January
EMC Names Randy Cowen to Board of Directors
EMC names Randolph L. Cowen to its board of directors. Mr. Cowen is the former cochief administrative officer, global head of technology and operations, and chief information officer for the Goldman Sachs Group.
2008
December
Microsoft and RSA Team Up to Help Customers Secure Sensitive Data
EMC and Microsoft announce that they’ll work together with a built-in "systems" approach to help companies better protect sensitive information and share it in a more secure manner.
EMC Appoints Kodesh President of EMC's Cloud Infrastructure Business
EMC announces the appointment of Harel Kodesh as President of EMC's Cloud Infrastructure Business. Kodesh will be responsible for the growth and development of EMC's global cloud infrastructure products and solutions.
EMC Opens Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence Competency Center
EMC announces the opening of the EMC® Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence/Analytics Competency Center to support its ongoing commitment to help organizations achieve cost efficiencies and reduce "time to value" in data warehouse deployments.
Dell, EMC Extend and Expand Strategic Alliance
Dell and EMC announce a multiyear extension of their global alliance through 2013. In addition to extending the partnership, Dell and EMC will add the EMC Celerra NX4 storage system to the portfolio of Dell-EMC networked storage systems.
November
EMC Delivers Policy-Based Solution for Cloud Storage Infrastructures
EMC announces its first cloud infrastructure offering, Atmos™, the first multiPB information management product designed to help customers automatically manage and optimize the distribution of rich, unstructured information across cloud storage.
EMC Appoints Industry Veteran Sanjay Mirchandani as CIO
EMC announces Sanjay Mirchandani’s appointment as Chief Information Officer. He’ll be responsible for extending EMC's operational excellence and driving technological innovations to meet the current and future needs of the business.
October
EMC Introduces Its First Switch for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
EMC introduces EMC Connectrix® NEX-5020, its first Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switch and the first to be offered by a storage provider.
September
EMC Brings Benefit of Flash Storage to Oracle Application Environments
EMC announces a solution that incorporates EMC® Symmetrix® DMX-4 storage systems using enterprise Flash drive (EFD) technology with Oracle database applications to significantly improve application performance.
EMC, IBM, Microsoft Team Up for Greater Interoperability of ECM Systems
EMC, IBM, and Microsoft announce a jointly developed specification which uses Web Services and Web 2.0 interfaces to enable applications to interoperate with multiple enterprise content management (ECM) repositories by different vendors.
August
EMC Introduces New Entry-Level EMC Celerra NX4 Unified Storage System
EMC unveils EMC Celerra® NX4 with a flexible design enabling it to be deployed in network-attached storage (NAS), iSCSI, and Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) environments and offering advanced functionality at no extra charge.
EMC Unveils New EMC CLARiiON CX4 Series with Next-Generation Architecture
EMC introduces the new EMC CLARiiON® CX4 Series with a new architecture optimized for VMware and other virtual server environments, designed to incorporate the latest technologies in drives, connectivity, processing power, thin provisioning, and security.
June
EMC Introduces New Entry-Level EMC Celerra NX4 Unified Storage System
EMC unveils EMC Celerra® NX4 with a flexible design enabling it to be deployed in network-attached storage (NAS), iSCSI, and Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) environments and offering advanced functionality at no extra charge.
April
EMC Announces Offer to Acquire Conchango
EMC announces an offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of U.K.-based Conchango plc., a growing technology consulting firm specializing in the design, development, and delivery of custom applications and digital experiences.
March
EMC Acquires Leading IT Service Management Software Provider Infra
EMC announces it has acquired privately-held Infra Corporation Pty Limited, a market-leading provider of IT service management software.
EMC Completes Acquisition of Document Sciences
EMC announces it has completed the acquisition of Carlsbad, California-based Document Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ: DOCX), a leading provider of document output management (DOM) and customer communications management (CCM) software.
February
EMC to Acquire Pi Corporation
EMC announces it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Seattle, Washington-based Pi Corporation, a privately-held developer of software and provider of services for personal information management.
