EMC Appoints Tech Pacific as National Distributor

Tech Pacific India Limited to enhance EMC’s Value Added Reseller Coverage Across India

Mumbai, March 16, 2009 – EMC Corporation, the global leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced its appointment of Tech Pacific India Ltd. (an Ingram Micro group company), the world’s leading technology distributor as its national distributor. Tech Pacific’s appointment will help EMC increase its national presence and forge mutually beneficial long term partnerships among Value Added Resellers (VARs) across the country. EMC will leverage Tech Pacific’s extensive reseller network to introduce its full range of information infrastructure solutions to the market.

As EMC looks towards doubling its partner base to 200 by the close of 2009, the appointment of Tech Pacific is a crucial strategic step, especially for tier-II cities. Value Added Resellers also have the option of aligning their business with a distributor of choice and including EMC’s products in their technology offerings.

“Partner networks are crucial for us and we are committed to doubling EMC’s partner base in India to 200 by the close of 2009 through the EMC Velocity2 Partner Program. As EMC looks towards increasing its national reach, Tech Pacific is a natural choice given its strength in the Tier 2 cities. We look forward to leveraging Tech Pacific’s extensive reseller network to extend EMC’s information infrastructure solutions to the growing SMB segment in India” said Mr. Alok Ohrie, President EMC India & SAARC

“EMC is the global leader in information infrastructure solutions and it is exciting to work with it. We have worked with EMC in other countries and we look forward to another successful collaboration in India. With EMC as our partner, our resellers will be in a very strong position to satisfy their customer requirements for quality information infrastructure products” said Mr. Jaishankar, Director, Tech Pacific, India.

EMC’s Velocity2 Partner Program provides the tools, training, support and resources to ensure that the partner’s association with EMC is productive and profitable. To encourage partners to do marketing at their level, the program introduces a rich system of incentives. The program looks towards making partners more competitive and effective end-to-end solutions providers.

About Tech Pacific & Ingram Micro

Tech Pacific (India) Limited is an ultimate subsidiary of Ingram Micro Inc, the largest global provider of technology products and services. Over the years, it has established 35 offices throughout India inclusive of 7 regional offices in New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, NCR, Bangalore and Ahmedabad.

Ingram Micro Inc. is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services and product aggregation and distribution.

Since its beginnings in 1979, Ingram Micro has connected technology solution providers with vendors worldwide, identifying markets and technologies that shape the IT industry. Today, Ingram Micro remains at the forefront of the global technology marketplace, bringing the latest products and services to market and finding new ways to bring value to our customers. The company offers a broad array of solutions and services to approximately 170,000 resellers by distributing and marketing hundreds of thousands of IT products worldwide from nearly 1,400 suppliers. Ingram Micro serves 150 countries and is the only global IT distributor with operations in Asia.

About EMC Corporation

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 began its India operations in 2000. Today, it has a wholly owned subsidiary which has business and sales offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune. EMC has its India Center of Excellence (CoE) in Bangalore for delivering product engineering and services to global markets in addition to two other development centres in Bangalore and Hyderabad. EMC also has seven Logistics and Support facilities across India. EMC, through its partners, has a strong customer base in India, spanning the Telecom, BFSI, Manufacturing and the Technology sectors.

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