Agreement highlights Commitment to KSA Market

Riyadh, KSA - November 12, 2008 - Al-Jammaz Distribution, a leading Value-Add-Distributor in the Kingdom, today announced it has become an EMC Velocity² Value Add Distributor to address increasing customer demand for networked storage and information management software in Saudi Arabia.

As a leading distributor of advanced technology products, solutions and services in the areas of networking, data and voice communications, Al-Jammaz has deep market knowledge and expertise, in addition to its proven commitment and reputation in the region.

Al-Jammaz will provide an opportunity for more local system integrators to offer EMC's industry leading networked storage systems, information management software to deliver unified storage, backup, recovery and archive solutions, and content management software.  As a Velocity² Authorized Services Network (ASN) Partner, Al-Jammaz will also offer corresponding support services.

"Al-Jammaz has been providing technology-driven business solutions to Saudi businesses for over eight years now and in that time has succeeded in reaching almost 80% of the Saudi Arabian territory," said Asim Al Jammaz, Vice President, Al-Jammaz Distribution. "We will fully utilize our market expertise and regional know-how to develop a strong sales channel and tightly connect our product marketing initiatives to ensure proper channel fulfillment. We continually monitor performance and tune execution as we realize that this is critical to reaching out to our customers with the optimal value service for their investment"

"Customer demand in the Kingdom for networked storage and information management solutions is growing," explained Mohammed Amin, Regional Manager, EMC Middle East & North West Africa.  "Al-Jammaz's local experience and familiarity with customer requirements will enable them to meet expectations of quality and timely service.  We look forward to working with Al-Jammaz to address the needs of the Saudi market and to help them enable and empower their network of solution providers."

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About Al-Jammaz Distribution
Al-Jammaz Distribution is a leading Saudi based IT company which distributes advanced technology products, solutions and services in the areas of networking, data and voice communications. Computers, servers, storage, wireless mobility and broadband access. Its mission is to provide the Saudi market with a wider range of technology products and services across a broad vertical spectrum of business units. Al-Jammaz has a vision to expand and diversify through development of its financial investment capability together with long-term business alliances. Al-Jammaz has partnerships with a range of System integrators, VAR's, Retails, network solution providers and service providers and offers a range of partner incentive programmes.

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.

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