Description
SWOT ANALYSIS OF EMC CORPORATION
EMC Corporation
Parent Company
EMC Corporation
Category
Computer Storage Devices
Sector
IT and Technology
Tagline/ Slogan
Where information lives
USP
Largest provider of data storage platforms in the world
STP
Firms, institutions requiring Information Infrastructure business and the Segment VMware Virtual Infrastructure business
Financial Institutions, Healthcare and lifestyle, manufacturing, public Target Group sector units, Energy and Retail units, worldwide
It positions itself as best information storage and virtualization Positioning infrastructure and solution provider
SWOT Analysis
1. Largest standalone storage vendor 2. Powerful GTM capability with global reach 3. Its majority shareholding in VMWare Solution has upscale its image of superior product integration 4. Has a strong workforce of over 50,000 employees 5. It has Subsidiaries like Iomega, RSA Security, Syncplicity and Strength VMware
1. Much of dependence on US 2. Product deficiencies in terms of enabling high storage utilization are acute in virtual environment Weakness 3. Complex and Expensive DR solutions
1. Tighter integration enabled by tight VMWare management i.e. sales and Marketing, Unified provisioning and management of EMC storage product, Product integration once VMWare releases its storage API’s Opportunity 2. Improve Storage Efficiency by de duplication on primary storage and
thin provisioning along product line 3. Positive outlook of cloud computing
1. EMC is not a leader in cost effective storage to support virtualized Tier 2 tier 3workloads 2. Economic slowdown Threats 3. Threat from competiotion
Competition
1. Apple Inc. 2. HP 3. Dell Inc. 4. NetApp Inc. Competitors 5. Western Digital Corporation
doc_967833525.docx
SWOT ANALYSIS OF EMC CORPORATION
EMC Corporation
Parent Company
EMC Corporation
Category
Computer Storage Devices
Sector
IT and Technology
Tagline/ Slogan
Where information lives
USP
Largest provider of data storage platforms in the world
STP
Firms, institutions requiring Information Infrastructure business and the Segment VMware Virtual Infrastructure business
Financial Institutions, Healthcare and lifestyle, manufacturing, public Target Group sector units, Energy and Retail units, worldwide
It positions itself as best information storage and virtualization Positioning infrastructure and solution provider
SWOT Analysis
1. Largest standalone storage vendor 2. Powerful GTM capability with global reach 3. Its majority shareholding in VMWare Solution has upscale its image of superior product integration 4. Has a strong workforce of over 50,000 employees 5. It has Subsidiaries like Iomega, RSA Security, Syncplicity and Strength VMware
1. Much of dependence on US 2. Product deficiencies in terms of enabling high storage utilization are acute in virtual environment Weakness 3. Complex and Expensive DR solutions
1. Tighter integration enabled by tight VMWare management i.e. sales and Marketing, Unified provisioning and management of EMC storage product, Product integration once VMWare releases its storage API’s Opportunity 2. Improve Storage Efficiency by de duplication on primary storage and
thin provisioning along product line 3. Positive outlook of cloud computing
1. EMC is not a leader in cost effective storage to support virtualized Tier 2 tier 3workloads 2. Economic slowdown Threats 3. Threat from competiotion
Competition
1. Apple Inc. 2. HP 3. Dell Inc. 4. NetApp Inc. Competitors 5. Western Digital Corporation
doc_967833525.docx