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EMC Documentum Web Content Management Achieves Leader Status in META Group Report HOPKINTON, Mass., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), the world leader in information storage and management, today announced that EMC Documentum Web Content Management is positioned as a market leader in META Group's recently released METAspectrum(SM) evaluation of web content management (WCM) solutions in the North American market. META Group (NASDAQ:METG) is a leading provider of information technology (IT) research, advisory services and strategic consulting. A copy of the report can be accessed at: http://www.documentum.com/news/reviews/review_meta_0704.htm . The EMC Documentum Web Content Management products were recognized for performance and market presence. The EMC Documentum Enterprise Content Management platform was also commended for its impressive breadth of functionality, from web content management and collaboration to records management and digital asset management. The new METAspectrum evaluation provides an objective assessment of companies providing web content management solutions that empower business users, webmasters and website developers to create and manage websites, including capacity planning, site design/layout, look/feel navigation, content development, production, content delivery, session tracking and site evolution. "We developed METAspectrum to enable IT professionals to quickly evaluate vendors based on their ability to deliver on the presence and performance criteria that matter most in a given market," said Gene Alvarez, vice president with META Group's Content and Collaboration Strategies group. "Failure to manage Web sites and their associated content can undermine company messages, decrease sales, increase staffing requirements and raise operational costs and risks. For that reason, internal and external Web presence has become a primary cost of doing business and will continue to be an area of focus for many business and service organizations." "It is a distinct honor for EMC Documentum Web Content Management to be recognized by META Group among the leaders in the WCM market," said Dave DeWalt, Executive Vice President EMC Software Group and President of Documentum & LEGATO. "The study indicates that companies recognize the importance of WCM as part of their overall enterprise content management strategy. The EMC Documentum Enterprise Content Management platform has gained its strong market presence and leadership position by helping customers resolve their most difficult enterprise content management challenges." About METAspectrum META Group's METAspectrum(SM) methodology provides a framework for evaluating or selecting an appropriate IT vendor or product, simplifies the decision process, and enables more effective technology investments. META Group's research efforts, which adhere to the company's commitment to objectivity, are conducted independently, based on industry best-practice methodologies and subject to the highest levels of review by META Group's research community. To learn more about METAspectrum, visit metagroup.com/metaspectrum or call 800-945-META. About EMC EMC Corporation is the world leader in products, services and solutions for information storage and management that help organizations extract the maximum value from their information, at the lowest total cost, across every point in the information lifecycle. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at http://www.emc.com/. DATASOURCE: EMC Corporation CONTACT: Tina Tringali, +1-925-600-5749, or , for EMC Corporation Web site: http://www.emc.com/

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