EMC Corp. ships 1,000th Symmetrix 5500 Integrated Cached Disk Array.HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 1995--EMC Corp. today announced shipment of its 1,000th Symmetrix 5500 Integrated Cached Disk Array (ICDA ICDA abbr. International Classification of Diseases, Adapted for Use in the United States ) subsystem, the highest performing and highest capacity disk array in the IBM mainframe market. The 1,000th Symmetrix 5500 was delivered to R.L. Polk & Co. of Taylor, Mich., a leading marketing information services firm whose success depends on rapid access to large amounts of information. Polk recently installed two Symmetrix 5500-9 subsystems which store the mission-critical information in Polk's consumer and product market information databases. "The Symmetrix 5500 quickly set the industry standard for performance, capacity and availability following its introduction in 1993," said Michael C. Ruettgers, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Leading companies such as Polk, which need to have constant access to data and the ability to rapidly store and retrieve large amounts of information, are using the Symmetrix 5500 to gain a competitive edge. No other disk array in the mainframe market can deliver the level of performance and capacity that the 5500 does. Reaching the thousand mark on this high-end subsystem is truly a milestone." The Symmetrix 5500 Series is the flagship of EMC's product line, providing customers with high performance and a wide range of capacity and user selectable features including ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection) An IBM S/390 fiber-optic channel that transfers 17 Mbytes/sec over distances up to 60 km depending on connection type. ESCON allows peripheral devices to be located across large campuses and metropolitan areas. connectivity, RAID protection, and the recently introduced Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF). EMC's unique MOSAIC:2000 architecture provides time-to-market leadership by allowing the incorporation of the latest technology into current product lines, protecting customer investment in Symmetrix. EMC Corp. is traded on the NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EMC. EMC is a world leader in the field of information storage and retrieval information storage and retrieval, the systematic process of collecting and cataloging data so that they can be located and displayed on request. Computers and data processing techniques have made possible the high-speed, selective retrieval of large amounts of technology. CONTACT: EMC Corp. Mark Fredrickson or Rick Lacroix, 508/435-1000 |
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