Currently, it is the leading maker of data storage systems for large corporations. EMC bolstered its software today with the addition of a new data management software product called Control Center. The software lets an administrator monitor and control different elements across a network, but more significantly, takes automatic actions to adjust to bottlenecks and other problems. Control Center won't come cheap. The software soon will bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues, he predicted.
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Software revenue in the most recent quarter was 14 percent of the overall sales, Ruettgers said. Through its acquisition of Data General, EMC is expanding from its mainframe storage stronghold into less powerful storage systems, but analysts say the company has a ways to go before conquering the more crowded Windows NT and low-end Unix server market. They still are talked about today as just too expensive for the NT market. The new software will help EMC with its traditional high-end customer base, Cox said. The Clariion storage products from Data General aren't a big departure from EMC's storage expertise.