10 Facts About EMC Corporation

1.

Dell EMC is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts and Round Rock, Texas, United States.

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Dell EMC sells data storage, information security, virtualization, analytics, cloud computing and other products and services that enable organizations to store, manage, protect, and analyze data.

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3.

EMC Corporation, founded in 1979 by Richard Egan and Roger Marino, introduced its first 64-kilobyte memory boards for the Prime Computer in 1981.

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4.

EMC Corporation continued to develop memory boards for other computer types.

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5.

EMC Corporation began shipping its flagship product, the Symmetrix, in 1990.

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6.

In 2009 EMC Corporation signed a two-year deal to be the principal shirt sponsor for English Rugby Union club London Wasps [1] in a deal worth £1 Million.

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7.

Under Ruettgers' leadership, EMC Corporation revenues grew from $120 million to nearly $9 billion 10 years later, and the company shifted its focus from memory boards to storage systems.

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8.

Ahead of their acquisition by Dell, EMC Corporation gained a reputation for oppressive non-compete agreements and non-compete lobbying through AIM.

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9.

The combination of Dell's enterprise server, personal computer, and mobile businesses with EMC Corporation's enterprise storage business was a significant vertical merger of IT giants.

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10.

In 2012, EMC Corporation sponsored The Human Face of Big Data, a globally crowdsourced media project focusing on the ability to collect, analyze, triangulate and visualize vast amounts of data in real-time.

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