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2. EDGENET Software provider trusts its Big Data business to EMC and Microsoft “With our agile EMC and Microsoft infrastructure, we definitely get a competitive advantage because we can offer new services without incurring the time and expense of changing the infrastructure.” Challenges • Business shift from strictly software to Software as a Service • Demanding SLAs for Fortune 100 customers Solutions • EMC VNX unified storage • EMC RecoverPoint Results • Delivered excellent performance to data-intensive applications running on Microsoft SQL Server databases • Streamlined delivery of customer environments from one month to one week • Reduced time to manage storage from hours to minutes • Supported 50 percent more business initiatives compared to three years ago Applications • Microsoft Hyper-V • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 • Microsoft SQL Server 2014 • Microsoft Exchange • Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Lync, System Center MICHAEL STEINEKE Vice President of IT

3. SOUTHEASTERN CONTAINER EMC VNX2 unified storage improves performance of critical Microsoft Dynamics system “Ask anyone in IT, and they'll tell you that we are always trying to increase capacity, increase performance, and decrease costs. With the VNX2 platforms, we've achieved all of those goals.” Challenges • Existing storage was near capacity • New storage infrastructure was needed to support virtualization and provide increased performance for Microsoft Dynamics and other critical applications Solutions • EMC VNX2 unified storage • EMC FAST Suite • EMC RecoverPoint • VMware vSphere Results • Reduced storage costs by 20 percent while doubling capacity • Provided three to five times performance improvement for Microsoft Dynamics • Enhanced data protection and DR capabilities through replication and deduplication • Enabled lean IT staff to efficiently support 800 users Applications • Microsoft Dynamics EX, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange MEREL JOHNSON Systems Engineer

4. “We have increased performance by 50 percent on virtualized SQL block data and by 60 to 70 percent on eDocument file data. When we moved the virtualized SQL clusters over, our CIO asked, ‘When can you move the CRM over to the VNX? I want the same performance.″ FARM CREDIT MID-AMERICA FRED GORDON Systems Engineer Lending company decreases cost and increases SQL performance with VNX & RecoverPoint Challenges • Existing storage lacked scalability, performance, and management tools • Unreliable replication solution • Tape-based backup systems were expensive and prone to risk Solution • VNX unified storage • Total Efficiency Pack Results • Increased performance by up to 70 percent • Reduced OPEX and CAPEX through improved storage utilization and lower power and cooling costs • Reduced RPO from 24 hours to one minute • Reduced RTO from 12 hours to zero Applications • VMware vSphere • Microsoft Exchange • Microsoft SQL Server • Microsoft SharePoint

5. GLOBAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Global Construction Company drives dramatic business expansion with EMC VNX unified storage Challenges • Business doubled its size in 12 months • Data center consolidation driving accelerated virtualization Solution • EMC VNX unified storage • EMC RecoverPoint • EMC Replication Manager • VMware vSphere • VMware vCenter SRM Results • Accelerated virtualization—from 70 to 99 percent • Reduced PeopleSoft batch processing from 10 hours to 30 or 40 minutes • Reduced PeopleSoft recovery time from up to 10 hours to 15 minutes • Reduced time to create test environments from minutes to hours Applications • Oracle PeopleSoft • Microsoft Exchange • Microsoft SQL Server • Microsoft SharePoint “A prime reason for choosing EMC over NetApp was that VNX is such a great fit for virtualization. With all the automation tools and tight integration with VMware, VNX is far easier than NetApp when it comes to spinning up and managing virtual machines.” Manager of IT Operations, Global Construction Company

6. BAR HARBOR BANK & TRUST Large community bank protects its critical Microsoft applications and supports rapid growth with EMC “We chose EMC VSPEX because we knew that it could provide 24/7 availability of our applications and peace of mind, knowing that we always have a full backup of our data available without having to intervene.” Challenges • Existing storage did not support virtualization • Large number of physical servers had become difficult for existing IT staff to manage • Full backups were seldom completed over a weekend and ran well into Monday, delaying access to critical data Solutions EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure: • EMC VNX unified storage • VMware vSphere • HP x86 blade servers • Brocade network server Results • Provided business agility and scalability • Optimized performance of critical applications and maximized storage resources • Ensured availability of applications Applications • Microsoft SQL Server databases, dBASE databases, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, Fiserv financial software suite, and Business Analytics BOB LAVOIE Vice President, Information Systems

7. SERENGETI ASSET MANAGEMENT After a major disaster, EMC RecoverPoint returns this large hedge fund’s Microsoft environment to normal operation quickly “With the ability to get back online and operational quickly in a disaster, we're able to focus on what we do best—investing and making our clients as profitable as possible.” Challenges • Need for improved recovery-time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) • Need for near-realtime replication Solutions • EMC RecoverPoint • EMC VNX unified storage • VMware vSphere Results • Enabled near-realtime replication • Provided the ability to rapidly restore data to any point in time • Provided competitive advantage through ability to recover quickly from disasters • Reduced OPEX through virtualization Applications • Microsoft Exchange • Microsoft SQL Server JEFFREY MILLER Chief Technology Officer