MS, EMC announce 3yr entension of alliance

BANGALORE, INDIA: EMC and Microsoft Corp. announced a three-year extension of their strategic alliance through 2011.

The two companies were committed to broader and deeper product interoperability and service delivery to address key customer requirements including virtualisation, security and content management through the powerful combination of Microsoft’s data centre solutions and productivity applications with EMC’s information infrastructure solutions and consultancy.

Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer, Microsoft Corp., said: “Microsoft and EMC are committed to working together to create enterprise infrastructure technologies that will help businesses build extremely efficient and agile IT systems. Through the joint investments, we will continue to deliver solutions that enable enterprise customers to meet their business goals today and lay the groundwork for future success.”

Joe Tucci, chairman, president and chief executive officer, EMC Corp., said: “The EMC and Microsoft alliance has delivered tremendous and long-lasting value to customers for more than a decade. Today marks the next phase in this evolution. The companies remain committed to delivering solutions that blend Microsoft’s technology with EMC’s information infrastructure portfolio, spanning across virtualisation, storage, IT resource and content management, security products and consulting services.”