"Complete 3x more IT projects" Adam DeMattia and John McKnight, ESG Research Insights Paper: “How IT Transformation Maturity Drives IT Agility, Innovation, and Improved Business Outcomes," April 2017"

"#1 solutions in converged, cloud, servers and All-Flash" According to publicly available Q4 2016 data, Dell EMC holds number one positions in revenue for storage, converged systems, servers, and cloud infrastructure. (*Cloud excludes double counting of storage and servers. Tie for Servers, based on units sold.)

"#1 external storage" Based on revenue for the 4Q 2016 period; IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker, March 3, 2017.

"#1 converged systems" Based on revenue for the 4Q 2016 period; IDC Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker, March 23, 2017.

"#1 in data protection" Based on aggregate data protection and recovery software and purpose-built back-up appliance revenue as of March 2017.

“80% lower TCO"”" Based on Dell EMC internal analysis, May 2016. TCO Calculated over 3 years vs. disk.

"#1 All Flash Market Leader" Based on IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker, March 3, 2017.

"#1 Scale out NAS"  Based on IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker, March 3, 2017.

"4x faster" Based on internal testing vs. Hitachi (IOPS for OLTP w/ compression)

"20 minutes to set up" Based on ESG Lab Validation report commissioned by EMC, "EMC Converged Platforms: VxRail Appliance," June 2016.

"5 minutes to scale" Based on ESG Lab Validation report commissioned by EMC, "EMC Converged Platforms: VxRail Appliance," June 2016.

"30% lower TCO" Based on the Edison Group white paper commissioned by EMC, "VCE VxRail™ Appliance Cost and Maintenance Advantages," June 2016, comparing the VxRail Appliance to a Build-it-Yourself solution. Total cost of ownership calculated over 5 years.

"#1 in converged and hyper-converged systems" Source: Based on Dell EMC revenue, March 2017.

"55% faster application development" Source: IDC White Paper, sponsored by VCE, "The Business Value of VCE Vblock Systems: Leveraging Convergence to Drive Business Agility." May 2015.

"36% lower costs with Vblock" Source: IDC White Paper, sponsored by VCE, "The Business Value of VCE Vblock Systems: Leveraging Convergence to Drive Business Agility." May 2015.

"3x more time for innovation" Source: IDC White Paper, sponsored by VCE, "The Business Value of VCE Vblock Systems: Leveraging Convergence to Drive Business Agility." May 2015.

"#1 in servers by unit sales" IDC WW Quarterly Server Tracker, 2016 Q4 historical release, March 1, 2017. Dell leads the WW x86 Server unit volume with share of 21.0% over HPE units volume share of 20.5%. On a share basis, this is considered a statistical tie for #1, within 50 bps.

"10.5x faster online transaction processing" Based on Principled Technologies report “Database Performance and Resiliency on the Dell PowerEdge R630 Running Microsoft SQL Server 2014,” September 2014, commissioned by Dell, comparing Dell's 13th-generation R630 with 8x2.5" HDD to a 13th-generation R630 with 24x1.8" SSD both running Microsoft SQL Server 2014. Actual performance will vary based on configuration, usage and manufacturing variability.

"99% faster configurations with zero-touch automation" Based on Principled Technologies report “Simplifying Systems Management with Dell OpenManage on 13G Dell PowerEdge Servers,” commissioned by Dell, testing Dell’s 13th-generation R730 with Enterprise-level Dell systems management, August 2014.

Principled Technologies report commissioned by Dell EMC, “IT Service Transformation with Hybrid Cloud: Buy or Build,” March 2016. TCO is calculated over three years compared to a BYO solution.

"#1 in data protection" Based on aggregate data protection and recovery software and purpose-built back-up appliance revenue as of March 2017.

"10x faster deployment" Based on Dell EMC internal analysis, February 2017.

"36x less protection storage on average required" Based on Dell EMC internal analysis, January 2017.