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To: JDN who wrote (12641)	5/18/2001 6:00:44 PM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 17183

Friday May 18, 2001 11:00 AM Company Press Release EMC Receives General Motors ''Supplier of the Year'' Award; EMC Only ''IT'' Supplier to Receive Award HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2001--EMC Corporation today announced that General Motors Corporation has honored EMC with the 2000 Supplier of the Year award for the second year in a row. Once again, GM has selected EMC as the only information technology (IT) supplier to receive the award. Celebrating its eighth year, the prestigious Supplier of the Year award is given annually to GM's top global suppliers in recognition of their superior performance during the previous calendar year. EMC President and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph M. Tucci, said, "It's an honor to be chosen to receive this prestigious award. By consistently delivering best-of-breed technology, the world's best service and support, and true customer value, EMC strives to be a strategic partner to our customers, providing the critical infrastructure - the E-Infostructure -- needed to maximize an organization's Return On Information. Leadership companies such as GM understand this, and place information where it can generate the most return -- at the center of their business." "EMC represents the best of the best and it has set an example during the past year for other companies to follow," said Bo Andersson, of GM Worldwide Purchasing. "It is a role model and it is an honor to work with a company so committed to supporting our priorities for quality, flawless roll-out of new products, and a balance between current and future business." The GM Supplier of the Year award began as a global program in 1992. Award-winners are selected by a global team of executives from purchasing, engineering, manufacturing and logistics who base their decisions on supplier performance in quality, service, technology and price. General Motors has standardized on EMC E-Infostructure across its worldwide operations to support its engineering operations, as well as other business-critical applications, such as e-business, SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle. GM's EMC installation comprises Symmetrix Enterprise Storage systems equipped with EMC Connectrix fibre switches to store data from its open systems servers - including Silicon Graphics, Sun, Compaq, Windows NT, and Hewlett-Packard - and mainframe environment. GM also has deployed EMC's Celerra network-attached file servers and EMC's advanced software solutions and services - including EMC ControlCenter, EMC TimeFinder, Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF), EDM, and EMC PowerPath - to continually improve the availability and manageability of its global information resources. About EMC EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world leader in information storage systems, software, networks and services, providing the information infrastructure for a connected world. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at www.EMC.com. EMC and Symmetrix are registered trademarks and CLARiiON, Connectrix, ControlCenter, Celerra, SRDF, EDM, PowerPath and TimeFinder are trademarks of EMC Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.