SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14D-9
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement under Section 14(d)(4) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
ISILON
SYSTEMS, INC.
(Name of Subject Company)
ISILON SYSTEMS, INC.
(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)
Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
46432L104
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Keenan M. Conder
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Isilon Systems,
Inc.
3101 Western Ave.
Seattle, Washington 98121
(206) 315-7500
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of the person(s) filing
statement)
With copies to:
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Craig E. Sherman, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional
Corporation
701 Fifth Avenue
Suite 5100
Seattle, Washington 98104-7036
(206) 883-2500
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Martin W. Korman, Esq.
Lawrence M. Chu, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 493-9300
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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.
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This Schedule 14D-9 filing consists of the following documents relating to the proposed acquisition of Isilon Systems, Inc. (the Company) by
EMC Corporation pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated November 14, 2010 by and among the Company, EMC and Electron Acquisition Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EMC:
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joint press release of the Company and EMC dated November 15, 2010;
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presentation slides made available in connection with a conference call hosted by the Company and EMC on November 15, 2010;
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email from Sujal Patel, the Companys Chief Executive Officer, to the Companys employees;
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Frequently Asked Questions sheet sent via email to the Companys employees;
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Frequently Asked Questions sheet sent via email to the Companys customers;
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form of letter from Mr. Patel to the Companys customers;
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form of letter from Mr. Patel to the Companys business partners;
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form of letter from Mr. Patel to the Companys suppliers; and
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the transcript of a conference call held on November 15, 2010 by the Company and EMC.
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Contacts:
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Michael Gallant
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EMC Corporation
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Isilon
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EMC
TO ACQUIRE ISILON
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Isilon is a leader in the fast-growing Scale-out Network Attached Storage segment
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Combined revenue from Isilon and EMC Atmos is expected to reach $1 billion run-rate during second half of 2012
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Acquisition expected to be accretive to EMCs non-GAAP EPS in 2011
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HOPKINTON, Mass. and SEATTLE, Wash. November 15, 2010 EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced the signing of a definitive
agreement under which it will acquire Isilon Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISLN), a fast-growing Scale-out NAS (network attached storage) systems company, based in Seattle, Washington. Under terms of the agreement, EMC will pay $33.85 per share
in cash in exchange for each share of Isilon for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.25 billion, net of Isilons existing cash balance.
The boards of directors of both EMC and Isilon have unanimously approved the terms of the agreement. The transaction, which is subject to customary approvals, is expected to be completed late this year,
is not expected to have a material impact to EMCs full-year 2010 GAAP and non-GAAP diluted EPS and is expected to be accretive to EMCs non-GAAP 2011 diluted EPS.
Isilon is known as the leader and momentum player in the fast-growing Scale-out NAS segment, which IDC projects will grow on average approximately 36% annually reaching an estimated $6 billion
dollars in 2014(1). Together, EMCs Atmos and Isilons solutions will offer customers a highly scalable, low-cost storage infrastructure for managing Big Data. Big Data is a term used to describe the massive amount of data
produced by a new generation of applications in markets such as life sciences (e.g. gene sequencing), media and entertainment (e.g. online streaming), and oil and gas (e.g. seismic interpretation) to name a few.
Isilons scale-out NAS systems are designed to begin small and scale quickly and non-disruptively up to 10 petabytes in size, with extremely high
levels of performance and availability. EMC Atmos object storage provides the perfect complement to Isilon for massive globally distributed environments and object access to data for usages like Web 2.0 applications.
Together, Isilon and EMC Atmos provide customers a complete storage infrastructure solution for managing Big Data in private or public cloud environments. EMC expects the combined
revenue of these two highly complementary storage offerings to reach a $1 billion run-rate during the second half of 2012.
Joe Tucci,
Chairman and CEO, EMC Corporation, said, The unmistakable waves of cloud computing and Big Data are upon us. Customers are looking for new ways to store, protect, secure and add intelligence to the vast amounts of information they
will accumulate over the next decade. EMC, in combination with Isilon, sits at the intersection of these trends with leading products, solutions and services to help customers get the absolute most out of what cloud computing has to offer.
Pat Gelsinger, President and COO, EMC Information Infrastructure Products, said, EMC brings unique value to Isilon through our highly
complementary portfolio, engineering depth, financial strength and global sales reach. Isilon will enable EMC to accelerate our storage revenue growth and serve our customers across a broader range of the storage systems market. EMC will invest in
all aspects of Isilons business to accelerate growth and take advantage of the fast-growing market opportunity ahead.
Sujal
Patel, CEO of Isilon, said, Our excitement about the opportunity to become part EMCs world-class team cannot be overstated. EMCs track record of successfully acquiring, integrating and growing leading companies and the
complementary nature of our technologies are undeniable. I am most excited about Isilons ability to now leverage EMCs unparalleled market reach and portfolio of leading technology assets to build on our already significant success in
this fast-growing space. Together, Isilon and EMC are ideally positioned to take our company to the next level and accelerate Isilons growth and technology adoption by customers around the world.
In connection with this announcement, EMC is reaffirming all of its previously issued business outlook for 2010 that it released on October 19,
2010, including the following: For 2010, EMC expects consolidated revenues of $16.9 billion, $0.91 in consolidated GAAP diluted earnings per share, and $1.25 in consolidated non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, which excludes the impact of
restructuring and acquisition-related charges, stock-based compensation expense, and intangible asset amortization. For 2010, consolidated restructuring and acquisition-related charges, stock-based compensation expense, and intangible asset
amortization are expected to be $0.02, $0.23 and $0.09 per diluted share, respectively.
Full details of EMCs consolidated business
outlook for 2010 may be found at
http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2010/20101019-earnings.htm.
Conference Call
EMC will host a conference call today at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. To participate, please dial 1-210-795-1098 at least 10 minutes before start time. The
passcode is EMC.
