HOPKINTON, Mass., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, announced it has been awarded its first WSCA/NASPO Master Price Agreement, a key U.S. state and local government purchasing vehicle for EMC's information infrastructure products, services and solutions. Issued by the State of Minnesota, Materials Management Division (MMD) on behalf of the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA) and the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO), the WSCA/NASPO Master Price Agreement provides participating U.S. state agencies, local governments and education institutions an easy way to achieve cost-effective and efficient procurement of quality products and services.

"EMC's WSCA/NASPO Master Price Agreement furthers extends our reach into U.S. state and local government, an important sector for the company, by giving customers an efficient and effective way to do business with EMC and our authorized partners," said Jennifer Axt, State and Local Government National Director and General Manager, EMC Corporation. "As these organizations deal with meeting the responsibilities to their constituents, managing exploding volumes of information, adapting to new business models and reducing costs, EMC is committed to providing them the best portfolio of information infrastructure products and services to help them succeed."

EMC's WSCA/NASPO Master Price Agreement encompasses the following products and services from the company's information infrastructure portfolio:

-- EMC's market-leading information storage systems and software, including
the company's portfolio of backup, recovery and archive solutions such
as EMC Data Domain® and EMC Avamar® deduplication products
-- EMC SourceOne(TM) family of products and solutions for information
governance
-- EMC Ionix(TM) IT management software that provide IT management across
the data center
-- Information security solutions from RSA®, The Security Division of EMC
-- Analysis and implementation services from EMC Global Services

EMC's WSCA/NASPO Master Price Agreement, which became effective on September 1, 2009, runs for a term of three years with the option to extend on an annual basis for two additional one-year terms. For more information, visit www.emc.com/emcwsca.

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 www.EMC.com

EMC, Avamar and Data Domain are registered trademark of EMC Corporation. EMC SourceOne and EMC Ionix are trademarks of EMC Corporation. RSA is a registered trademark of RSA Security Inc. All other trademarks used are the property of their respective owners.

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