While Dell and EMC may not be parting best of friends after ending their 10-year relationship two years before the latest agreement was to expire, they are both better off than when they became the IT industry’s best-known odd couple. Prior to hooking up, EMC was a major player in the enterprise storage market, while Dell was a PC company best known for its selling expertise. Both companies had relatively narrow markets and primarily sold direct. It was a multi-billion-dollar relationship while it lasted.
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