EMC Joins Ranks of Winter Corporation Database Scalability Program Sponsors; Premier Enterprise Storage Supplier Supports Study of Large Databases, Workloads.Business/Technology Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2000 Winter Corporation announced today that 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. has become a sponsor of the fifth annual Database Scalability Program. Winter Corporation, which administers the program, is a leading consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a that studies the impact of large-database technology on business trends. Winter provides research, consulting and education services that help users and vendors define database solutions, architect implementations, and manage scalability issues. The company focuses on database technology near, at and beyond the frontier of scalability. Database Scalability Program 2000 analyzes the characteristics of the world's largest databases, and examines databases supporting the world's largest workloads. These vast data repositories anchor e-commerce, business intelligence, supply-chain management, customer relationship management, resource management and other business-critical applications. EMC Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : 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. ) is a world leader in information storage systems, software, networks and services, providing the information infrastructure for a connected world. "Our customers face daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin challenges--and unlimited opportunity," said Don Swatik, EMC's vice president of Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. . "The information they need to manage can double in less than a year. They need to crunch it, mine it, keep it available, protect it from disasters, and squeeze value from it to gain a competitive edge. "EMC solutions for VLDBs enable users to crystallize crys·tal·lize also crys·tal·ize v. crys·tal·lized also crys·tal·ized, crys·tal·liz·ing also crys·tal·iz·ing, crys·tal·liz·es also crys·tal·iz·es v.tr. 1. their view of the market, giving them the confidence to make decisions based on accurate, real-time information that drills down deep into their markets and reaches out to their customers." "We greatly value EMC's decision to sponsor the Database Scalability Program," added Richard Winter, president of Winter Corporation. "As a leader in information storage, EMC plays a vital role in enterprise-wide and Internet-based solutions. EMC's name commands enormous respect from those who have responsible for the success of scalable, business-critical operations." Other Database Scalability Program 2000 sponsors include Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corp., Informix Corp., Microsoft Corp., NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers Corp., NetGenesis Corp., Oracle Corp., and Sybase, Inc. Surveys will be accepted through August, and awards identifying the top databases will be announced and distributed soon afterward. About Winter Corporation Winter Corporation is a leading center of expertise in database scalability for e-business, enterprise applications and business intelligence. The company provides research, consulting and education services that help users and vendors define their database solutions, architect their implementations, and manage their scalability issues. Winter Corporation focuses on database technology near, at, and beyond the frontier of scalability. For more information, contact Winter Corporation at info@wintercorp.com, on the World Wide Web at www.wintercorp.com, or call 617-695-1800. EMC is a registered trademark of EMC Corp. Other company names and products are trademark of their respective companies. |
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