Dell EMC explained

Dell EMC
Former Name:EMC Corporation
Type:Subsidiary
Traded As: (1986–2016)[1]
Location City:Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Round Rock, Texas
Location Country:United States
Area Served:Worldwide
Industry:Computer storage
Products:See EMC products
Revenue: (2021)
Parent:Dell Technologies (2016–present)
Key People:Jeff Clarke (president, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell EMC)

Dell EMC (EMC Corporation until 2016) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts,[2] and Round Rock, Texas, United States. Dell EMC sells data storage, information security, virtualization, analytics, cloud computing and other products and services that enable organizations to store, manage, protect, and analyze data. Dell EMC's target markets include large companies and small- and medium-sized businesses across various vertical markets.[3] [4] The company's stock (as EMC Corporation) was added to the New York Stock Exchange on April 6, 1986,[5] and was also listed on the S&P 500 index.

EMC was acquired by Dell in 2016. At that time, Forbes noted EMC's "focus on developing and selling data storage and data management hardware and software and convincing its customers to buy its products independent of their other IT buying decisions" based on "best-of-breed."[6] It was later renamed to Dell EMC. Dell uses the EMC name with some of its products.[7]

EMC acquired Iomega in 2008,[8] and a 2013 partnership with Lenovo resulted in the rebranding of Iomega as LenovoEMC.[9] The joint venture was dissolved due to the acquisition of EMC by Dell.

History

EMC, founded in 1979 by Richard Egan and Roger Marino (the E and M of EMC),[10] introduced its first 64-kilobyte (65,536 bytes) memory boards for the Prime Computer in 1981.[11] [12] EMC continued to develop memory boards for other computer types. In the mid-1980s, the company expanded beyond memory to other computer data storage types and networked storage platforms. EMC began shipping its flagship product, the Symmetrix, in 1990.

While some of EMC's growth is credited to acquisitions of smaller companies,[13] Symmetrix was the main factor in EMC's rapid growth during the 1990s, from a firm valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars to a multi-billion dollar company.[14]

In 2009 EMC signed a two-year deal to be the principal shirt sponsor for English Rugby Union club London Wasps[15] in a deal worth £1 Million. This was later extended until the end of the 2013 season.

Michael Ruettgers joined EMC in 1988 and served as CEO from 1992 until January 2001.[16] Under Ruettgers' leadership, EMC revenues grew from $120 million to nearly $9 billion 10 years later, and the company shifted its focus from memory boards to storage systems.[17] Ruettgers was named one of BusinessWeeks "World's Top 25 Executives"; one of the "Best Chief Executive Officers in America" by Worth magazine; and one of Network Worlds "25 Most Powerful People in Networking".

Ahead of their acquisition by Dell, EMC gained a reputation for oppressive non-compete agreements and non-compete lobbying through AIM (Associated Industries of Massachusetts)[18] [19]

Acquisition by Dell

On October 12, 2015, Dell Inc. announced its intent to acquire EMC in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $67 billion, which as of 2021 remains the largest-ever acquisition in the technology sector.[20] The combination of Dell's enterprise server, personal computer, and mobile businesses with EMC's enterprise storage business was a significant vertical merger of IT giants. Dell offered $24.05 per share of EMC, and $9.05 per share of tracking stock in VMware.[21] [22] [23]

On September 7, 2016, Dell Inc. completed the merger, which involved the issuance of $45.9 billion in debt and $4.4 billion common stock.[24] [25] At the time, some analysts claimed that Dell's acquisition of the formerIomega could harm the LenovoEMC partnership.[26]

Products and services

In addition to those of the majority-owned Pivotal company, Dell EMC sells products and services, including products from other Dell Technologies companies, designed to allow IT departments to move to a cloud computing model and to analyze big data. LenovoEMC, formerly Iomega, sells storage products.[9]

