On Friday October 28th, 2011 I went to EMC with a few professors and some other students. While at EMC we were able to tour their kind of storage facility of their personal warehouse and in a way their factory. After that we went to see their functioning storage facility and testing facility. They have an entire facility/room designated solely to testing. They spend tons of money daily to continuously test their equipment and make sure that it works and is backward compatible. By doing this they can maintain their level of professionalism and credibility. EMC has 25% of their target market and their closest competitor only has 15% so they are far ahead of the pack when it comes to their industry. EMC is located in North Carolina about an hour from North Carolina A&T State University. The faculty and staff were extremely knowledgable about everything happening around them and were really on top of everything. In the warehouse there were people working there that were not actual employees of EMC but they were contracted through another company so that EMC could have exactly as many employees as necessary at any given time rather than having a lot on payroll and wasting money. When we toured the facilities they went in depth as to why they did certain things. For instance their floors are 3 feet off the actual ground to allow cooled air to flow through the floors and keep the equipment cool and running at the best possible pace and rate. A lot goes into making sure that the facility is in peak condition to maintain the hardware. When clients come to EMC they can tour the facility and see where their information will be stored, what kind of security there is on the building and things like that. Overall the experience was phenomenal and I am extremely glad that I went.
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