EMC Offers Free Storage and Online Backup to 300 Top Students

Celebrating three decades of helping individuals and organizations of all sizes transform how they compete, save money, reduce risk, and create value from their information, EMC Corporation announced the formation of the EMC Information Honors program.

The new program is designed to reward the highest-performing information storage and management students from the more than 300 colleges and universities within the EMC Academic Alliance. Qualifying students (Qualifying students will have completed the Information Storage and Management curriculum for the 2009/2010 academic year) who achieve the highest grade point averages for the 2009/2010 academic year will be rewarded with a free:

• Iomega StorCenter ix2 Network Storage Appliance and
• 2-year Mozy unlimited online backup subscription

Jack Mollen, EMC’s Executive Vice President of Human Resources, said: "We’re honored to salute these dedicated students who represent the future of information technology innovation. These top students and their peers have the potential to produce knowledge that will be vital to the advancement of information storage and management. In celebration of EMC’s 30(th) anniversary, EMC Information Honors serves as a natural extension of EMC’s mission of helping people bring the power of their information to life."

Actively storing, backing up and protecting digital information is no longer a luxury, but an affordable necessity. EMC’s market-leading information infrastructure portfolio of products, solutions and services includes the broadest set of offerings to meet the world’s information storage and management needs, from individuals to the largest organizations.

Iomega StorCenter ix2 Network Storage Appliance offers advanced security, storage and content sharing in an easy-to-use product designed for home or small office networks. Recipients will also have the ability to back up their personal computer or Mac remotely over the Internet with Mozy unlimited, the most trusted online backup service for consumers and businesses.

This week marks EMC Corporation’s 30-year anniversary. Founded in Massachusetts on August 23, 1979, EMC’s history has been marked by sustained innovation, leadership and profitable growth. Today, EMC employs approximately 41,000 people worldwide and remains one of the world’s most successful companies, serving customers in more than 100 countries.

About the EMC Academic Alliance
The EMC Academic Alliance program, a collaborative effort with colleges and universities worldwide, was created to address the skills gap resulting from the growing volume and complexity of data. The Information Storage and Management open curriculum focuses on concepts, not product specifics, to provide broad knowledge and understanding of complex data center environments.