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[December 02, 2005]

EMC #1 in External Disk Storage Revenue for 7th Consecutive Quarter; Analyst Firm Reports EMC #1 in NAS for 6th Straight Quarter

HOPKINTON, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Dec. 2, 2005 -- EMC Corporation, the world leader in information management and storage, led the worldwide External Disk Storage systems market in revenue for the seventh consecutive quarter in the third fiscal quarter of 2005, according to a new report from IDC(a). EMC also was #1 in NAS (network attached storage) for the sixth straight quarter, growing revenues nearly twice as fast as its nearest competitor and extending its lead on a year-to-year basis with 40% revenue share.

According to IDC, EMC and co-branded Dell/EMC external disk storage systems revenue, combined, grew by $135 million compared to the year-ago quarter and represented 26.6% of the total External Disk Storage market in the third quarter.

Howard Elias, EMC Executive Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Office of Technology, said, "Customers continue to reward our unwavering focus on innovation. Our networked storage platforms form the bedrock of information infrastructures around the world. These systems, along with EMC's portfolio of software and services, are helping organizations accelerate their information lifecycle management strategies, providing unmatched protection, mobility and management for their information assets."

EMC maintained leadership in every major External Disk Storage market segment in the third quarter including External RAID, Networked Storage, Open/iSCSI SAN (storage area network) and NAS. EMC was the growth leader in iSCSI SAN systems, doubling its revenues in this emerging market. EMC also maintained its #1 position in External RAID disk storage systems revenue in the United States, Western Europe, and Asia Pacific during the third quarter(b).

About EMC

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world leader in products, services and solutions for information management and storage that help organizations extract the maximum value from their information, at the lowest total cost, across every point in the information lifecycle. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.

(a) IDC "Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker, December 2005"; EMC share includes factory revenue from "EMC" branded storage systems only and excludes sales of co-branded EMC systems sold by Dell. All comparisons included in this release are year over year unless noted.

(b) The geographic segment "Asia Pacific" excludes Japan.

This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in information technology spending; (iii) risks associated with acquisitions and investments, including the challenges and costs of integration, restructuring and achieving anticipated synergies associated with the acquisitions of LEGATO Systems, Inc., Documentum, Inc. and VMware, Inc.; (iv) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures; (v) the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost declines and the volume and mixture of product and services revenues; (vi) component quality and availability; (vii) the transition to new products, the uncertainty of customer acceptance of new product offerings and rapid technological and market change; (viii) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (ix) war or acts of terrorism; (x) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; (xi) fluctuating currency exchange rates; and (xii) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMC's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. EMC disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

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