EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure, today announced that for the third consecutive year the company has been named to Everything Channel’s 2009 Annual Report Card (ARC) as the Company of the Year in the Network Storage and Storage Software categories.  For 24 years, the ARC Awards have recognized outstanding partner programs and superb vendor service.  EMC received its Company of the Year ARC awards at a ceremony on Wednesday, August 19 during the XChange ‘09 conference at the Gaylord National Hotel in Washington, DC. 

EMC is committed to making sure its partners have the best portfolio of offerings to solve a wide-range of customer’s IT challenges, can efficiently complete transactions, are rewarded for selling EMC solutions, and have services opportunities to increase partner profitability.  In the past year it has delivered new industry-leading storage and backup, recovery and archive software products, enhanced deal registration and incentive programs to provide financially superior  rewards, streamlined training for services delivery partners and provided marketing campaigns to help partners take advantage of business continuity and virtualization market opportunities.  As partner needs evolve, EMC remains focused on having all the elements of its Velocity² Partner Program aligned to meet market demands and opportunities.

“For years, we’ve asked Solution Providers to rate vendors to determine their level of commitment to the partner community. Being named an Annual Report Card Company of the Year is one of the most prestigious honors in the IT industry.  We congratulate EMC for its continued focus on supporting its channel community which resulted in being named to this year's list and receiving the highest marks for a third consecutive,” said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. 

Winners in 18 major product categories were selected by Everything Channel’seditorial team, based on the survey results of more than 5,000 systems integrators, IT consulting organizations, value-added resellers (VARs), solution providers and software developers.

“Receiving the highest marks in the Network Storage and Storage Software categories of Everything Channel’s 2009 Annual Report Card is a big honor because it is based on direct feedback from our valued partner community,” said EMC’s Gregg Ambulos, Vice President, Americas Channel Sales.  “It is particularly gratifying to receive the awards this year because it reflects that the industry-leading products and solutions we’ve delivered and the Velocity² Partner Program enhancements we have made over the past 12 months played a key role in helping partners weather the tough economic conditions we’ve been facing, and it is our hope that this well positions them for success as market conditions improve.”