EMC Appoints Industry Veteran Harry You to Executive Management Team
EMC announces that former BearingPoint chief executive officer Harry L. You has joined EMC as Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman. You will focus on helping accelerate EMC's key growth and efficiency initiatives.
2007
December
EMC Names Akamai's Paul Sagan to Board of Directors
EMC announces the election of Paul Sagan to its Board of Directors. Mr. Sagan is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Boston-based Akamai Technologies, Inc.
November
EMC Announces Plans to Double Investment in China
EMC announces the second phase of its significant investment in the Chinese market. EMC officially opened its new research and development (R&D) center in Beijing and committed to double its planned investments in China over the next five years.
October
EMC Announces Acquisition of Voyence
EMC announces it has acquired privately-held Voyence, a leading provider of network configuration and change management solutions that automate critical change, compliance, and activation processes.
EMC Acquires Berkeley Data Systems, Provider of Mozy
EMC announces it has acquired Utah-based Berkeley Data Systems, Inc., provider of Mozy, the industry's premier online subscription services for the protection of data that resides on desktops, laptops, and remote office servers.
September
EMC Delivers Industry's First Deduplication Backup Product on VMware
EMC announces the new EMC Avamar Virtual Edition for VMware and EMC Avamar Data Store, innovative products that extend EMC's leading data deduplication software capabilities and transform the way customers evaluate and approach data protection.
August
EMC Launches New Information Management Consulting Practice
EMC announces the formation of a new information management consulting practice within the EMC Global Services organization. EMC's recent acquisition of BusinessEdge Solutions forms the foundation of the new services practice within Global Services.
EMC Names Liberty Mutual’s Edmund F. Kelly to Board of Directors
EMC announces the election of Edmund "Ted" F. Kelly to its Board of Directors. Mr. Kelly is the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Mutual Group.
RSA, the Security Division of EMC, to Acquire Tablus Inc.
RSA, The Security Division of EMC, announces its intent to acquire Tablus Inc., a leading provider of data loss prevention solutions based in San Mateo, California. Tablus is privately-held; further details of the transaction aren’t being disclosed.
June
EMC Announces Acquisition of Verid
EMC announces the acquisition of Verid, Inc., a privately held information security technology leader, which broadens, strengthens, and simplifies RSA® offerings with knowledge-based authentication technology.
2006
December
Top Analyst Firm Positions EMC In "Leaders" Quadrant
Gartner Inc, positions EMC in the "Leaders" quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Midrange Enterprise Disk Arrays, 2H06" report.
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. recognizes EMC for its excellence in providing information management and storage systems, software, and solutions to manage Honda’s ever-increasing volume of information.
November
EMC to Acquire Avamar Technologies
EMC announces the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Avamar Technologies, Inc., a fast-growing provider of enterprise-class data protection software featuring industry-leading data deduplication technology.
The Beijing City Government’s Information Office and EMC sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
October
EMC Announces New EMC CLARiiON CX3 Fibre Channel/iSCSI Systems
EMC continues to extend its mid-tier storage leadership with the introduction of the new EMC CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale systems, featuring combined Fibre Channel and iSCSI connectivity within the same array.
September
EMC Corporation Receives Distribution Industry's Rising Star Award
The Global Technology Distribution Council awards EMC its inaugural Rising Star Award, recognizing EMC’s large growth gains in software sold through IT distributors.
EMC Wins Fujitsu's Innovative Leadership Award
Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc. honors EMC with its Innovation Leadership Award for the document management solution implemented at healthcare provider Lahey Clinic.
EMC Acquires RSA Security and Network Intelligence
EMC completes RSA Security and Network Intelligence acquisitions, significantly broadening and bolstering its information-centric security strategy.
Readers of Windows IT Pro magazine name two of EMC’s market-leading networked storage systems the 2006 Readers’ Choice Award winners: the EMC CLARiiON CX family of networked storage systems and the EMC Centera™ series of content-addressed storage (CAS) platforms.
August
EMC Apex Facility Celebrates 25 Years in North Carolina
EMC’s Apex, North Carolina manufacturing facility celebrates 25 years of innovation and commemorates the history and accomplishments of the plant.