Product category Products/Services
PowerMax, VMAX Family, VNX/VNXe Family, Isilon, Atmos, XtremIO, ScaleIO, Unity/Unity XT Family, PowerStore, Objectscale, ECS
Avamar, DataDomain, NetWorker, RecoverPoint, Centera, SourceOne
Storage and Content Management Service Assurance Suite, Appsync, PowerPath, ViPR SRM, ViPR Controller
VMware, VPLEX
Consulting, Customer support, Education Services, Managed Services, Technology Services and Solutions
Security/Compliance RSA Security, Dell SecureWorks
Cloud computing/Converged Infrastructure VxBlock, VxRack, VxRail, VSPEX, Virtustream
Data Computing Greenplum, Pivotal

Major acquisitions

The following table includes the listing and timeline of EMC Corporation's major acquisitions of other companies since 1996.

Year Storage & management software Security/compliance Data computing
1996–2000 Data General,[27] CrosStor[28] Softworks,[29] Avalon[30]
2001–2005 FilePool,[31] Allocity[32] Luminate,[33] Prisa Networks,[34] Legato Networker,[35] Dantz/Retrospect,[36] Smarts Astrum[37] [38] Documentum,[39] Ask Once,[40] Acartus,[41] Captiva Software[42] VMware[43] Rainfinity,[44] Acxiom[45] Internosis[46]
2006–2010Avamar,[47] Iomega,[48] Data Domain,[49] Isilon Systems[50] Bus-Tech,[51] Indigo Stone[52] Kashya,[53] nLayers,[54] Voyence,[55] Infra Corporation,[56] WysDM,[57] Configuresoft,[58] Fastscale[59] Pro Activity,[60] X-Hive,[61] Dokumentum, Document Sciences,[62] Kazeon[63] Akimbi,[64] YottaYotta Interlink,[65] Geniant,[66] Business Edge,[67] Conchango[68] RSA Security,[69] Authentica,[70] Network Intelligence,[71] Valyd,[72] Verid,[73] Tablus,[74] Archer Technologies[75] Mozy,[76] Pi,[77] Source Labs[78] Greenplum[79]
2011–present XtremIO,[80] Likewise[81] ScaleIO[82] Watch4Net,[83] iWave,[84] TwinStrata[85] Syncplicity[86] (spun off in 2015)[87] Syncplicity(spun off in 2015), Trinity Technologies[88] Asankya Tiburon Technologies[89] Virtustream[93] ZettaPoint,[94] Pivotal Labs,[95] MoreVRP[96]

Big data projects

In 2012, EMC sponsored The Human Face of Big Data,[97] a globally crowdsourced media project focusing on the ability to collect, analyze, triangulate and visualize vast amounts of data in real-time. The Human Face of Big Data, produced by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, includes "a number of fascinating stories ... [that] represent some of the most innovative applications of data that are shaping our future".[98]

