EMC Appoints Thakral Infotech as Philippines Distributor

for Information Infrastructure Solutions

Partnership positions EMC’s industry-leading storage, backup, recovery and archival solutions for the broader enterprise market in Philippines; strengthens Thakral Infotech’s IT portfolio

In this photo (L-R): Victor Francisco Jr., Channels Manager-EMC Philippines; Ronnie Latinazo, Country Manager-EMC Philippines; Teddy Sumulong, General Manager-Thakral Infotech., and Balwant Singh Kumar, Country Manager of Thakral Companies in Philippines

MAKATI CITY, Philippines – February 8, 2010 – EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Thakral Infotech, a subsidiary of the Thakral Group, to distribute and market EMC’s full range of industry-leading data storage solutions for the enterprise market in Philippines.

“There is immense opportunity in the market today that requires the expertise and product offerings provided through this partnership,” says Thakral Infotech General Manager in the Philippines, Teddy Sumulong. “EMC is the prominent leader in the information infrastructure market and including its suite of products and services in Thakral Infotech’s portfolio will only serve to strengthen our position as the preferred IT distributor amongst our client set.”

“Effectively storing, protecting, leveraging, optimizing and managing the exponential growth of information continue to be a top priority for CIOs today,” says Ronnie Latinazo, Country Manager of EMC Philippines. “EMC’s strategic alliance with Thakral Infotech will extend the presence of our industry-leading information infrastructure products across a wider enterprise market segment in the Philippines to help CIOs address their IT priorities.”

Thakral Infotech will carry the full range of EMC’s business recovery and mid-market storage solutions that includes product lines for archiving, backup and recovery; IT and data center management as well as replication and storage applications.

About EMC

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC’s products and services can be found at www.emc.com