EMC Fortifies Information Sharing Software With Support For Additional Open Systems Platforms

Business Wire, Sept 16, 1997

HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1997--EMC Corporation today announced support for three new open systems platforms in its Symmetrix MultihostTransfer Facility (SMTF) information sharing software. SMTF allows organizations to perform high-speed bulk file transfers between any combination of supported mainframes and open systems servers. Open systems platform support announced today includes Sequent Symmetry and NUMA-Q, Digital Alpha and NCR WorldMark servers, in addition to previously announced support for Hewlett-Packard HP/9000 Series, IBM RS/6000 and Sun Microsystems SPARC servers.

The need to share files across the enterprise and across heterogeneous platforms has forced companies to rely on overworked networks for bulk file transfers. SMTF software enables mainframes and open systems connected to a common Symmetrix storage system to use the storage system to transfer data from one environment to the other. File transfer occurs through high-speed channel connections to a Symmetrix Enterprise Storage system, rather than over slower network connections. SMTF improves bulk file transfer speed and frees network bandwidth for other business-critical activities.

Jim Rothnie, EMC Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Technical Officer, said, "EMC's Symmetrix Enterprise Storage systems and software have rapidly become the standard upon which many of the world's largest companies are building their information-centric computing environments. With these products, customers can begin to build the path to a single view of their mission-critical and other corporate data, with the long-range objective of making accessible all information across the enterprise, regardless of data formats.

"SMTF is strategic in its ability to transfer data between MVS mainframes and UNIX-based data warehouses," Rothnie added. "Other methods involve integration of multiple vendors' technologies, consume significantly more time and require dedicated I/O channels and bandwidth. EMC's SMTF software performs this cross-platform information sharing much more frequently and much more cleanly through existing Symmetrix storage channels, and in a fraction of the time."

The first hurdle to information sharing involves consolidation of information in a single location. Introduced in November of 1995, EMC's Symmetrix Enterprise Storage Platform (Symmetrix ESP) provides simultaneous storage of mainframe and open systems information on the same Symmetrix system. With centralized control of the corporation's information, IT managers have the ability to begin implementing additional information sharing technologies as they evolve.

Pricing and Availability

SMTF V1.2 is available immediately for IBM and IBM-compatible mainframes running MVS, Sequent Symmetry and NUMA-Q servers running DYNIX/ptx, Digital Alpha servers running Digital UNIX, NCR WorldMark servers running UNIX System V, Hewlett-Packard HP/9000 Series servers running HP-UX, IBM RS/6000 servers running AIX and Sun Microsystems SPARC servers running Solaris. U.S. list prices range from $30,000 to $65,000 per Symmetrix.

EMC Corporation, based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, is the world's leading supplier of intelligent enterprise storage systems and software for mainframe and open systems environments. The company has offices worldwide, trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EMC, and is a component 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 future 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: component quality and availability, transition to new products, 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 or may be entering the data storage market, competitive pricing pressures, 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

David Farmer, 508-435-1000

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