EMC Acquires Syncplicity

At EMC World 2012, EMC(®) today announced that it has acquired privately held Syncplicity, Inc., a leader in cloud-based file management solutions. Based in Menlo Park, California, Syncplicity provides native cloud-based sync and share capabilities required by enterprise clients. Enterprise sync and share solutions are increasingly required by companies in response to the proliferation of mobile, social and cloud computing. Terms of the transaction were not released.

Integrating Syncplicity with the Information Intelligence Group portfolio provides a compelling possibility for organizations, leveraging EMC's rich heritage in enterprise content management, information governance solutions and cloud storage, thousands of enterprise clients who rely on its research to run their businesses and EMC's strong go-to-market channel. The addition of Syncplicity as well extends EMC's strategy of enabling the 'New User' in the Post PC era, those who want to access, share, collaborate and participate in business processes on their preferred device.

The Information Intelligence Group division of EMC is focused on four key strategic priorities for customer success - delighting the "New User" of the Post PC era with a compelling, fast and modern user experience across a variety of end-point devices; accelerating our clients' journey to the cloud; delivering pervasive governance to protect information wherever it exists, and helping our clients transform their business with high value solutions.

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