Supporting presentation slides and a
live streaming of the conference call audio will be made available on our Web site at
http://www.emc.com/about/investor-relations/index.htm
. Please log in 10 minutes before the start of the call to register.
To listen to a replay of the call please dial 203-369-1893. The replay will be available through Monday, November 29, 2010.
Presentation slides along with audio of the call will also be available on-line immediately following the call at
http://www.emc.com/about/investor-relations/index.htm
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IDC: Worldwide File-Based Storage 2010-2014 Forecast
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About ISILON
As a global leader in scale-out storage, Isilon delivers powerful yet
simple solutions for enterprises that want to manage their data, not their storage. Isilons products are simple to install, manage and scale, at any size. And, unlike traditional architectures, Isilon stays simple no matter how much storage is
added, how much performance is required or how business needs change in the future. Were challenging enterprises to think differently about their storage, because when they do, theyll recognize theres a better, simpler way. Learn
what we mean at http://www. Isilon.com.
About EMC
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world leader in products, services and solutions for information management and storage that help organizations extract the maximum value from their information, at the
lowest total cost, across every point in the information lifecycle. Information about EMCs products and services can be found at
www.EMC.com
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EMC and Atmos are either registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries. Isilon is a registered trademark of Isilon Systems, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks used are the property of their respective owners.
Important Information
This press release (this Statement) relates to a planned tender offer by Electron Merger Corporation (Purchaser), a wholly owned
subsidiary of EMC Corporation (EMC), for all shares of outstanding common stock of Isilon Systems, Inc. (Isilon), to be commenced pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 14, 2010, by and among
EMC, the Purchaser and Isilon.
The tender offer referred to in this Statement has not yet commenced. This Statement is neither an offer to
purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of Isilon. The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of Isilon common stock will be made pursuant to an offer to purchase and related materials that EMC and Purchaser intend to file with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). At the time the tender offer is commenced, EMC and Purchaser intend to file a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO containing an offer to purchase, forms of letters of transmittal
and other documents relating to the tender offer and Isilon intends to file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. EMC, Purchaser and Isilon intend to mail these documents to the stockholders of
Isilon. These documents will contain
important information about the tender offer and stockholders of Isilon are urged to read them carefully when they become available. Investors and stockholders of Isilon will be able to obtain a
free copy of these documents (when they become available) and other documents filed by EMC, Purchaser and Isilon with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the tender offer statement and related materials may be
obtained for free (when they become available) by directing such requests to EMC Corporation at Attention: Office of the General Counsel, 176 South Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748. Investors and stockholders of Isilon may obtain a free copy of the
solicitation/recommendation statement and other documents (when they become available) from Isilon by directing requests to Isilon Systems, Inc. at Attention: Investor Relations Department, 3101 Western Avenue Seattle, Washington 98121.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements as defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as
a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in information technology spending; (iii) our ability to protect our proprietary
technology; (iv) risks associated with managing the growth of our business, including risks associated with acquisitions and investments and the challenges and costs of integration, restructuring and achieving anticipated synergies;
(v) fluctuations in VMware, Inc.s operating results and risks associated with trading of VMware stock; (vi) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures and new product introductions; (vii) the relative
and varying rates of product price and component cost declines and the volume and mixture of product and services revenues; (viii) component and product quality and availability; (ix) the transition to new products, the uncertainty of
customer acceptance of new product offerings and rapid technological and market change; (x) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (xi) war or acts of terrorism; (xii) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees;
(xiii) fluctuating currency exchange rates; (xiv) the expected benefits, costs, timing of completion and ability to complete the transaction; and (xv) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from
time to time in EMCs and/or Isilons filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. EMC and Isilon disclaim any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.
This release also contains statements on EMCs business outlook for 2010. These statements on business outlook are based on current expectations.
These statements on business outlook are also forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially. These statements do not give effect to the potential impact of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures or business combinations that may be
announced or consummated after the date hereof.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release contains non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures, which are used as measures of EMCs performance or liquidity,
should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, measures of EMCs financial performance or liquidity prepared in accordance with GAAP. EMCs non-GAAP financial measures may be defined differently from time to time and may be
defined differently than similar terms used by other companies, and accordingly, care should be exercised in understanding how EMC defines its non-GAAP financial measures in this release.
Where specified in this release, certain items noted (including, where noted, amounts relating to restructuring and acquisition-related charges, stock-based compensation expense and intangible asset
amortization) are excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures.
EMCs management uses the non-GAAP financial measures in the release to
gain an understanding of EMCs comparative operating performance (when comparing such results with previous periods or forecasts) and future prospects and excludes the above-listed items from its internal financial statements for purposes of
its internal budgets and each reporting segments financial goals. These non-GAAP financial measures are used by EMCs management in their financial and operating decision-making because management believes they reflect EMCs ongoing
business in a manner that allows meaningful period-to-period comparisons. EMCs management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others (a) in understanding and evaluating EMCs
current operating performance and future prospects in the same manner as management does, if they so choose, and (b) in comparing in a consistent manner the Companys current financial results with the Companys past financial
results.
All of the foregoing non-GAAP financial measures have limitations. Specifically, the non-GAAP financial measures that exclude the
items noted above do not include all items of income and expense that affect EMCs operations. Further, these non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, may not be comparable to non-GAAP financial measures used by
other companies and do not reflect any benefit that such items may confer on EMC. Management compensates for these limitations by also considering EMCs financial results as determined in accordance with GAAP.
EMC to Acquire
Isilon
Joe Tucci
Chairman & CEO, EMC Corporation Pat Gelsinger President & COO, EMC Corporation Sujal Patel President & CEO, Isilon David Goulden EVP & CFO, EMC
Corporation
Important
Information
This presentation (this Statement) relates to a planned tender offer by Electron
Merger Corporation (Purchaser), a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation (EMC), for all shares of outstanding common stock of Isilon Systems, Inc. (Isilon), to be commenced pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of November 14, 2010, by and among EMC, the Purchaser and Isilon.
