New Report on 2003 Storage Management Software Market

HOPKINTON, Mass. -- April 21, 2004 -- EMC Corp. led in 2003 as the world's top provider of storage management software for the fifth consecutive year. EMC is expected to be one of the world's 10 largest software providers in 2004.

According to the newly released Gartner Dataquest* storage management software market share report, EMC led the $5 billion storage management software market in 2003 with 28.3 percent revenue share, nearly 10 points ahead of its nearest competitor.

Howard Elias, EMC's executive vice president of Corporate Marketing and Office of Technology, said, "EMC's storage software is directly linked to the enabling role our software plays in helping customers implement information lifecycle management solutions."

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*"Market Share: Storage Management Software, Worldwide, 2003" [Gartner Dataquest, C. DiCenzo, April 2004]