IDC ranks EMC as the top content management software vendor based on software market revenue for 2005.
InfoStor magazine and the Association of Storage Networking Professionals (ASNP) names EMC eDiscovery Solution™ winner of the "Compliance and Retention" category for the Most Valuable Product (MVP) awards.
June
EMC Named Ricoh's Strategic Alliance Partner of the Year
Ricoh recognizes EMC as "Strategic Alliance Partner of the Year" for having the highest revenue contribution and for integrating EMC Captiva solutions.
EMC announces the largest-ever investment in the Indian information management and storage space by doubling current investments and announcing the Centre of Excellence for eGovernance.
EMC Acquires ProActivity
EMC acquires ProActivity Software Solutions Ltd., a privately held provider of content management software for business process management. With research and development (R&D) operations in Netanya, Israel, ProActivity will comprise part of a foundation of EMC R&D in Israel.
EMC Announces Acquisition of nLayers
EMC acquires privately held nLayers, a leader in application discovery and mapping software. The acquisition enhances the EMC Smarts software line’s ability to conduct automated comprehensive root-cause and impact analysis across technology domains.
Underscoring its commitment to the rapidly growing China marketplace, EMC opens a new software development center in Shanghai—the company's first China-based research and development facility.
May
EMC Acquires Interlink
Significantly strengthening and expanding its growing Microsoft practice, EMC acquires Interlink Group, Inc. and Internosis, Inc. Both specialize in solutions for Microsoft environments.
EMC Acquires Kashya
EMC acquires Kashya, a privately held provider of enterprise-class data replication and data protection software.
EMC Redefines Midrange Storage with New EMC CLARiiON Architecture
EMC redefines its EMC CLARiiON architecture with the introduction of the EMC CLARiiON UltraScale architecture and EMC CLARiiON CX3 systems. The CX3 series extends EMC midrange storage leadership with the industry’s best performance, throughput, scalability, and economics.
April
EMC Extends EMC CLARiiON Disk Library Leadership with DL210
EMC announces the new entry-level EMC CLARiiON DL210 model for mid-size enterprises and branch offices, with unique backup and recovery integration via EMC NetWorker 7.3 and support for the IBM System i (formerly iSeries) platform.
EMC Announces Managed Services Portfolio
EMC announces its Managed Services Portfolio to help customers improve storage operations and to meet demanding service levels associated with administering, protecting, and storing information more efficiently.
New EMC CLARiiON Systems Deliver Advanced Networked Storage to SMBs
The EMC CLARiiON AX150 and EMC CLARiiON AX150i networked storage systems are introduced to deliver advanced network storage for small and medium businesses and the distributed enterprise.
EMC Unveils Archiving Software Based on Unified Archiving Platform
EMC unveils the enterprise-class EMC Documentum Archive Services for E-mail and EMC Documentum Archive Services for Reports software, which equip customers to search and retrieve information for compliance, legal discovery, and other business purposes.
March
Connectrix ED-10000M Backbone Director Facilitates ILM
EMC introduces the EMC Connectrix ED-10000M backbone director and the EMC Connectrix DS-4900B Fibre Channel SAN switch, which deliver flexibility to enterprise SANs, helping customers to build an infrastructure for information lifecycle management (ILM) more effectively.
EMC Expands Leading IP Storage Lineup with New EMC Celerra Systems
EMC extends its leading IP storage portfolio with new EMC Celerra NS350 and EMC Celerra NS704 systems as well as EMC Smarts IP Availability Manager for NAS—the industry’s first management solution that brings automated root-cause and impact analysis to NAS.
Tucci Named to Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
President George W. Bush is to appoint Joe Tucci, Chairman, President, and CEO of EMC Corporation, as a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
February
EMC Helps Customers with eDiscovery
EMC introduces its integrated EMC eDiscovery solution, designed to help customers better manage the complex and potentially costly legal discovery process.
