EMC Captures Highest Marks in Everything Channel's 2010 Annual Report Card for Fourth Consecutive Year

DALLAS, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Xchange Americas -- EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure, today announced that for the fourth consecutive year the company has been named to Everything Channel's 2010 Annual Report Card (ARC) as the Company of the Year in the Enterprise Network Storage and Data Protection Software categories.  Additionally EMC received the highest marks in the three subcategories for each overall category - Product Innovation, Support and Partnership.  For 25 years, the Annual Report Card has served as the definitive benchmark of vendor/partner relationships and an industry standard for measuring excellence in the channel community. EMC received its Company of the Year ARC awards at a ceremony on Tuesday, August 24 during the XChange Americas conference at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Dallas.  

EMC is committed to making sure its partners have the best portfolio of offerings to exploit market opportunities such as IT consolidation, virtualizing the data center and private cloud computing as well as a robust partner program that enables efficient transactions, has rich rewards, and provides service opportunities to increase profitability.  In the past year EMC has delivered new industry-leading VMware-aware unified storage systems, advanced storage efficiency technologies, deduplication software and storage systems, and EMC Proven solutions that help partners extend their reach into future growth markets.  As partner needs evolve, EMC remains focused on having all the elements of its Velocity(2) Partner Program aligned to meet market demands and opportunities.

"For 25 years, we've asked solution providers to rate vendors on their channel commitment and excellence in providing superb service to identify the true leaders of the channel. Winning the CRN Annual Report Card is one of the most prestigious honors in the IT channel industry, and we congratulate EMC for making it to the list," said Kelly Damore, vice president, editorial director, Everything Channel.  

This year, Everything Channel's research team surveyed more than 3,700 solution providers in 18 product/service categories and asked them to evaluate the importance and satisfaction with their vendors' products, support and channel programs.  

"EMC has evolved its Velocity(2) Partner Program to meet the changing needs of Presidio and our customers. As a Velocity(2) partner, they listen to our feedback and act. EMC helps Presidio to deliver the most innovative VMware-aware unified storage and next generation backup products that solve customers' most critical pain points. Presidio congratulates EMC on taking the highest marks in the Enterprise Network Storage and Data Protection Software categories of Everything Channel's Annual Report Card," said Robert Murphy, President, Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc.

"Receiving the highest marks in the Everything Channel's 2010 Annual Report Card for the fourth consecutive year in the two categories we participate in -- Enterprise Network Storage and Data Protection software categories -- is a big honor because it reflects the opinions of our valued partner community," said EMC's Gregg Ambulos, Vice President, Americas Channel Sales.  "EMC's channel partner ecosystem plays a critical role in our go-to-market strategy so we continue to be laser focused on delivering innovative industry-leading products and solutions and a robust Velocity(2) Partner Program to help partners not only win deals with EMC but provide them with new opportunities for them to grow their business with EMC."

The complete listing of the 2010 Annual Report Card will be featured in the October issue of CRN Magazine and online at www.crn.com.

About EMC

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing and accelerating technology sales.  From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database.  Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results.

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