Dell, EMC extend strategic alliance

BENGALURU, INDIA: Dell and EMC have announced a multi-year extension of their global alliance through 2013. In addition to extending the partnership, both the companies will add the EMC Celerra NX4 storage system to the portfolio of Dell-EMC networked storage systems.

“Today’s economic realities place an emphasis on efficient solutions that consolidate and virtualize–which through our long-standing partnership we are well positioned to deliver,” said Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO, Dell.

Joe Tucci, Chairman, President and CEO, EMC said, “This relationship had its genesis during a challenging time in the economy and a desire by both companies to provide cost-effective solutions to customers who still had to manage ever increasing amounts of information. The same is true today, and while Dell and EMC are both very different than they were in 2001, we are committed to our mutual customers and to delivering technologies that can provide them maximum return on their investment.”

To provide additional choice for customers, the EMC Celerra NX4, introduced by EMC in August this year, is expected to join the Dell storage portfolio in early 2009. This a unified storage solution built to help customers consolidate NAS, iSCSI and Fibre Channel technologies on one platform.

Dell and EMC formed their alliance in October 2001. From the outset, both companies implemented a model of collaboration to utilize each other’s strengths in order to deliver compelling value to customers.