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: About EMC Corporation. Emc.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20080111204419/http://www.emc.com/about/index.htm. 2015-10-15. January 11, 2008 . dead.
  3. Web site: EMC Corporation Company Information . Hoover's . 2012 . February 1, 2013.
  4. News: Dignan. Larry. EMC targets mid-market, plans to undercut NetApp. 26 September 2013. ZDNet. 17 January 2011.
  5. Web site: EMC Corporation Announces Two-for-One Stock Split. Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Live Video Web. May 3, 2000. D&B AllBusiness.
  6. Forbes . A Very Short History Of EMC Corporation . September 6, 2016.
  7. Web site: Dell Technologies World 2018 Day 1: One Big Happy Family. Patrick Moorhead . May 1, 2018 . . Dell EMC storage, Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, Dell EMC Data Protection, and optional Dell EMC open networking..
  8. News: Reuters. 2008-04-09. Iomega Accepts Takeover Offer. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-12-04. 0362-4331.
  9. Web site: Lenovo and EMC Create LenovoEMC JV to Bring Network Attached Storage to SMBs and Distributed Enterprise Sites. January 3, 2013.
  10. Web site: No "C", EMC was founded by Egan and Marino only.. February 28, 2013 . 28 October 2020.
  11. News: What's Eating EMC?. Forbes. 2009-07-01. November 26, 2001. Daniel. Lyons.
  12. News: Crony Capitalism. Forbes. 2009-10-23. November 26, 2001. Daniel. Lyons.
  13. News: Gregory Huang . For EMC, Three Acquisitions Lead to Three Big Products . 11 July 2014 . Xconomy . 8 July 2014.
  14. EMC Company Website. July 19, 2000. EMC Reports 43% Growth in Storage Revenue, First $2 Billion Quarter. https://web.archive.org/web/20080905220357/http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/us/earnings/20000719-469.htm. September 5, 2008. dead.
  15. Web site: EMC to be new sponsor of London Wasps. August 20, 2009 .
  16. News: Michael Ruettgers Bio. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002201907/http://www.forbes.com/profile/michael-ruettgers/. dead. October 2, 2013. Forbes. 26 September 2013.
  17. Web site: High-Tech Veteran Michael Ruettgers Joins Gigamon's Board of Directors. Press Release. Gigamon. 26 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002141128/http://www.gigamon.com/high-tech-veteran-michael-ruettgers-joins-gigamon-s-board-of-directors. October 2, 2013. dead.
  18. News: Why EMC Employees Are Forming a 'Pop-Up' Union to Take Down Noncompetes.
  19. News: With EMC change, will Bay State be free to compete with Silicon Valley?.
  20. News: PCMag Staff . The Biggest Tech Mergers and Acquisitions of All Time . . 2021-04-12 . 2022-04-28.
  21. News: Dell to Buy EMC for $67 Billion. 12 October 2015. The Wall Street Journal. subscription .
  22. News: In Takeover of EMC, Dell Makes Ambitious Bet. 12 October 2015. The New York Times. October 12, 2015 .
  23. News: Dell agrees $67bn EMC takeover. 12 October 2015. BBC News.
  24. Web site: Document. www.sec.gov.
  25. Historic Dell and EMC Merger Complete; Forms World's Largest Privately-Controlled Tech Company. . September 7, 2016.
  26. News: TheRegister (UK) . Dell-EMC merger could leave Lenovo out in the cold – analysts . Chris Mellor . October 15, 2015.
  27. Web site: Dawn. Kawamoto. CNET. August 9, 1999. EMC buys Data General for $1.1 billion.
  28. News: Kovar. Joseph F.. EMC Acquires NAS OS Vendor CrosStor. 27 September 2013. CRN. 2 November 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924221830/http://www.crn.com/news/storage/18812103/emc-acquires-nas-os-vendor-crosstor.htm. September 24, 2015. dead.
  29. Web site: 5 years ago: EMC bags Softworks for $192m. Website article. ZDNet. 27 September 2013.
  30. News: Wilcox. Joe. EMC snags storage software maker. 27 September 2013. CNET. 16 August 2000.
  31. News: EMC Acquires Belgium Software Company. 27 September 2013. Enterprise Storage Forum. 12 April 2001.
