EMC Cork plays ‘significant’ role

Global cloud computing giant EMC has said that its Irish operations have continued to play a strategic role in its growth, with the group reporting record revenues of nearly $6bn (€4.5bn) for its second quarter.

The Massachusetts-based information security, data storage and cloud solutions provider yesterday reported revenues of $5.9bn for the three months to the end of June; representing a 5% year-on-year increase and record levels for the period.

A near 4% year-on-year jump was also evident in its first-half revenues, which rose from $11bn to nearly $11.4bn. Strong double-digit revenue growth, for the second quarter, was seen in VMware — EMC’s cloud and virtualisation software subsidiary and specialist software offshoot, Pivotal.