The tender offer
referred to in this Statement has not yet commenced. This Statement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of Isilon. The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of Isilon common stock will be made
pursuant to an offer to purchase and related materials that EMC and Purchaser intend to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
EMC and Purchaser intend to file a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO containing an offer to purchase, forms of letters of transmittal and other documents relating to the tender offer
and Isilon intends to file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. EMC, Purchaser and Isilon intend to mail these documents to the stockholders of Isilon. These documents will contain important
information about the tender offer and stockholders of Isilon are urged to read them carefully when they become available. Investors and stockholders of Isilon will be able to obtain a free copy of these documents (when they become available) and
other documents filed by EMC, Purchaser and Isilon with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the tender offer statement and related materials may be obtained for free (when they become available) by directing
such requests to EMC Corporation at Attention: Office of the General Counsel, 176 South Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748. Investors and stockholders of Isilon may obtain a free copy of the solicitation/recommendation statement and other documents (when
they become available) from Isilon by directing requests to Isilon Systems, Inc. at Attention: Investor Relations Department, 3101 Western Avenue Seattle, Washington 98121.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This presentation contains forward-looking statementsas defined under the Federal
Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions;
(ii) delays or reductions in information technology spending; (iii) our ability to protect our proprietary technology; (iv) risks associated with managing the growth of our business, including risks associated with acquisitions and
investments and the challenges and costs of integration, restructuring and achieving anticipated synergies; (v) fluctuations in VMware, Inc.soperating results and risks associated with trading of VMware stock; (vi) competitive
factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures and new product introductions; (vii) the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost declines and the volume and mixture of product and services revenues;
(viii)
component and product quality and availability; (ix) the transition to new products, the
uncertainty of customer acceptance of new product offerings and rapid technological and market change; (x) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (xi) war or acts of terrorism; (xii) the ability to attract and retain highly
qualified employees; (xiii) fluctuating currency exchange rates; and (xiv) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMCsfilings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
EMC disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this presentation.
Joe Tucci
Chairman & CEO EMC Corporation
EMC Signs
Definitive Agreement
To Acquire Isilon
EMC To Acquire All Outstanding Shares For $33.85 / Share
29% Premium To Fridays
Closing Price On Day Of IsilonsQ3 Earnings Call (10/21)
Total Enterprise Value Of ~$2.25 Billion
Pat Gelsinger
President & COO EMC Corporation
The Big
Data
Data Volumes Are Expected To Grow 44x By 2020
Growth In Unstructured Data Will Be 3x Structured Data
New Requirements For Managing Big Unstructured Data
Scale-Out NAS Storage (Isilon)
Object Storage (Atmos)
$2B
Opportunity Going To $6B By 2014 (36.7% CAGR) Storage
Infrastructure For Private / Public Clouds
Isilon Is Very
Complementary To EMC
EMC : A
CompleteSolution For BigData
The EMC Big
Picture
Sujal Patel
President & CEO Isilon Systems
About Isilon
Founded In 2001; Headquartered in Seattle, WA Seasoned Management Team; 500 Employees
Leading Provider Of Scale-Out NAS Storage Solutions 2010 Revenues Forecast At ~$200 Million 77% YOY Growth, 1500 Customers
Isilon Use
Case: Kodak
Scale-Out NAS For The Worlds
Challenge
25 Million Users, 2BN Images
Reduce
capital & operating costs
Deliver unsurpassed reliability
Add multiple TB/day
Solution: Isilon IQ
Scaled from 10
TB to 10 PB w/o adding any IT staff
More than $600K/yr in operating savings
Eliminated 360 different file systems
Major reduction in capital costs
With our had more than 360 separate network volumes and with
Isilon weve capacity by 20X with only a handful of volumes to manage.
Sonja Erickson VP, Technical Operations Kodak Gallery
Isilon Use
Case: Sony
Scale-Out NAS For World Leader in Entertainment
Challenge
VFX, Blu-Ray and online music
Time-to-market critical
Monetize new and existing content
High performance and scalability a must
Solution: Isilon IQ
Core
underpinning infrastructure
Unified disparate content silos to accelerate new content creation
Sped time-to-market across multiple business sectors
Hundreds of TBs requires less than one FTE
WithIsilon, we can eliminate tedious, manual data migration tasks and better utilize our existing storage, while also freeing valuable human resources for higher-order Sonys
priorities. The cost- IT savings potential is significant.
Nick Bali Engineer Sony Imageworks
Isilon Use
Case: Broad Institute
Scale-Out NAS For World Leader in Genomic Research
Challenge
Multiple TB/day data growth
Limited
IT Staff
High capacity and performance needs
Solution: Isilon IQ
Sustained more than five-fold increase in data w/o adding any IT staff
On-demand scaling minimizes capital costs
Single file system and point of management minimizes operating costs
Multi-path I/O performance ideal for accelerating sequencer analysis
With Isilon, to grow a single file system to over three
petabytes, while still maintaining the data throughput necessary to power our workflow and advance our research.