  32. News: Boulton. Clint. EMC Quietly Tucks In Allocity. 27 September 2013. Internet News. 2 November 2004.
  33. EMC Acquires Luminate Software. EMC. 20 September 2001. 4 December 2023.
  34. News: Boulton. Clint. EMC Answers Sun, Snaps Up Prisa Networks. 27 September 2013. Internet News. 25 September 2002.
  35. Web site: Deni. Connor. NetworkWorld. July 8, 2003. EMC Snatches up Legato.
  36. Web site: Lisa. DiCarlo. Forbes. October 12, 2004. EMC Would Like this Dantz.
  37. Web site: CNET. April 15, 2003. EMC scoops up software player.
  38. Web site: Todd R.. Weiss. Computerworld. December 21, 2004. EMC Acquires SMARTS in $260M deal.
  39. Web site: Peter. Sayer. NetworkWorld. October 14, 2003. EMC offers $1.7 billion in stock for Documentum.
  40. Web site: Stacy. Cowley. InfoWorld. March 16, 2004. EMC division buys Xerox askOnce Unit.
  41. Web site: Karen. Schwartz. eWeek. October 26, 2005. EMC Acquires Acartus, Adds to its Archiving Strategy.
  42. Web site: Stephen. Shankland. CNET. October 20, 2005. EMC Acquires Captiva for $275 million.
  43. VMware. January 4, 2004. EMC Completes Acquisition of VMware.
  44. Web site: Jo. Maitland. SearchStorage. August 17, 2005. EMC Acquires Rainfinity for File Migration.
  45. Web site: Network Computing. January 6, 2006. EMC and Acxiom Ink Grid Computing Deal.
  46. Web site: Dawn. Kawamoto. CNET. January 9, 2006. EMC Acquires Internosis.
  47. Web site: Deni. Connor. NetworkWorld. November 1, 2006. EMC acquires data deduplication vendor Avamar.
  48. Web site: Beth. Pariseau. SearchStorage. April 8, 2008. EMC acquires Iomega, creates consumer storage division.
  49. Web site: W. David. Gardner. InformationWeek. July 9, 2009. EMC Acquires Data Domain for $2.4 Billion. https://web.archive.org/web/20090713091200/http://www.informationweek.com/news/storage/data_protection/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218401312. July 13, 2009.
  50. Web site: UK Register, Nov. 15, 1010. . . 7 October 2014.
  51. EMC Acquires Bus-Tech. 10 November 2010. EMC. 27 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002123601/http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2010/20101110-02.htm. 2 October 2013. dead.
  52. Web site: Joseph F.. Kovar. CRN. May 8, 2007. EMC Adds Bare Metal Recovery by Acquiring Indigo Stone.
  53. Web site: Jeffrey. Schwartz. CRN. May 9, 2006. EMC Acquires Kashya, Supplier of CDP And Replication Software. https://web.archive.org/web/20120914165234/http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/187201531/emc-acquires-kashya-supplier-of-cdp-and-replication-software.htm;jsessionid=7DBNqOp0ex41pgjsmqfcQQ**.ecappj01. September 14, 2012. dead.
  54. Web site: Shelley. Solheim. Computerworld. June 7, 2006. EMC acquires nLayers, outlines growth goals.
  55. Web site: Deni. Connor. NetworkWorld. November 1, 2007. EMC Acquires Voyence.
  56. Web site: InformationWeek. March 11, 2008. EMC Acquires IT Service Management Software Provider Infra.
  57. Web site: Judy. Mottl. Enterprise Storage Forum. April 7, 2008. EMC Buys Some Data Protection 'WysDM'.
  58. Web site: Denise. Dubie. InfoWorld. May 28, 2009. EMC to Acquire ConfigureSoft.
  59. Web site: Grant. Gross. PCWorld. August 31, 2009. EMC Acquires Cloud Support Vendor FastScale.
  60. Web site: Dawn. Kawamoto. CNET. June 20, 2006. EMC Acquires ProActivity.
  61. Web site: Chris. Preimesberger. eWeek. July 20, 2007. EMC Acquires Dutch XML Company.
  62. Web site: John. Conroy. CMS Wire. January 2, 2008. EMC to Acquire Document Sciences Corp.
  63. Web site: Lucas. Mearian. Computerworld. September 1, 2009. EMC to Acquire e-discovery vendor Kazeon.
  64. Web site: Deni. Connor. NetworkWorld. June 20, 2006. VMware Acquires Virtualization Company Akimbi.
  65. Web site: Brian. Fonseca. eWeek. May 11, 2006. EMC buying spree snares Interlink.
  66. Web site: Businessweek. July 9, 2007. Geniant LLC. https://web.archive.org/web/20100310064728/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=7641590. March 10, 2010.
