Press Release
August 27, 2009
HOPKINTON, Mass. - August 27, 2009 -
Celebrating three decades of helping individuals and organizations of all sizes transform how they compete, save money, reduce risk, and create value from their information, EMC Corporation today announced the formation of the EMC Information Honors program. The new program is designed to reward the highest-performing information storage and management students from the more than 300 colleges and universities within the EMC Academic Alliance. Qualifying* students who achieve the highest grade point averages for the 2009/2010 academic year will be rewarded with a free:
Jack Mollen, EMC’s Executive Vice President of Human Resources, said, “We’re honored to salute these dedicated students who represent the future of information technology innovation. These top students and their peers have the potential to produce knowledge that will be vital to the advancement of information storage and management. In celebration of EMC’s 30th anniversary, EMC Information Honors serves as a natural extension of EMC’s mission of helping people bring the power of their information to life.”
Actively storing, backing up and protecting digital information is no longer a luxury, but an affordable necessity. EMC’s market-leading information infrastructure portfolio of products, solutions and services includes the broadest set of offerings to meet the world’s information storage and management needs, from individuals to the largest organizations.
Iomega StorCenter ix2 Network Storage Appliance offers advanced security, storage and content sharing in an easy-to-use product designed for home or small office networks. Recipients will also have the ability to back up their personal computer or Mac remotely over the Internet with Mozy unlimited, the most trusted online backup service for consumers and businesses.
This week marks EMC Corporation’s 30-year anniversary. Founded in Massachusetts on August 23, 1979, EMC’s history has been marked by sustained innovation, leadership and profitable growth. Today, EMC employs approximately 41,000 people worldwide and remains one of the world’s most successful companies, serving customers in more than 100 countries.
, a part of , enables organizations to modernize, automate and transform their using industry-leading , servers, and data protection technologies. This provides a trusted foundation for businesses to transform IT, through the creation of a , and transform their business through the creation of cloud-native applications and solutions. Dell EMC services customers across 180 countries – including 98 percent of the Fortune 500 – with the industry’s most comprehensive and innovative portfolio from edge to core to cloud.