Matthew Trunnell Manager of Research Computing The Broad Institute
Benefits For
Isilon
EMC Vision & Strategy
Isilon Product Line Is Now
Private / Public Cloud Computing
EMC
Products & Technology
Best Of Breed Portfolio
Relevant To The Future Of The Data Center & IT
Scale
Leverage EMC Sales Team, Partner Network, Customer Base, Service Capability, to Accomplish Goals
Pat Gelsinger
President & COO EMC Corporation
Summary
Apply The EMC Effect To
History Of Successful Integration And Growth
VMware, Data Domain, Avamar
Big Market Opportunity
Big
Data : Unstructured
$2BN Opportunity Growing To $6BN By 2014, 36.7% CAGR
Leading Product Portfolio
Isilon : Scale Out NAS, Atmos : Object Storage
Revenue Acceleration
~12,000
Go-To-Market Personnel vs. ~120 For Isilon
Scale Out NAS & Object To Be $1 Billion Run Rate
During 2H 2012
David Goulden
EVP & CFO EMC Corporation
EMC Signs
Definitive Agreement To Acquire Isilon
EMC To Acquire All Outstanding Shares For $33.85 / Share
29% Premium To Fridays
Closing Price On Day Of IsilonsQ3 Earnings Call (10/21) Total Enterprise Value Of ~$2.25 Billion No Impact To EMC GAAP And Non-GAAP Earnings In 2010 Accretive
To Non-GAAP Earnings In 2011 $1 Billion Run Rate Revenue From Isilon And Atmos During
2H 2012
Questions
From:
Sujal Patel
Sent:
Monday, November 15, 2010 6:34 AM
To:
Sujal Patel
Subject:
Exciting News This Morning
Team
This is a truly exciting and
historic day for Isilon with the announcement that EMC has agreed to acquire our company for $33.85 per share in cash a transaction valued at approximately $2.5 billion. This is big news for Isilon, our employees, shareholders, customers and
partners, as well as EMC. A copy of the press release issued this morning is attached, as well as a set of FAQs that address some of the questions you may have.
Isilon was founded nearly 10 years ago on the core belief that scale-out architectures, and the powerful simplicity they deliver for enterprise data centers, would take root among an ever-broadening set
of businesses around the world. Since our inception, weve introduced a game-changing portfolio of products, ushered in an entirely new category of storage, and built a strong business model that is well-positioned for the future. Our business
momentum and industry-leading revenue growth demonstrate that the strength of our original vision has been matched only by the strength of our execution! You should be proud knowing that this success has been noticed and attracted this interest
in our company.
Todays announcement marks the beginning of a new chapter for Isilon; one that is fueled by a partnership that will
enable us to accelerate our ability to capture the expanding opportunity before us. After a number of conversations with the EMC team, it became clear to our executives and Board of Directors that EMC represents an ideal partner for Isilon
the complementary nature of our technologies is simply undeniable. Furthermore, the depth and breadth of EMCs market reach is unparalleled and will provide us access to new customers and new markets. We join forces with fellow innovators such
as VMWare and Data Domain in offering our customers the most comprehensive and compelling set of storage and data management technologies available.
EMC has a strong track record of successful integrations, and I am confident we have made the right move for our company and our shareholders and delivered a transaction that will prove beneficial for
employees, customers and partners. Upon the completion of the transaction, Isilon will become a subsidiary of EMC, reporting into the Information Infrastructure Products group.
We anticipate that the transaction will be completed by the end of the calendar year. That said, until the close of the transaction, we remain independent companies and it will be business-as-usual
at Isilon. It is crucial that we all continue to stay focused on Isilons business execution while this transition process is underway.
As we enter this new chapter, there are many things at Isilon that will remain the same. Our leadership team will remain in place, including myself, and our headquarters will remain in Seattle.
Isilons entrepreneurial culture and the rapid product innovation that Isilon is known for will continue. Importantly, EMC has made
clear their desire to retain and build upon the employees that have driven Isilon to our current level of success. They recognize that the talented team we have assembled will be a critical
asset in moving the business forward.
I appreciate that given todays announcement, you will likely have questions. You will be
receiving a calendar invitation shortly for an all-company meeting to be held today (Monday, November 15) at 10 AM Pacific, on C level. In addition, a conference call will take place tonight at 5 PM Pacific for the benefit of
our APAC & Japan based employees. Between those meetings, conversations with your manager, and the attached FAQ document, Im confident we can address many of your questions. Of course, as additional information becomes available, we
are committed to keeping you in the loop.
I am personally very excited for all of you and our company. This is a great win for Isilon, and we
could have no better partner than EMC as we strive to take our company to the next level of success. I hope you share my excitement in being able to participate in this next phase of Isilons continuing evolution! I am confident that
working together we will succeed at a scale and at a rate that we could not have achieved on our own.
Sujal
Important Legal information
The tender
offer referred to in this Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document has not yet commenced. This FAQ is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of common stock of Isilon Systems, Inc.
(Isilon). The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of Isilon common stock will be made pursuant to an offer to purchase and related materials that EMC Corporation (EMC) and Electron Merger Corporation
(Purchaser) intend to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). When the tender offer is commenced, EMC and Purchaser will file a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO containing an offer to purchase,
forms of letters of transmittal and other documents relating to the tender offer and Isilon will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. EMC, Purchaser and Isilon intend to mail these
documents to the stockholders of Isilon. These documents will contain important information about the tender offer and stockholders of Isilon are urged to read them carefully when they become available. Investors and stockholders of Isilon will be
able to obtain a free copy of these documents (when they become available) and other documents filed by EMC, Purchaser and Isilon with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at
www.sec.gov
. In addition, the tender offer statement and
related materials may be obtained for free (when they become available) by directing such requests to EMC Corporation at Attention: Office of the General Counsel, 176 South Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748. Investors and stockholders of Isilon may
obtain a free copy of the solicitation/recommendation statement and other documents (when they become available) from Isilon by directing requests to Isilon Systems, Inc. at Attention: Investor Relations Department, 3101 Western Avenue Seattle,
Washington 98121.