  67. Web site: Adam W.. Couture. Alex. Soejarto. Gartner Research. September 5, 2007. EMC Extends Consulting with Acquisition of BusinessEdge. https://web.archive.org/web/20071016215348/http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=519124. October 16, 2007.
  68. Web site: Information Age. April 10, 2008. EMC buys a presence in European Consulting.
  69. Web site: Mary. Crane. Forbes. June 30, 2006. EMC Buys RSA Security for $2.1B.
  70. Web site: Network Computing. March 7, 2006. EMC Acquires Authentica.
  71. Web site: Robert. McMillan. InfoWorld. September 18, 2006. EMC buys Network Intelligence.
  72. Web site: John. Ribeiro. InfoWorld. February 7, 2007. EMC to Acquire Indian Security Software Company.
  73. Web site: Dawn. Kawamoto. CNET. June 4, 2007. EMC Acquires Security Company Verid.
  74. Web site: Beth. Pariseau. SearchStorage. August 9, 2007. EMC Buys Tablus for Data Classification and Security. https://web.archive.org/web/20120314222322/https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/news/1267556/EMC-buys-Tablus-for-data-classification-and-security. 14 March 2012. dead.
  75. Web site: William. Gardner. Network World. January 4, 2010. EMC Acquires Archer Technologies.
  76. Web site: Deni. Connor. NetworkWorld. September 24, 2007. EMC Acquires Online Backup Provider Mozy.
  77. Web site: Mikael. Ricknäs. InfoWorld. February 22, 2008. EMC buys Pi to round out cloud computing unit.
  78. Web site: Beth. Pariseau. SearchStorage. January 5, 2008. EMC Acquires open-source assets from Source Labs.
  79. Web site: Lucas. Mearian. Computerworld. July 6, 2010. EMC to Acquire Data Warehouse Vendor GreenPlum.
  80. News: Shelach. Shmulik. EMC buys XtremIO for $430m. 10 May 2012. Globes. 10 May 2012.
  81. News: Kovar. Joseph F.. EMC Isilon Acquires Likewise In Cross-Platform Storage Play. 27 September 2013. CRN. 20 March 2012.
  82. EMC to Acquire ScaleIO . EMC Corporation . 2013-07-11 . 2014-09-25.
  83. News: King. Rachel. EMC picks up IT management software provider Watch4Net. 27 September 2013. ZDNet. 31 May 2012.
  84. News: Mellor. Chris. EMC acquires Natick cloud storage firm TwinStrata. 8 July 2014. BetaBoston. 7 July 2014.
  85. News: Alspach. Kyle. EMC gobbles storage and robo-cloud maker iWave. 27 September 2013. The Register. 8 January 2013.
  86. News: EMC buys Syncplicity . Computer Weekly . 2012-05-22 . 2016-07-21.
  87. News: EMC is spinning off a company, but it's not VMware . Fortune . 2015-07-07 . 2016-07-21.
  88. Web site: To Our Clients. Website. Trinity Technologies. 27 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927200843/http://www.trinitytechnologies.com/. September 27, 2013. dead.
  89. Web site: EMC acquires Tiburon Technologies – mainframe migration company. Website. October 11, 2012 . Cloud Conclave. 27 September 2013.
  90. EMC Buys Network Security Company NetWitness . April 4, 2011 . January 25, 2013 . Information Week . Antone. Gonsalves.
  91. Web site: Security Week . September 19, 2012 . RSA Acquires Malware Detection Firm Silicium Security.
  92. EMC To Buy Silver Tail Systems. Forbes. 3 January 2013. 30 October 2012. Eric. Savitz.
  93. EMC Completes Acquisition of Virtustream. EMC. 9 July 2015. EMC press release 20150709-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20150711171656/http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2015/20150709-01.htm. 11 July 2015. dead.
  94. News: Feldman. Batya. EMC to acquire database optimization co Zettapoint for $10m. 27 September 2013. Globes. 2 October 2011.
  95. EMC. March 20, 2012. EMC Acquires Pivotal Labs.
  96. News: Mellor. Chris. EMC mixes database upstart into its Greenplum pudding. 27 September 2013. The Register. 3 December 2012.
  97. Web site: The Human Face of Big Data. Website. The Human Face of Big Data. 27 September 2013.
  98. News: Simon. Phil. The Human Face of Big Data: An Interview with Rick Smolan. Blog. Huffington Post. 27 September 2013. 16 April 2013.

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