EMC Enhances Retrospect Backup and Recovery Software for SMBs
EMC releases EMC Retrospect 7.5, adding more options-and improved speed, stability, and value-to the award-winning backup and recovery software for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
January
EMC Delivers World's Fastest, Most Flexible, and Scalable Storage Array
EMC announces upgrades to its flagship EMC Symmetrix DMX-3 storage system, making DMX-3 the world’s first storage array capable of scaling beyond a petabyte of capacity.
New IP Storage Software Delivers Unmatched Performance and Ease of Use
EMC introduces EMC Celerra Multi-Path File System for iSCSI (MPFSi). The innovative new file-sharing software offers customers greater scaling capabilities and significant performance increases for the most data-intensive environments.
New EMC Centera Features Deliver Advanced Retention Management Capability
EMC releases new event-based retention and litigation hold software and security features for EMC Centera content-addressed storage systems (CAS) which provide users more security, flexibility, and control over archived information.
EMC announces its intent to acquire RSA Security. RSA brings industry-leading identity and access management technologies and encryption and key management software to EMC’s expanding information-centric security portfolio.
2005
December
EMC Completes Acquisition of Captiva
Continuing its focus on the content management opportunity, EMC acquires Captiva Software, a leading provider of input management solutions. Captiva’s market-leading products provide capabilities critical to implementing advanced information lifecycle management (ILM) initiatives.
August
EMC to Acquire Rainfinity
EMC acquires privately-held Rainfinity, adding leading network file virtualization technology to its software portfolio. The acquisition strengthens EMC’s ability to meet customer demands for more comprehensive ILM solutions and resource management.
EMC Expands Industry-Leading EMC CLARiiON Family
EMC extends the EMC CLARiiON line of networked storage systems and software with UltraPoint technology enabling midrange users to scale with leading availability and reliability features.
July
EMC Announces World’s Largest, Fastest, and Most Scalable High-End Storage Array
EMC introduces EMC Symmetrix DMX-3—the world’s largest, fastest, and most scalable high-end storage array. With DMX-3, large storage users can consolidate their information onto one high-end platform to ease management burdens and lower costs.
June
EMC Increases Investment, Commitment to Bay Area
The leader in storage software, EMC extends operations of its software and services organization to Silicon Valley and the East Bay with the opening of training and briefing centers in Santa Clara and Pleasanton, California.
EMC Expands Consulting Services
To meet increased demand for ILM services worldwide, EMC expands its Consulting Services organization with practices in Asia Pacific, Japan, and Latin America.
May
EMC Announces EMC Invista Network Storage Virtualization Platform
EMC announces its Invista Network Storage Virtualization Platform solution, which places virtualization intelligence in users’ existing storage area network (SAN) infrastructures and allows enterprises to virtualize storage across multitiered, heterogeneous SANs.
50th Partner Joins EMC Documentum Partner Program
Demonstrating leadership in the enterprise content management (ECM) market, EMC signs its 50th partner to the EMC Documentum Partner Program, which assists independent software vendors (ISVs), vertical solutions providers (VSPs), and systems integrators (Sis) in optimizing their applications to work with the EMC Documentum enterprise content management platform.
Raising the bar once again for networked-attached storage (NAS) storage, EMC releases the industry’s fastest, most advanced NAS system, EMC Celerra NSX. NSX, combined with new software functionality, offers users a complete solution for achieving the benefits of ILM.
April
EMC ControlCenter Passes SNIA Testing Program
EMC ControlCenter passes testing through the SNIA Client Conformance Testing Program, reaffirming the company’s commitment to open standards and indicating that the storage management software suite can function in heterogeneous storage environments.
March
EMC Launches Next-Generation ECM Platform
EMC unveils its next-generation enterprise content management (ECM) platform, solidifying its position as the world leader in ECM software and solutions with a completely unified architecture: the EMC Documentum content management platform.
February
EMC Extends Breadth of EMC CLARiiON with New Native iSCSI Platforms
EMC introduces native iSCSI platforms within its EMC CLARiiON networked storage systems line. The addition of the new models produces the broadest set of Fibre Channel and native iSCSI storage networking solutions in the industry.
EMC Completes SMARTS Acquisition
EMC acquires SMARTS, a privately held leader in event automation and real-time network systems management software. SMARTS world-class modeling, correlation, and root-cause analysis technology adds to EMC’s lead in information and storage management.