Statements in this FAQ that relate to
future results and events are forward-looking statements based on EMCs and/or Isilons current expectations, respectively. Actual results and events in future periods may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements because of a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including the expected benefits and
costs of the transaction; management plans relating to the transaction; the expected timing of the completion of the transaction; the ability to complete the transaction; satisfaction of conditions to the consummation of the proposed tender offer,
including obtaining antitrust approvals in the U.S.; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations, including the execution of integration plans; any statements of expectation or belief; and any
statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the possibility that expected benefits may not materialize as expected; that the transaction may not be timely completed, if at all; that, prior
to the completion of the transaction, Isilons business may experience disruptions due to transaction-related uncertainty or other factors making it more difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers, other business
partners or governmental entities; that the parties are unable to successfully implement integration strategies; and other risks that are described in EMCs and Isilons SEC reports, including but not limited to the risks described in
EMCs and Isilons respective Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. EMC and Isilon assume no obligation and do not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
Isilon Employee FAQ
1. What was announced today?
This
morning we announced that we have reached an agreement under which EMC will purchase all of the outstanding common stock of Isilon for $33.85 per share in cash a transaction valued at approximately $2.5 billion. This is a truly exciting and
historic day for Isilon.
Todays announcement marks the beginning of a new chapter for Isilon; one that is fueled by a partnership that
will enable us to accelerate our ability to capture the expanding opportunity before us. After carefully considering this opportunity, our executive team and Board of Directors strongly believe that EMC represents an ideal partner for Isilon.
2. Who is EMC?
EMC
Corporation is the worlds leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. EMC has a strong
track record of successful integrations, and the depth and breadth of EMCs market reach is unparalleled and will provide Isilon access to new customers and new markets.
3. Why is Isilon entering into this transaction?
Isilons executive team and Board
of Directors strongly believe that EMC represents an ideal partner for Isilon the complementary nature of our technologies is simply undeniable. Isilon was founded nearly 10 years ago on the core belief that scale-out architectures, and the
powerful simplicity they deliver for enterprise data centers, would take root among an ever-broadening set of businesses around the world. Since our inception, weve introduced a game-changing portfolio of products, ushered in an entirely new
category of storage, and built a strong business model that is well-positioned for the future. Our business momentum and industry-leading revenue growth demonstrate that the strength of our original vision has been matched only by the strength of
our execution!
Importantly, EMC recognizes that the talented team we have assembled will be a critical asset in moving the business forward.
4. Will there be any changes for employees as a result of the proposed transaction? Will my job change as a result of this transaction?
Will we have to relocate?
Until the close of the transaction, which we anticipate will be completed by the end of the calendar year, we
remain independent companies. Your responsibilities will remain the same and it will be business as usual.
Upon the completion of the
transaction, Isilon will become a subsidiary of EMC and part of the Information Infrastructure Products Division. As we enter this new chapter, there are many things at Isilon that will remain the same. Our leadership team will remain in place,
including myself, and our headquarters will remain in Seattle. Isilons entrepreneurial
culture and the rapid product innovation that Isilon is known for will continue. Importantly, EMC has made clear their desire to retain and build upon the employees that have driven Isilon to our
current level of success. They recognize that the talented team we have assembled will be a critical asset in moving the business forward.
5. Do I work for EMC now? Who will I report to? How long before Isilon is integrated into EMC and what is the anticipated timeline?
No. As of today, and until the transaction closes, you will remain an Isilon employee and we will remain independent from EMC. Upon the completion of the
transaction, which we anticipate by the end of the calendar year, Isilon will become a subsidiary of EMC as part of the Information Infrastructure Products Division. Until that time your responsibilities will remain the same, you will continue to
report to your same supervisor and our internal processes will not change. In short, it will be business as usual at Isilon.
As we move
forward, EMC and Isilon will form an integration team comprising executives from both companies to help ensure a seamless transition for our employees and our customers.
6. Will there be any layoffs or other changes for employees as a result of this announcement?
EMC has made clear their desire to retain and build upon the employees that have driven Isilon to our current level of success. They recognize that the talented team we have assembled will be a critical
asset in moving the business forward.
7. What can I tell my customers?
The truth that todays announcement marks the beginning of a new chapter for Isilon; one that is fueled by a partnership that will enable us to accelerate our ability to capture the expanding
opportunity before us. The depth and breadth of EMCs market reach is unparalleled and will allow us to better serve our customers while providing access to new markets. We join forces with fellow innovators such as VMWare and Data Domain in
offering our customers the most comprehensive and compelling set of storage and data management technologies available. Isilons entrepreneurial culture and the rapid product innovation that Isilon is known for will continue.
8. What does it mean for Isilon to become a subsidiary of EMC?
As a subsidiary of EMC, Isilons stock will no longer be independently traded in the market, although the Company will continue to operate under the Isilon name and will continue to be led my the
current management team.
9. How will I know more about the
progress of the transaction?
As additional information becomes available, we are committed to keeping you in the loop. We will continue
to communicate developments regarding this transaction through town hall meetings, letters and other communications.
10. What should I say
if Im contacted by media, financial community, or other third parties about the transaction?
It is likely that todays news
will lead to increased interest in Isilon and its important we speak with one voice on this matter. As per our internal process, if you receive any inquiries from the media, please refer them to our Marketing Communications Group. If you
receive inquiries from investors or other financial parties, please refer them to our Legal Department.
Important Legal information
The tender offer referred to in this Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document has not yet commenced. This FAQ is neither an
offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of common stock of Isilon Systems, Inc. (Isilon). The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of Isilon common stock will be made pursuant to an offer to purchase and
related materials that EMC Corporation (EMC) and Electron Merger Corporation (Purchaser) intend to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). When the tender offer is commenced, EMC and
Purchaser will file a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO containing an offer to purchase, forms of letters of transmittal and other documents relating to the tender offer and Isilon will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule
14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. EMC, Purchaser and Isilon intend to mail these documents to the stockholders of Isilon. These documents will contain important information about the tender offer and stockholders of Isilon are urged to read
them carefully when they become available. Investors and stockholders of Isilon will be able to obtain a free copy of these documents (when they become available) and other documents filed by EMC, Purchaser and Isilon with the SEC at the website
maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the tender offer statement and related materials may be obtained for free (when they become available) by directing such requests to EMC Corporation at Attention: Office of the General Counsel, 176
South Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748. Investors and stockholders of Isilon may obtain a free copy of the solicitation/recommendation statement and other documents (when they become available) from Isilon by directing requests to Isilon Systems, Inc. at
Attention: Investor Relations Department, 3101 Western Avenue Seattle, Washington 98121.
