Early Adopter Program Designed to Help Partners Leverage eXtensible Access
Method (XAM) Interface Standard for Fixed Content Storage Solution
Interoperability
ORLANDO, Fla., April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Storage Networking World
-- EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information
infrastructure solutions, today unveiled an EMC(R) Centera(R) software
development kit and Early Adopter Program for the new eXtensible Access
Method (XAM) specification. As a leading industry proponent of open
standards and a major contributor of intellectual property to the XAM
specification, EMC is working to help customers obtain the maximum business
value from their fixed content -- unchanging digital information -- by
helping to enable multi-vendor solution interoperability.
Developed by EMC and others in collaboration with the Storage
Networking Industry Association (SNIA), XAM is a software framework for
fixed content storage solutions that enables multi-vendor solution
interoperability, simplified data portability, and automated Information
Lifecycle Management for long term records retention and regulatory
compliance. Fixed content, such as mortgage and financial records, medical
images, e-mail archives and voice records, typically must be retained and
easily accessible for long periods of time and is often subject to
regulatory requirements. XAM defines a standard access method between
applications, management software and storage systems to manage and store
fixed content.
"It is rewarding to see the major storage and application providers
join with EMC in embracing a standard model for storing and retrieving
fixed content. As an industry interface standard, XAM promises significant
benefits to customers, independent software vendors, and system vendors
alike," said Jay Mastaj, EMC Vice President of Centera Engineering. "A
rapid, industry-wide adoption of the XAM standard will ensure a new level
of information management agility, reliability and application/system
independence for customers' fixed content information repositories."
"EMC continues to invest significant resources to advance Centera's
technology and market leadership. From the July introduction of the Centera
Generation 4 LP node which reduces energy consumption by 67 percent per
terabyte, to the recent introduction of the new Centera operating system,
Centera sets a pace of innovation that is unmatched in the industry," said
Rich Napolitano, Senior Vice President, EMC Storage Division. "With over
4,600 Centera customers worldwide and more than 90 percent revenue share of
the content addressed storage hardware market, EMC continues to lead the
CAS market that we pioneered with the Centera platform. Perhaps nowhere is
our continued investment in Centera more evident than in our extensive work
in the development of the XAM standard, which promises to make it easier
for customers to deploy multi-vendor solutions that help them better manage
their fixed content throughout its lifecycle."
Available to select EMC partners through the Early Adopter Program, the
Centera software development kit enables Centera ISVs to familiarize
themselves with the XAM specification and begin the development work to
ensure XAM-enabled interoperability with Centera. The EMC Centera software
development kit for XAM will be made available in August. For details
regarding EMC's Early Adopter Program, visit http://developer.emc.com.
For more information about the XAM specification, visit the SNIA
website at http://www.snia.org.
About EMC
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world's leading developer and
provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable
organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create
value from their information. Information about EMC's products and services
can be found at http://www.EMC.com.
EMC and Centera are registered trademarks of EMC Corporation. All other
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This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the
Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from those
projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk
factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general
economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in information
technology spending; (iii) risks associated with acquisitions and
investments, including the challenges and costs of integration,
restructuring and achieving anticipated synergies; (iv) competitive
factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures and new product
introductions; (v) the relative and varying rates of product price and
component cost declines and the volume and mixture of product and services
revenues; (vi) component and product quality and availability; (vii) the
transition to new products, the uncertainty of customer acceptance of new
product offerings and rapid technological and market change; (viii)
insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (ix) war or acts of terrorism;
(x) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; (xi)
fluctuating currency exchange rates; and (xii) other one-time events and
other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMC's
filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. EMC disclaims any
obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of
this release.
SOURCE EMC Corporation
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Related links:
http://www.EMC.com
http://developer.emc.com http://www.snia.org
CONTACT:
Colin Boroski of EMC Corporation,
+1-508-293-6321, boroski_colin@emc.com
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