Dell EMC
Dell EMC is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts 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. The company's stock was added to the New York Stock Exchange on April 6, 1986, 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." It was later renamed to Dell EMC.
Dell uses the EMC name with some of its products.
History
EMC, founded in 1979 by Richard Egan, Roger Marino & John Curly, introduced its first 64-kilobyte memory boards for the Prime Computer in 1981 and continued with the development of 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. Symmetrix was the main reason for EMC's rapid growth in the 1990s, both in size and value, from a company valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars to a multi-billion dollar company.In 2009 EMC signed a two-year deal to be the principal shirt sponsor for English Rugby Union club London Wasps 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. 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. 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".
Some of EMC's growth was via acquisitions of small companies.
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 has been considered the largest-ever acquisition in the technology sector. This would combine Dell's enterprise server, personal computer, and mobile businesses with EMC's enterprise storage business in a significant Vertical merger of IT giants. Dell would pay $24.05 per share of EMC, and $9.05 per share of tracking stock in VMware.On September 7, 2016, Dell Inc. completed the merger with EMC Corp., which involved the issuance of $45.9 billion in debt and $4.4 billion common stock.
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.| Product category | Products/Services |
| Information Storage | PowerMax, VMAX3 Family, VNX/VNXe Family, Isilon, Atmos, XtremIO, ScaleIO, Unity, ECS |
| Archiving, Backup, and Recovery | Avamar, DataDomain, NetWorker, RecoverPoint, Centera, SourceOne |
| Storage and Content Management | Service Assurance Suite, Appsync, PowerPath, ViPR SRM, ViPR Controller |
| Virtualization | VMware, VPLEX |
| Services | 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 | Storage & management software | Content management | Virtualization | Services | Security/compliance | Cloud computing | Data computing |
| 1996–2000 | Data General, CrosStor | Softworks, Avalon | ||||||
| 2001–2005 | FilePool, Allocity | Luminate, Prisa Networks, Legato Networker, Dantz/Retrospect, Smarts Astrum | Documentum, Ask Once, Acartus, Captiva Software | VMware Rainfinity, Acxiom | Internosis | |||
| 2006–2010 | Avamar, Iomega, Data Domain, Isilon Systems Bus-Tech, Indigo Stone | Kashya, nLayers, Voyence, Infra Corporation, WysDM, Configuresoft, Fastscale | Pro Activity, X-Hive, Dokumentum, Document Sciences, Kazeon | Akimbi, YottaYotta | Interlink, Geniant, Business Edge, Conchango | RSA Security, Authentica, Network Intelligence, Valyd, Verid, Tablus, Archer Technologies | Mozy, Pi, Source Labs | Greenplum |
| 2011–present | XtremIO, Likewise ScaleIO | Watch4Net, iWave, TwinStrata | Syncplicity | Syncplicity, Trinity Technologies | Asankya | Netwitness, Silicium Security, Silver Tail Systems Aveksa | Virtustream | ZettaPoint, Pivotal Labs, MoreVRP |