Siemens Nixdorf and EMC announce strategic partnership.HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1997-- European IT Leader To Resell EMC Symmetrix The Symmetrix is EMC's flagship enterprise storage array. There have been seven generations of Symmetrix hardware, with the first appearing in 1994 and the latest introduced in 2006. As Preferred And Primary Storage Platform For Mainframes And Open Servers; Siemens Pyramid To Resell Systems In US 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's leading provider of intelligent enterprise storage systems, today announced it has entered into a worldwide strategic relationship with Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme, AG (SNI) was formed in the mid 1990s by the merger of Nixdorf Computer AG and the Siemens' Data Information Services (DIS) division. AG, the largest European computer firm and one of the world's leading information technology specialists. Under this agreement, Siemens Nixdorf See Fujitsu Siemens. will market and sell EMC's industry-leading Symmetrix Enterprise Storage systems for its complete family of servers. Under terms of the agreement, 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. will become Siemens Nixdorf's preferred and primary supplier of storage solutions for Siemens Nixdorf customers. Siemens Nixdorf will resell EMC's Symmetrix 3000 and 5000 ICDA ICDA abbr. International Classification of Diseases, Adapted for Use in the United States (Integrated Cached Disk Array) Enterprise Storage systems as the high-end storage systems for Siemens Nixdorf's family of mainframe and open systems platforms. In North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Symmetrix will be sold by subsidiary Siemens Pyramid Information Systems and by Siemens Nixdorf throughout the rest of the world. Gerhard Schulmeyer Gerhard Hans Schulmeyer, born in 1938, is a German American businessman. From 1994 until 1998, he was president and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Nixdorf in Germany, and between 1999 and December 2001, he was president and CEO of Siemens Corporation in the United States. , 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. of Siemens Nixdorf, said, "This agreement further underscores Siemens Nixdorf's position as a leading systems integrator and provider of complete, turn-key solutions. Customers today require world-class enterprise storage systems when they deploy Siemens Nixdorf's highly scalable line of servers. EMC has clearly proven its leadership in this area." Michael C. Ruettgers, EMC's President and CEO, said, "This partnership creates a powerful combination of Symmetrix Enterprise Storage systems and Siemens Nixdorf servers which can now be seamlessly integrated to meet the needs of the most demanding applications. Siemens Nixdorf's significant presence as a strategic supplier to many of Europe's largest organizations will help accelerate the growth of EMC's international revenues." Siemens Nixdorf's agreement with EMC is the latest step in its strategy of focusing on core competencies, while also partnering with industry-leading suppliers to provide completely integrated world-class solutions for enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. . Specifically, Siemens Nixdorf's international Storage Solutions Team will embrace EMC's products as key elements of its overall solutions offering. EMC's Symmetrix ICDA Enterprise Storage systems are the worldwide market leaders in both the mainframe and multi-user UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). storage environments, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. International Data Corporation. The Symmetrix 3000 family of open storage systems provide simultaneous connectivity to multiple heterogeneous servers, providing mainframe-class performance, capacity (up to three terabytes in a single system) and availability. About Siemens Nixdorf Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, Paderborn, Germany, is a systems partner with universal expertise in the field of information technology. With operations in 58 countries worldwide, $8.8 billion in revenues and approximately 35,000 employees, it is the largest European computer firm and ranks among the world's leading information technology specialists. In the Americas, Siemens Nixdorf's server business is represented by its subsidiary, Siemens Pyramid Information Systems, Inc., San Jose, Calif. Siemens Nixdorf is part of the Siemens family of companies, which in the latest fiscal year had $61.6 billion in combined revenue and over 370,000 employees in more than 120 countries. Siemens Nixdorf's World Wide Web address is: http://www.sni.de/ About EMC EMC Corporation, based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, is the world's leading supplier of intelligent enterprise storage and retrieval technology, designing systems for mainframe, open systems and midrange environments. The company has offices worldwide, trades on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol EMC, and is a member of the S&P 500 Index. For further information about EMC products and services, EMC's home page can be accessed at http://www.emc.com . This release contains statements about a strategic partnership and future revenue growth that are "forward-looking statements" under the Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could vary materially and there can be no assurance that these plans will be achieved. Factors that could cause actual results to vary materially include, but are not limited to: changes in business conditions, changes in EMC's sales strategy and product development plans, changes in the data storage marketplace, competition between EMC and other companies that are currently in the data storage market, or competition between EMC and other companies that may be entering the data storage market, competitive pricing pressures, continued market acceptance of EMC's mainframe and open systems products, delays in the development of new technology, changes in customer buying patterns, one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMC's filings at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. CONTACT: EMC Mark Fredrickson (508) 435-1000 fredrickson_mark@isus.emc.com or Siemens Nixdorf (Germany) Jochen Doering 49-89-636-42700 |
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