Verizon Business to Expand Relationship With EMC

Companies to Deliver 'Software-as-a-Service' Offerings

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. and HOPKINTON, Mass., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon
Business is expanding its relationship with EMC Corp. to offer a new set of
software-as-a-service (SaaS) capabilities.
Verizon Business plans to leverage EMC's newly announced enterprise-class
SaaS platform, EMC Fortress(TM), to deliver EMC's new SaaS applications that
will offer businesses advantages over traditional ways of delivering software
applications to corporate users.
Growing in popularity, SaaS provides computing applications from a secure
server over the Web, which eliminates the need to load, update and maintain
software on individual laptops and desktops, resulting in readily available
applications that can be more quickly deployed and flexibly utilized. This
pay-as-you-go SaaS model offers enterprises the ability to help control setup
and operational costs and rapidly deploy new services, while helping to reduce
the strain on internal IT staffing resources.
"Verizon Business knows what customers need to succeed in today's highly
competitive marketplace," said Nancy Gofus, chief marketing officer and senior
vice president of Verizon Business. "To enable their success, we are expanding
our solutions from delivering communications applications to IT management
applications in a SaaS delivery model. Our expanded relationship with EMC will
help us to accelerate our ability to do so."
The importance and acceptance of SaaS among businesses continues to
accelerate across all markets. According to industry analyst research, a
majority of companies surveyed about SaaS indicated that this new delivery
model is very important to their business strategy.
The first offering the companies plan to jointly deliver is
MozyEnterpise(TM) powered by EMC Fortress(TM), a secure backup and recovery
solution for desktops, laptops and remote Windows servers in distributed
enterprise environments. The offering comes complete with enhanced security,
auto activation and an easy-to-use Web-based management portal to provide
secure and economical off-site data protection. Verizon Business plans to roll
out the offering in the U.S. this spring.
Today Verizon Business offers e-mail, anti-virus and conferencing
applications in a SaaS delivery model. The company's SaaS focus is part of a
long-term strategy to give customers more flexibility and choice when
purchasing IT solutions. These capabilities leverage the company's expansive
data center footprint traversing 22 countries and running over one of the most
expansive global IP networks in the world, setting the perfect stage for SaaS
deployments.
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.
About Verizon Business
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a
leading provider of advanced communications and information technology (IT)
solutions to large business and government customers worldwide. Combining
unsurpassed global network reach with advanced communications, security and
other professional service capabilities, Verizon Business delivers innovative
and seamless business solutions to customers around the world. For more
information, visit www.verizonbusiness.com.
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SOURCE Verizon Business

Janet Brumfield of Verizon Business, +1-614-723-1060,
janet.brumfield@verizon.com; Devin Knighton of EMC, +1-801-722-8187,
knighton_devin@emc.com