EMC Placed in the Leaders Quadrant in Newly Released Analysis of Data Warehouse Database Management Systems

HOPKINTON, Mass., Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems.(1)

"We believe this recognition from Gartner, positioning EMC in the Leaders Quadrant, aligns with the growing acceptance that EMC's data computing solutions are achieving in the marketplace," said Bill Cook, general manager and senior vice president of EMC's Data Computing Division. "EMC's approach for data warehousing in the era of 'big data' is striking a loud chord, and our delivery of solutions that offer greater data insight, performance, flexibility and reliability are gaining strong traction with important customers."

The EMC® Greenplum® Data Computing Appliance is an integrated data warehouse system with a breakthrough Greenplum massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture, a key enabler of "big data" clouds and self-service analytics that allow organizations to store, manage and closely analyze terabytes of detailed data for faster business insight, conclusions and revelations. The EMC Greenplum Data Computing Appliance also enables organizations to make sense of massive amounts of data generated from various sources such as always-on networks, the Web, consumers, surveillance systems and sensors. With twice the data loading speed of its nearest competitor and the industry's best performance, this innovative new EMC appliance permits more data to be analyzed faster and at lower cost.

Interested parties can request a complimentary copy of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems report at http://www.greenplum.com/magicquadrant/.

About the Gartner Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyright 2011 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About EMC

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.

1. Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems" by Donald Feinberg and Mark A. Beyer, January 31, 2011

EMC and Greenplum are trademarks or registered trademarks of EMC Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.  All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

SOURCE EMC Corporation

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