EMC-Terremark ink joint cloud agreement

As part of the agreement, Terremark will standardize its managed private cloud offerings on EMC hardware and EMC will recommend Terremark as a leading cloud service provider to clients. The deal is not exclusive, meaning that Terremark will continue supporting non-EMC deployments and EMC will work with other members of its Velocity Service Provider Partner Program. Terremark does join the top tier of that provider network even though by being a platinum member alongside Rackspace, AT&T and CSC.

Years ago EMC decided it would not become a cloud service provider itself and instead decided to create a network of providers the company would recommend that clients use. Riccardo Di Blasio, senior vice president of global service providers at EMC, says since at the time the company has been selective in who it chooses to partner with.

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