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DIMENSION DATA EXPANDS PARTNERSHIP WITH EMC

Dimension Data, a leading global technology services company, has announced a global strategic partnership with industry leading networked storage solution provider EMC Corporation. The global agreement with EMC will enable Dimension Data to unify its relationship with EMC worldwide and to significantly strengthen its current range of storage solutions. Dimension Data will leverage its world-class network services and application network focus to deliver next generation networked storage solutions to its global customer base.

Driven by a growing demand to provide flexible enterprise-wide storage solutions to meet the requirements of today's data centric economy, this partnership will enable Dimension Data to improve its delivery and development of storage systems that mitigate against business risk and offer a truly competitive business advantage.

Mark Belles, senior vice president of Dimension Data's global partnerships, commented: "We are delighted to be partnering with the information storage market leader. Storage and storage management solutions are a significant component of IT investment and as a consequence, customers are looking at storage management software to better manage their complex environments. Through working with a global company such as EMC, we are extremely well-positioned to deliver flexible, high-end storage solutions that offer superior performance and will accommodate companies' escalating volumes of data."

Gregg Ambulos, vice president of Global Channels at EMC, said, "Dimension Data's depth of expertise in networked solutions and their relationships with industry-leading companies make it a valuable partner to EMC. Dimension Data is committed and well positioned to deliver high value to the marketplace through diversified solutions and services offerings. Together, EMC and Dimension Data are providing customers best-in-class networked storage solutions."

About Dimension Data

Dimension Data Holdings plc is a leading global technology services company. It specializes in providing IT solutions that enable businesses to operate seamlessly across Application Networks (the result of the convergence of two previous separate areas of IT: application integration and network infrastructure.)

The Group's ability to offer expertise in networking, application integration and global managed services makes it uniquely positioned to deliver the IT solutions required by businesses to connect devices, information, applications, business processes, people and organizations. Dimension Data, founded in 1983, had revenues of more than $2 billion in 2002 and operates in 30+ countries with over 9,500 employees.

About EMC

EMC Corporation is a world leader in information storage systems, software, networks and services, providing automated networked storage solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to better and more cost- effectively manage, protect and share their information. More information about EMC's products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.