Milestones

May

EMC Technology Breakthrough Enables Virtual Storage over Distance
EMC unveils new VPLEX technology that advances Virtual Storage and enables dramatic new models of computing. It is a radically new and better approach to data access and mobility.

EMC Isilon Delivers World’s Largest Single File System for Big Data
EMC announces Isilon’s new IQ 108NL scale-out NAS hardware project. This allows businesses to create a complete storage platform for big data workflows, simplifying management and achieving maximum IT efficiency and flexibility.

EMC Delivers Hadoop ‘Big Data’ Analytics to the Enterprise
EMC introduces the world’s first purpose-built, high-performance, data co-processing Hadoop appliance-the Greenplum HD Data Computing Appliance. The appliance marries Hadoop with the EMC Greenplum Database.

April

EMC Acquires NetWitness
EMC acquires NetWitness Corporation, a provider of network security analysis solutions. It provides precise network visibility, enabling security teams to detect and remediate advanced threats while automating the incident investigation process.

February

EMC Unifies eGRC Strategy
EMC announces its enterprise, Governance, Risk and Compliance strategy designed to help organizations become more agile, gain greater visibility into their data, and drive a trusted operational framework across their enterprise.

January

EMC Unveils New VNX Unified Storage Family
EMC introduces a new family of unified storage systems; VNX. The new storage solutions consolidate the features of CLARiiON and Celerra into a single, powerful family of unified storage arrays, scaling from entry-level to datacenter-class systems.

EMC Delivers World’s Most Powerful, Trusted and Smartest Storage Array
EMC announces new software capabilities for Symmetrix storage systems, dramatically increasing performance and simplifying the way petabytes of information can be managed. It is the world’s most powerful, trusted and smartest storage array.

EMC announces First Storage System for Backup and Archive
EMC announces Data Domain Archiver, the industry’s first long term retention system for backup and archive. This allows customers to employ a single disk-based deduplication storage system to address backup needs and long term data retention.

December

EMC Introduces New Virtualization and Cloud Computing Training Program
EMC introduces two new virtualization and cloud computing training and certification programs. These two IT programs will help companies achieve the benefits of virtualization, converged infrastructure, and cloud computing.

November

EMC to Acquire Isilon
EMC signs an agreement to acquire Isilon Systems, Inc., a network attached storage systems company. Together, EMC’s Atmos and Isilon’s solutions will offer customers a highly scalable, low-cost storage infrastructure for managing ¨Big Data.¨

EMC to Acquire Bus-Tech
EMC acquires Bus-Tech, Inc., a provider of VTL. Products offer solutions for mainframe batch processing, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and data archiving applications.

October

EMC Introduces Greenplum Data Computing Appliance
EMC announces Greenplum Data Computing Appliance, an integrated data warehouse system using breakthrough Greenplum massively parallel processing architecture. This enables organizations to efficiently make sense of the amount of data they generate.

August

EMC Reduced TCO for Virtual Desktops 60 Percent
By centralizing the management of desktops and deploying those virtually with VMware View, EMC reduces storage costs by 60% and physical space and power required by 90%, while still maintaining high desktop performance levels.

July

EMC to Acquire Greenplum
EMC signs an agreement to acquire Greenplum, Inc., a provider of disruptive data warehousing technology, a key enabler of ¨big data¨ clouds and self-service analytics. Greenplum forms the foundation of a new data computing product division within EMC.

May

EMC Reaches New Levels of Midrange Storage Efficiency and Simplicity
EMC extends its midrange storage with new advanced storage efficiency technologies. This enables customers to lower costs and improve performance, as well as manage their explosion of digital data with new levels of simplicity and efficiency.

EMC Advances Virtual Storage with VPLEX
EMC announces new VPLEX technology that significantly advances virtual storage, a key element in the Private Cloud, and radically betters data access and mobility.

Cisco and EMC Appoint Michael D. Capellas to lead VCE Coalition
Cisco and EMC appoint veteran Michael D. Capellas to lead all aspects of the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition. Capellas was also appointed to the complementary role of CEO of Acadia, a Cisco-EMC joint venture.

EMC Releases Results of the 2010 Digital Universe Study
EMC reveals the results of the new EMC-sponsored IDC study entitled, "The Digital Universe". This is the fourth update to the study, which measures and forecasts the amount of digital information created and copied annually.

April

EMC Unveils Data Domain Global Deduplication Array
EMC introduces Data Domain Global Deduplication Array, the fastest inline deduplication storage system for enterprise backup applications. It offers inline global deduplication and a global namespace for all data stored in the dual controller system.

March

EMC Appoints Jeremy Burton as EVP and CMO
EMC appoints 20-year IT industry veteran Jeremy Burton to join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. He becomes responsible for the global structure, strategy, and execution of all aspects of EMC’s marketing efforts.

Paul Fitzgerald Made Director Emeritus; James DiStasio Made Director
EMC announces W. Paul Fitzgerald’s resignation from the EMC Board of Directors and his appointment as Director Emeritus. EMC also announces the election of James DiStasio to the Board. He will also serve as a member of EMC’s Audit Committee.

February

EMC Extends Velocity² Incentive Program for 2010
EMC extends its Velocity² Incentive Program (VIP.) The program continues to offer rewards for incremental deals that align to EMC’s strategic information infrastructure solutions for consolidation, backup and recovery, archive and security.

January

EMC to Acquire Archer Technologies
EMC signs agreement to acquire Archer Technologies, a provider of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software. Archer joins RSA to help organization visualize risk and enforce policy within physical and virtual infrastructures.