EMC Corporation, the world leader in information storage and management, today announced it was named as a General Motors Supplier of the Year for its overall business performance in providing GM with world-class products and services. In 2004, EMC software, systems and services enabled General Motors worldwide to reduce costs by 20% and maximize information availability.

"Our Supplier of the Year winners are the Best of the Best and EMC is part of this elite group based on their outstanding performance in 2004," said Bo Andersson, Vice President, GM Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. "Its balanced focus on performance and behavior support GM's priorities, and make EMC a role model for suppliers worldwide."

Joe Tucci, EMC President and CEO, said, "Being named GM's Supplier of the Year for the sixth year in a row is an honor. GM has a tremendous legacy around the globe and depends on innovation and supplier excellence to maximize its competitive advantage while driving product development and performance. We are proud to be one of GM's top suppliers."

The GM Supplier of the Year award began as a global program in 1992. Winners are selected by a global team of executives from purchasing, engineering, manufacturing and logistics who base their decisions on supplier performance in quality, service, technology and price. This year, General Motors honored 78 suppliers for their excellence throughout 2004.

EMC enables organizations to deploy information lifecycle management (ILM) strategies to manage their ever-increasing volume of information from creation to disposal based on its changing value to the business. To support its ILM strategy, General Motors has standardized on EMC software, systems and services throughout its worldwide operations, including EMC Centera^TM, EMC CLARiiON®, EMC ControlCenter®, EMC Documentum®, EMC SRDF®, EMC Symmetrix® and EMC TimeFinder®.