Statements in this FAQ that relate to future results
and events are forward-looking statements based on EMCs and/or Isilons current expectations, respectively. Actual results and events in future periods may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements because of a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including the expected benefits and costs of the
transaction; management plans relating to the transaction; the expected timing of the completion of the transaction; the ability to complete the transaction; satisfaction of conditions to the consummation of the proposed tender offer, including
obtaining antitrust approvals in the U.S.; any statements of the plans,
strategies and objectives of management for future operations, including the execution of integration plans; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying
any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the possibility that expected benefits may not materialize as expected; that the transaction may not be timely completed, if at all; that, prior to the completion of the transaction,
Isilons business may experience disruptions due to transaction-related uncertainty or other factors making it more difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers, other business partners or governmental entities; that the
parties are unable to successfully implement integration strategies; and other risks that are described in EMCs and Isilons SEC reports, including but not limited to the risks described in EMCs and Isilons respective Annual
Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. EMC and Isilon assume no obligation and do not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
Isilon Customer FAQ
1. What was announced today?
This
morning we announced that EMC will acquire our company for $33.85 per share in a cash a transaction valued at approximately $2.5 billion. This is big news for Isilon, our employees and shareholders and for you, our valued customers.
2. Who is EMC?
EMC
Corporation is the worlds leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Importantly, EMC
has a strong track record of successful integrations, and I am confident we have made the right move for our company and all of our stakeholders.
Additional information about EMCs products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.
3.
How will this transaction affect customers? Should I expect changes?
We expect that you will see no change as a result of this
transaction. Throughout this process and following the close of the transaction, it will be business as usual at Isilon.
Going forward you
will remain a critical part of our success, and together, we look forward to continuing to grow our enterprise and providing you with best-in-class products and service for many years to come. We remain committed to providing you with the high
quality products and services you have come to expect from us. Upon completion, we will become a subsidiary of EMC, and we expect that you will see no change to the leading technology and service youve come to expect from Isilon as a result of
this transaction.
4. What will happen to the Isilon brand?
Upon the completion of the transaction, Isilon will become a subsidiary of EMC. We remain committed to providing you with the high quality products and services you have come to expect from us.
5. Should Isilon customers continue to contact their regular representative?
Yes, your day-to-day customer contacts will remain the same, and we expect the integration to be seamless. As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to your regular sales
representative. As we move through this process, we will continue to keep you updated on important developments.
6. Will there be changes
to corporate contracts as a result of this announcement?
There are no changes to corporate contracts as a result of the announcement.
7. How long before the transaction
is completed?
The Company expects the transaction to close by the end of the calendar year.
8. Where can I find additional information?
As we move through this process, we will continue to keep you updated on important developments. As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to your regular sales
representative.
Important Legal information
The tender offer referred to in this Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document has not yet commenced. This FAQ is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any shares
of common stock of Isilon Systems, Inc. (Isilon). The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of Isilon common stock will be made pursuant to an offer to purchase and related materials that EMC Corporation (EMC) and Electron
Merger Corporation (Purchaser) intend to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). When the tender offer is commenced, EMC and Purchaser will file a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO containing an
offer to purchase, forms of letters of transmittal and other documents relating to the tender offer and Isilon will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. EMC, Purchaser and Isilon intend to
mail these documents to the stockholders of Isilon. These documents will contain important information about the tender offer and stockholders of Isilon are urged to read them carefully when they become available. Investors and stockholders of
Isilon will be able to obtain a free copy of these documents (when they become available) and other documents filed by EMC, Purchaser and Isilon with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the tender offer
statement and related materials may be obtained for free (when they become available) by directing such requests to EMC Corporation at Attention: Office of the General Counsel, 176 South Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748. Investors and stockholders of
Isilon may obtain a free copy of the solicitation/recommendation statement and other documents (when they become available) from Isilon by directing requests to Isilon Systems, Inc. at Attention: Investor Relations Department, 3101 Western Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98121.
Statements in this FAQ that relate to future results and events are forward-looking statements based on EMCs
and/or Isilons current expectations, respectively. Actual results and events in future periods may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements because of a number of risks, uncertainties and other
factors. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including the expected benefits and costs of the transaction; management plans relating to the transaction; the expected
timing of the completion of the transaction; the ability to complete the transaction; satisfaction of conditions to the consummation of the proposed tender offer, including obtaining antitrust approvals in the U.S.; any statements of the plans,
strategies and objectives of management for future operations, including the execution of integration plans; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and
assumptions include the possibility that expected benefits may not materialize as expected; that the transaction may not be timely completed, if at all; that, prior to the completion of the transaction, Isilons business may experience
disruptions due to transaction-related uncertainty or other factors making it more difficult to
maintain relationships with employees, customers, other business partners or governmental entities; that the parties are unable to successfully implement integration strategies; and other risks
that are described in EMCs and Isilons SEC reports, including but not limited to the risks described in EMCs and Isilons respective Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. EMC and Isilon
assume no obligation and do not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
November 15, 2010
Dear Valued Customer:
Today is an exciting
day for Isilon! This morning we announced that EMC will acquire our company for $33.85 per share in a cash a transaction valued at approximately$2.5 billion. This is big news for Isilon, our employees and shareholders and for you, our
valued customer. A copy of the press release issued this morning is attached, as well as a set of FAQs that will address some of the questions you may have.
EMC Corporation is the worlds leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and
create value from their information. Importantly, EMC has a strong track record of successful integrations, and I am confident we have made the right move for our company and all of our stakeholders.
