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Year over Year Revenue Growth

Year over Year Revenue Growth Revenue of $5.31 billion for second quarter shows 10% growth Year over Year Net Income Growth Net income for the second quarter of $510 million shows 19% growth War Chest Continues to Grow EMC generated operating cash flow of $1.24 billion and free cash flow of $958 million, a year-over-year […]

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Michael Vizard
Michael Vizard
Jul 25, 2012
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1Year over Year Revenue Growth

Revenue of $5.31 billion for second quarter shows 10% growth

2Year over Year Net Income Growth

Net income for the second quarter of $510 million shows 19% growth

3War Chest Continues to Grow

EMC generated operating cash flow of $1.24 billion and free cash flow of $958 million, a year-over-year increase of 16% and 36%. Has $10.9 billion in cash and investments on hand.

4Storage Business Expands
Revenue from EMC’s Information Storage business increased 7% year over year.

• Networked storage platform revenue grew 7% year over year.• Revenue from high-end Symmetrix portfolio increased 3%• Portfolio of mid-tier storage products increased 10%.

5Security Growth Continues

Second-quarter revenue from RSA Information Security business increased 13% year over year.

6VMware Gains Momentum

VMware revenue grew 22% year over year, but profits were down 13 percent.

7U.S. Performance Looks Solid

EMC’s consolidated second-quarter revenue from the U.S. increased 14% year over year to $2.9 billion, representing 54% of consolidated second-quarter revenue.

8Fiscal 2012 Outlook

• Consolidated revenues, a bit shy of analyst estimates, are expected to be $22.0 billion.• Consolidated GAAP net income attributable to EMC is expected to be $2.75 billion and consolidated non-GAAP net income attributable to EMC is expected to be $3.75 billion in 2012.• Consolidated net cash is expected to be $6.2 billion and free cash flow is expected to be $4.9 billion for 2012.

Michael Vizard

Michael Vizard is a seasoned IT journalist, with nearly 30 years of experience writing and editing about enterprise IT issues. He is a writer for publications including Programmableweb, IT Business Edge, CIOinsight, Channel Insider and UBM Tech. He formerly was editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, where he launched the company’s custom content division, and has also served as editor in chief for CRN and InfoWorld. He also has held editorial positions at PC Week, Computerworld and Digital Review.

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