EMC Honored as Only 'IT' Supplier to Receive General Motors Supplier of the Year Award; Prestigious Award Highlights EMC's Role in Helping GM Shape New Economy.Business/Technology Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 7, 2000 EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. , the world leader in information storage, today announced that General Motors Corporation has honored 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. with the 1999 Supplier of the Year award. EMC was selected as the only information technology (IT) supplier to receive this year's award. Celebrating its eighth consecutive year, the prestigious Supplier of the Year award is given annually to the top one percent of GM's more than 30,000 global suppliers in recognition of their superior performance during the previous calendar year. EMC President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Joseph M. Tucci Joseph M. Tucci, more popularly known as Joe Tucci, is Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of EMC Corporation. Tucci has been EMC's Chairman since January 2006 and President and CEO since January 2001, one year after he joined the , said, "We are deeply appreciative of this prestigious award. As one of the most powerful forces in the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. , GM has also carved a name for itself as a world leader in the use of information technology. This fact is at the core of GM's transformation into a leader of the new economy." "EMC is one of our best and brightest suppliers," said Harold R. Kutner, Group Vice President, Worldwide Purchasing and North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Production Control & Logistics. "It is an honor to have EMC working with us. Their contributions to General Motors' overall success are immeasurable. We look upon the Supplier of the Year award as an important recognition of EMC's value as an automotive industry supplier." 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 suppler 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 use of EMC storage across its global infrastructure is a prime example of EMC's leadership in transforming storage from a passive container to the essential foundation for managing, sharing and protecting an organization's information," Tucci added. "As such, EMC E-Infostructure is now being viewed as the place where information lives -- at the center of the IT infrastructure -- with servers acting as peripherals." GM's EMC installation comprises Symmetrix Enterprise Storage systems equipped with EMC Connectrix fibre switches to store data from its open systems servers - including Hewlett-Packard, Sun, Compaq Windows NT, Silicon Graphics - 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 Disaster Recovery (SRDF SRDF Symmetrix Remote Data Facility SRDF Symmetric Remote Data Facility ), EDM (Engineering Data Management) An information system that maintains the details of all engineering data while the product is in the design and concept phase. This includes geometry and changes to geometry. See PLM. EDM - Electronic Data Management , and EMC PowerPath - to continually improve the availability and manageability of its global information resources. EMC Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : 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 EMC Enterprise Storage, E-Infostructure, EMC Enterprise Storage Network, Connectrix, ControlCenter, EDM, Celerra, TimeFinder, SRDF and PowerPath are trademarks of EMC Corporation. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. 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