Isilon was founded nearly 10 years ago on the core belief that scale-out architectures, and the powerful simplicity they deliver for enterprise data
centers, would take root among an ever-broadening set of businesses around the world. Since our inception, weve introduced a game-changing portfolio of products, ushered in an entirely new category of storage, and built a strong business model
that is well-positioned for the future. We believe that now is the right time to join with EMC, a company with the significant resources and technology synergies needed to fully capture the opportunities before us.
Throughout this process and following the close of the transaction, which we expect to occur by the end of the calendar year, it will be business as
usual at Isilon. Upon completion, we will become a subsidiary of EMC, and we expect that you will see no change to the leading technology and service youve come to expect from Isilon as a result of this transaction. Isilons
entrepreneurial culture and the rapid product innovation that Isilon is known for will continue. Your day-to-day customer contacts will remain the same, and we expect the integration to be seamless. As always, if you have any questions please do not
hesitate to reach out to your regular sales representative.
As we move through this process, we will continue to keep you updated on
important developments. We value our relationship with you and appreciate your business. Going forward you will remain a critical part of our success, and together, we look forward to continuing to grow our enterprise and providing you with
best-in-class products and service for many years to come.
This is a very exciting time for Isilon. We appreciate your continued support and
hope that you share our excitement as we enter this next phase of Isilons continuing evolution!
Regards,
Sujal Patel
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Important Legal information
The tender offer referred to in this Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document has not yet commenced. This FAQ is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any shares
of common stock of Isilon Systems, Inc. (Isilon). The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of Isilon
common stock will be made pursuant to an offer to purchase and related materials that EMC Corporation (EMC) and Electron Merger Corporation (Purchaser) intend to file with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). When the tender offer is commenced, EMC and Purchaser will file a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO containing an offer to purchase, forms of letters of transmittal and other
documents relating to the tender offer and Isilon will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. EMC, Purchaser and Isilon intend to mail these documents to the stockholders of Isilon. These
documents will contain important information about the tender offer and stockholders of Isilon are urged to read them carefully when they become available. Investors and stockholders of Isilon will be able to obtain a free copy of these documents
(when they become available) and other documents filed by EMC, Purchaser and Isilon with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the tender offer statement and related materials may be obtained for free (when they
become available) by directing such requests to EMC Corporation at Attention: Office of the General Counsel, 176 South Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748. Investors and stockholders of Isilon may obtain a free copy of the solicitation/recommendation
statement and other documents (when they become available) from Isilon by directing requests to Isilon Systems, Inc. at Attention: Investor Relations Department, 3101 Western Avenue Seattle, Washington 98121.
Statements in this FAQ that relate to future results and events are forward-looking statements based on EMCs and/or Isilons current
expectations, respectively. Actual results and events in future periods may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements because of a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors. All statements other
than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including the expected benefits and costs of the transaction; management plans relating to the transaction; the expected timing of the completion of
the transaction; the ability to complete the transaction; satisfaction of conditions to the consummation of the proposed tender offer, including obtaining antitrust approvals in the U.S.; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of
management for future operations, including the execution of integration plans; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the possibility
that expected benefits may not materialize as expected; that the transaction may not be timely completed, if at all; that, prior to the completion of the transaction, Isilons business may experience disruptions due to transaction-related
uncertainty or other factors making it more difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers, other business partners or governmental entities; that the parties are unable to successfully implement integration strategies; and other
risks that are described in EMCs and Isilons SEC reports, including but not limited to the risks described in EMCs and Isilons respective Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. EMC and
Isilon assume no obligation and do not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
November 15, 2010
Dear Valued Business Partner:
I am writing to
inform you about an exciting development for Isilon.
This morning we announced that EMC has agreed to acquire Isilon for $33.85 per share in
cash a transaction valued at approximately $2.5 billion. A copy of the press release issued this morning is attached.
Together
weve built a great business and your partnership has been an integral part of our success. The combination of our products and your go-to-market strategies have helped to position and grow Isilon. We believe that now is the right time to join
with EMC, a company with the significant resources and technology needed to fully capture the opportunities before us.
Importantly, all
contracts will be honored, your day-to-day contact will remain the same, and we expect a seamless integration. Our leadership team will remain in place, including myself as President and Chief Executive Officer, and our headquarters will remain in
Seattle.
EMC has a strong track record of successful integrations, and we are confident that this proposed transaction will be seamless for
partners, customers and employees. Upon the completion of the transaction, Isilon will become a subsidiary of EMC, and we expect that our partners and customers will see no change to the leading technology and service you have come to expect from
Isilon as a result of this transaction.
We strongly believe this transaction is great news for you, our business partners. EMC represents an
ideal additional partner for Isilon the synergies between our technologies are simply undeniable. Furthermore, the depth and breadth of EMCs market reach is unparalleled and will provide us access to new customers and new markets.
Together, we will offer the most comprehensive and compelling set of storage and data management technologies available.
We anticipate that
the transaction will be completed by the end of the calendar year. That said, until the close of the transaction, we remain independent companies and it will be business as usual at Isilon.
As we move through this process, as additional information becomes available, we will continue to keep you in the loop. In the meantime, if you have any questions or wish to discuss this matter further,
please feel free to contact us directly at 206-315-7500.
At Isilon, we place great value on the relationships weve cultivated with our
partners and I can assure you that our commitment to innovative storage solutions and support is unchanged. I hope that you share our excitement as we enter this next phase of Isilons continuing evolution!