January
Dantz Retrospect 7 Improves Data Protection for SMBs
EMC acquires SMARTS, a privately held leader in event automation and real-time network systems management software. SMARTS world-class modeling, correlation, and root-cause analysis technology adds to EMC’s lead in information and storage management.
2004
October
EMC Acquires Dantz Development Corporation
EMC acquires Dantz Development Corporation, a supplier of backup and recovery software for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Dantz’s advanced technology complements EMC’s line of disk-based backup and recovery solutions.
July
Built to Lead: EMC Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation and Achievement
EMC celebrates its 25th anniversary, commemorating two and a half decades of growth, innovation, and leadership. EMC remains one of the fastest-growing and most successful major information technology providers in the world.
May
EMC Delivers Simplicity, Affordability for Networked Storage
EMC sets a new industry benchmark for affordable, easy-to-use networked storage with the introduction of EMC CLARiiON AX100, a customer-installable networked storage system with integrated functions for simple management and advanced protection.
March
EMC Announces 100th Integrated EMC Centera Application
With more than 300 partners and resellers enrolled in the EMC Centera Partner Program, the EMC Centera content-addressed storage (CAS) system is the fastest growing storage platform in EMC history and a critical component of EMC’s information lifecycle management (ILM) offering.
February
EMC Extends High-End Storage Lead with New Symmetrix DMX-2
EMC introduces new EMC Symmetrix DMX-2 technology, expanding the EMC Symmetrix DMX Series with up to 30 percent more performance. Enhancements to the DMX Series deliver up to twice the performance of the initial DMX Series introduced just 12 months ago.
EMC Introduces Next-Generation EMC CLARiiON CX Series and Software
EMC widens its mid-tier storage lead by introducing its next-generation EMC CLARiiON CX300, EMC CLARiiON CX500, and EMC CLARiiON CX700 systems. EMC also announces EMC SAN Copy and EMC SnapView software upgrades enabling increased data mobility and more powerful backup and recovery.
EMC Leads Industry Shift to Gateways with New NAS Products
EMC continues its NAS innovation with new gateway and integrated EMC Celerra NS700 models designed to deliver industry-leading flexibility, price and performance, and enhanced functionality. EMC NAS unit growth nears 100 percent for 2003.
EMC Delivers on Commitment to Open Standards Management
EMC announces that all EMC Symmetrix and EMC Symmetrix DMX systems shipped since 1997 and all EMC CLARiiON and EMC CLARiiON CX systems shipped since 2000 are now capable of being managed by SNIA SMI-S-based management software.
January
EMC, Oracle Help Customers Manage, Preserve Inactive Database Records
In partnership with Oracle Corporation, EMC unveils a new joint solution to help Oracle customers efficiently migrate inactive database records onto more cost-effective storage using EMC DatabaseXtender family software.
Solutions Help SAP Customers Accelerate Upgrades, Improve Productivity
EMC introduces two new EMC Proven solutions for SAP software environments designed to help customers quickly upgrade to the newest versions of SAP software or improve productivity using EMC Replication Manager.
EMC Symmetrix DMX Named "Product of the Year"
EMC Symmetrix DMX is named "Product of the Year" in disk and disk subsystems and EMC Centera is awarded the bronze for backup hardware by STORAGE magazine. EMC is the only company to receive two awards in this competition.
EMC Receives Bank One 2003 IT Supplier of the Year Award
EMC is named the "2003 IT Supplier of the Year" by Bank One for its highest level of performance in back-office compliance, service-level agreements (SLAs), account team and supplier personnel, diversity, and satisfaction with products and services.
EMC Completes Acquisition of VMware
EMC completes the acquisition of VMware, Inc., a rapidly growing, privately held software company specializing in Intel-based virtual computing software.
2003
December
EMC Completes Acquisition of Documentum
EMC acquires Documentum, Inc., further advancing its information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy to enable customers to get the maximum value from their information—from creation and collaborative use to archiving and disposal.
