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EMC Recognized as Leading Supplier of Enterprise Storage for World's Largest Databases; EMC Overtakes IBM, According to Winter Corporation Survey
HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1999--EMC Corporation's Symmetrix
Enterprise Storage systems are the leading storage platform for the world's largest
databases, according to the latest edition of the Winter Corporation's annual VLDB Survey
Program Industry Report. The annual survey of corporate executives and database
practitioners shows that EMC has surpassed IBM Corporation as the leading supplier of
storage capacity for VLDBs (very large databases). Winter Corporation, of Waltham, Mass.,
is an independent research and consulting firm specializing in large database technology.
When asked which storage supplier provides the largest amount of storage capacity for
their VLDBs, 32 percent of survey respondents named EMC, compared with 20 percent for
IBM. EMC's presence jumped more than 100 percent, from 15 percent a year earlier, while
IBM's presence dropped from 25 percent in 1997 to 20 percent in 1998. Hewlett-Packard,
which ranked third most popular storage supplier last year, was not mentioned in this
year's results due to the reduced number of times respondents mentioned HP among their
top VLDB storage suppliers.
The Winter VLDB Survey also found that the Grand Prize-winning companies in eight out
of 12 categories, including largest database size for both transaction processing and
decision support, employ EMC Enterprise Storage systems.
"The VLDB Survey provides database professionals and corporate managers an important
resource for maximizing the business value of their large databases," said Robert
Dutkowsky, EMC's Executive Vice President of Markets and Channels. "The fact that more of
the world's largest databases rely on EMC Enterprise Storage than any other storage is a
clear demonstration that EMC can provide superior management, sharing and protection of
their most important corporate information."
Richard Winter, President of Winter Corporation, said, "The VLDB Report is the
industry's premier research effort devoted exclusively to examining the trends and
directions of large database technology. Our findings assist VLDB practitioners in making
critical business decisions, enabling them to raise organizational productivity, manage
risk and reach strategic objectives. VLDB-related vendors are drawn to the Report's
unique insights into the real-life requirements of the high-end database community."
The Winter VLDB Survey Program Industry Report examines implementations and best
practices at very large database (VLDB) installations. The report is based on research
from Winter VLDB Survey Programs, annual campaigns that assess organizational, technical
and management issues at the world's largest computing installations. The report
discloses insights, trends and driving forces in the VLDB marketplace and provides
readers with unbiased and pragmatic knowledge about the computing strategies and
platforms at leading VLDB sites.
Winter Corporation is an international consulting practice and research center that
offers expertise in large-scale data warehouses and operational databases. The company,
headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, assists corporations in achieving their business
objectives while managing strategic projects and implementing major technology
transitions. Visit the company web site, wintercorp.com, for additional
details on its research, consulting and education services.
EMC Corporation, a Fortune 500 company based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, is the
world's technology and market leader in the rapidly growing market for intelligent
enterprise storage systems, software and services. The company's products store,
retrieve, manage, protect and share information from all major computing environments,
including Internet and e-commerce applications, as well as UNIX, Windows NT and mainframe
platforms. The company has offices worldwide, trades on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol EMC, and is a component of the S&P 500 Index. For further information about
EMC and its storage solutions, EMC's corporate web site can be accessed at
emc.com.
EMC and Symmetrix are registered trademarks and EMC Enterprise Storage is a trademark
of EMC Corporation.
CONTACT: EMC Corporation
Kenneth McDonnell
508-435-1000, ext. 77424
mcdonnell_ken@emc.com
10:31 EDT JUNE 16, 1999 |
