EMC 2003 Annual Report Download - page 4

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Documentum and LEGATO products and services segments in 2003 as a result of our acquisitions of LEGATO Systems, Inc. ("LEGATO") in October 2003
and Documentum, Inc. ("Documentum") in December 2003.
Information Storage Products Segment
Information storage products are comprised of information storage systems and information storage software.
Information Storage Systems
Introduction
We offer a wide range of information storage systems to meet the specific needs of our customers in terms of performance, functionality, availability and
cost, whether in a Storage Area Network (SAN), Networked Attached Storage (NAS), Content Address Storage (CAS) or direct attached storage environment.
Our product portfolio ranges from the CLARiiON CX300 up to the Symmetrix DMX3000. At their respective price points, we believe that our networked
information storage systems offer the highest levels of functionality, performance and availability in the information storage market.
CLARiiON Systems
Our CLARiiON family of networked storage systems is based on a modular design, providing for flexible levels of functionality, performance and
availability. In 2003, we began to offer these systems with integrated ATA and Fibre Channel disk drives. Through the integration of both Fibre Channel and
ATA drives, our CLARiiON networked storage systems give customers more choices, enabling them to meet differing performance requirements at varying
price points. It also enables them to bring more of their offline, tape-based data online to improve accessibility and extend its useful life.
In February 2004, we introduced a complete new line of our CLARiiON CX series, including the CLARiiON CX300, CX500 and CX700. These systems
offer customers higher performance at the same price as previous CLARiiON models and new, cost-effective replication options.
Our operating software for CLARiiON is FLARE, which provides capabilities for managing, protecting and replicating information while improving
total system availability within the CLARiiON environment. We intend to continue to enhance our CLARiiON family of systems with additional features and
capabilities.
Symmetrix Systems
In 2003, we introduced a complete new line of Symmetrix systems, the Symmetrix DMX series. The Symmetrix DMX series is based upon our Direct
Matrix Architecture that enables us to significantly and cost-effectively increase performance, availability and functionality. All of our Symmetrix DMX
systems operate in conjunction with our multi-platform storage management and infrastructure software products. The Symmetrix DMX series includes:
the Symmetrix DMX800, a modular high-end storage model, which enables customers to purchase Symmetrix storage capabilities in
smaller increments and deploy the systems outside data centers, thereby reducing acquisition costs, environmental costs and total cost
of ownership; and
the Symmetrix DMX1000, 2000 and 3000, models designed for customers with demanding high performance, high functionality and
high capacity consolidation requirements.
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In February 2004, we introduced Symmetrix DMX-2 technology for our 1000, 2000 and 3000 models, which offers customers up to 30% more
performance than identically configured Symmetrix DMX systems.
Our operating software for Symmetrix is Enginuity, which delivers advanced functionality in areas such as performance management; data integrity;
system availability; security; and information protection, replication and sharing within the Symmetrix environment. We intend to continue to enhance our
Symmetrix family of systems with additional features and capabilities.
NetWin and Celerra Systems – Networked Attached Storage Products
We offer a range of products designed specifically for the NAS environment, including:
the NetWin 200 system, our entry-level NAS offering, which we introduced in 2003. Our NetWin 200 is the first in a new family of
Microsoft Windows-powered NAS products. Our NetWin 200 combines the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 with certain of
our CLARiiON CX systems. NetWin 200 is used by those customers operating predominantly in a Microsoft Windows environment
who require NAS functionality, enabling them to more cost-effectively manage, share and protect business-critical data;
the Celerra NS (Network Server), our mid-tier NAS offering, which is integrated in a single enclosure with a CLARiiON storage
system. In October 2003, we introduced three new Celerra NS models, the Celerra NS600G, NS600GS and the NS600S, and in
February 2004, we introduced two new Celerra NS models, the Celerra NS700G and NS700; and
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