October
EMC Completes Acquisition of LEGATO Systems
EMC acquires LEGATO Systems, Inc., advancing its ILM strategy with added capabilities for helping customers to intelligently manage all of their information.
September
EMC Unveils Powerful New Open Management Software Designed for SMBs
EMC introduces EMC VisualSRM and EMC VisualSAN, new mid-tier storage management software for small and mid-size organizations.
July
EMC Drives Up Performance, Drives Down Cost of Replication
EMC announces EMC SRDF/A, the world’s fastest extended-distance replication software, and EMC Snap, the world’s only high-end, space-saving replication software—driving up performance while cutting the cost of local and remote replication.
May
EMC Announces SAN Architect Automated SAN Design Software
EMC expands into new online capabilities for the EMC ControlCenter family of open management software with the release of EMC SAN Architect.
March
EMC Launches World's First Integrated ATA Networked Storage Solution
EMC introduces EMC CLARiiON with ATA, the world’s only storage system that supports Fibre Channel and ATA drives simultaneously.
February
EMC Redefines High-End Information Storage with Symmetrix DMX Series
EMC introduces the EMC Symmetrix DMX series of information storage systems based on the revolutionary new patented Direct Matrix Architecture. EMC Symmetrix DMX800 becomes the world’s first modular high-end storage system.
2002
December
New EMC Celerra NS600 Delivers High-End NAS Features in Mid-Tier Package
EMC introduces the EMC Celerra NS600 network server, combining Celerra’s enterprise network-attached storage (NAS) features with the high availability and cost advantages of EMC CLARiiON storage systems in one integrated package.
November
EMC's Mike Ruettgers to Be Inducted into Industry Hall of Fame
EMC’s Mike Ruettgers is inducted into the Information Technology Industry Hall of Fame.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and EMC establish the EMC Data Center for Information Imaging to develop innovative practices for a fully digital healthcare imaging environment.
September
EMC Delivers World's First End-to-End Storage Provisioning Solution
With EMC Automated Resource Manager, EMC introduces the world’s first end-to-end automated storage provisioning solution.
August
EMC Announces Next-Generation EMC CLARiiON Systems and Software
EMC introduces the EMC CLARiiON CX series, altering the industry’s mid-tier price-performance curve.
July
EMC to Offer Open, Platform-Independent Storage Consulting Services
EMC plans to offer open, platform-independent storage consulting services through an innovative agreement with Accenture.
May
EMC Named General Motors Supplier of the Year
General Motors names EMC Supplier of the Year for the third consecutive year for its superior performance in quality, service, technology, and price.
April
EMC Launches EMC Centera, Ushers in New Era of Content-Addressed Storage
EMC introduces EMC Centera content-addressed storage (CAS), the world’s first CAS product.
2001
October
Major New EMC CLARiiON Advances Bolster Connectivity and Consolidation
EMC introduces EMC CLARiiON FC4700 systems and software with 2 GB Fibre Channel support, expands storage area network (SAN) connectivity, EMC MirrorView switched fabric support, multipath I/O, and enhanced server connectivity.
March
EMC Begins New Global Branding Initiative with “March Madness” Tipoff
EMC unveils a major new global branding initiative, reinforcing the message that EMC is "where information lives."
January
EMC Announces Succession Plan for Continued Growth and Leadership
EMC announces its executive succession plan. Mike Ruettgers is promoted to Executive Chairman, Joe Tucci to President and CEO; Founder Dick Egan becomes Chairman Emeritus.
EMC is named in Fortune’s 100 list of the best companies to work for in America.
2000
December
EMC Unites “Info. Nation” with New Networked Storage Systems and Software
EMC introduces EMC CLARiiON IP4700 and EMC Celerra with Highroad software.
EMC is honored with the prestigious CIO-100 award for superior customer relationship management.
EMC unveils its E-Infostructure Interoperability Program and opens the world’s largest interoperability lab for storage area networks.
April
New EMC Storage Systems Lineup Forms Bedrock of EMC eInfostructure
EMC introduces EMC Symmetrix 8000 family and EMC CLARiiON FC4500 systems and software.