Dell, EMC extend strategic alliance

Bengaluru : 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.