Sincerely,
Sujal Patel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Important Legal information
The tender offer referred to in this Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document has not yet commenced. This FAQ is neither an
offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of common stock of Isilon Systems, Inc. (Isilon). The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of Isilon common stock will be made pursuant to an offer to purchase and
related materials that EMC Corporation (EMC) and Electron Merger Corporation (Purchaser) intend to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). When the tender offer is commenced, EMC and
Purchaser will file a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO containing an offer to purchase, forms of letters of transmittal and other documents relating to the tender offer and Isilon will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule
14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. EMC, Purchaser and Isilon intend to mail these documents to the stockholders of Isilon. These documents will contain important information about the tender offer and stockholders of Isilon are urged to read
them carefully when they become available. Investors and stockholders of Isilon will be able to obtain a free copy of these documents (when they become available) and other documents filed by EMC, Purchaser and Isilon with the SEC at the website
maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the tender offer statement and related materials may be obtained for free (when they become available) by directing such requests to EMC Corporation at Attention: Office of the General Counsel, 176
South Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748. Investors and stockholders of Isilon may obtain a free copy of the solicitation/recommendation statement and other documents (when they become available) from Isilon by directing requests to Isilon Systems, Inc. at
Attention: Investor Relations Department, 3101 Western Avenue Seattle, Washington 98121.
Statements in this FAQ that relate to future results
and events are forward-looking statements based on EMCs and/or Isilons current expectations, respectively. Actual results and events in future periods may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements because of a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including the expected benefits and costs of the
transaction; management plans relating to the transaction; the expected timing of the completion of the transaction; the ability to complete the transaction; satisfaction of conditions to the consummation of the proposed tender offer, including
obtaining antitrust approvals in the U.S.; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations, including the execution of integration plans; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of
assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the possibility that expected benefits may not materialize as expected; that the transaction may not be timely completed, if at all; that, prior to the
completion of the transaction, Isilons business may experience disruptions due to transaction-related uncertainty or other factors making it more difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers, other business partners or
governmental entities; that the parties are unable to successfully implement integration strategies; and other risks that are described in EMCs and Isilons SEC reports, including but not limited to the risks described in EMCs and
Isilons respective Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. EMC and Isilon assume no obligation and do not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
November 15, 2010
Dear Valued Business Supplier,
I am writing
to let you know that this morning we announced that EMC has agreed to acquire Isilon for $33.85 per share in cash a transaction valued at approximately $2.5 billion. A copy of the press release issued this morning is attached.
EMC Corporation is the worlds leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of
all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Importantly, EMC has a strong track record of successful integrations, and I am confident we have made the right move for our company and all of our stakeholders.
We believe this transaction is great news for our suppliers. As part of EMC, we are confident that with increased scale, capabilities, and a
stronger financial position, we will be able to drive growth and invest even more in our business than what would be possible as a standalone company. In addition, EMC has a strong track record of successful integrations, and we are confident that
this transaction will be seamless for suppliers, customers and employees. Upon the completion of the transaction, Isilon will become a subsidiary of EMC, and we expect that our suppliers and customers will see no significant changes as a result of
this transaction.
We place tremendous value on the relationships weve cultivated with all our suppliers and we believe this transaction
will help to strengthen our partnership with you. All current contracts will be honored, your day-to-day contact will remain the same, and there should be no immediate change in how we conduct business with you.
We anticipate that the transaction will be completed by the end of the calendar year. As we move through this process we will continue to keep you
updated on important developments. In the meantime, if you have any questions or wish to discuss this matter further, please feel free to contact your usual Isilon representative.
Your company has been, and remains, a valued and important business partner to us. We appreciate your continued support and hope that you share our excitement as we enter this next phase of Isilons
continuing evolution!
Sincerely,
Sujal Patel
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Important Legal information
The tender offer referred to in this Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document has not yet commenced. This FAQ is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any shares
of common stock of Isilon Systems, Inc. (Isilon). The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of Isilon common stock will be made pursuant to an offer to purchase and related materials that EMC Corporation (EMC) and Electron
Merger Corporation (Purchaser) intend to file with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). When the tender offer is commenced, EMC and Purchaser will file a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO containing an offer to purchase,
forms of letters of transmittal and other documents relating to the tender offer and Isilon will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. EMC, Purchaser and Isilon intend to mail these
documents to the stockholders of Isilon. These documents will contain important information about the tender offer and stockholders of Isilon are urged to read them carefully when they become available. Investors and stockholders of Isilon will be
able to obtain a free copy of these documents (when they become available) and other documents filed by EMC, Purchaser and Isilon with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the tender offer statement and related
materials may be obtained for free (when they become available) by directing such requests to EMC Corporation at Attention: Office of the General Counsel, 176 South Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748. Investors and stockholders of Isilon may obtain a free
copy of the solicitation/recommendation statement and other documents (when they become available) from Isilon by directing requests to Isilon Systems, Inc. at Attention: Investor Relations Department, 3101 Western Avenue Seattle, Washington 98121.
Statements in this FAQ that relate to future results and events are forward-looking statements based on EMCs and/or Isilons
current expectations, respectively. Actual results and events in future periods may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements because of a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors. All statements
other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including the expected benefits and costs of the transaction; management plans relating to the transaction; the expected timing of the
completion of the transaction; the ability to complete the transaction; satisfaction of conditions to the consummation of the proposed tender offer, including obtaining antitrust approvals in the U.S.; any statements of the plans, strategies and
objectives of management for future operations, including the execution of integration plans; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include
the possibility that expected benefits may not materialize as expected; that the transaction may not be timely completed, if at all; that, prior to the completion of the transaction, Isilons business may experience disruptions due to
transaction-related uncertainty or other factors making it more difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers, other business partners or governmental entities; that the parties are unable to successfully implement integration
strategies; and other risks that are described in EMCs and Isilons SEC reports, including but not limited to the risks described in EMCs and Isilons respective Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2009. EMC and Isilon assume no obligation and do not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
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Tony Takazawa
EMC
Corporation - VP of Global IR
Joe Tucci
EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
Pat Gelsinger
EMC Corporation - President & COO
Sujal Patel
Isilon Systems, Inc. -
President & CEO
David Goulden
EMC Corporation - EVP & CFO
CONFERENCE CALL PARTICIPANTS
Amit Daryanani
RBC Capital Markets -
Analyst
Kevin Hunt
Hapoalim Securities - Analyst
Ittai
Kidron
Oppenheimer - Analyst
Kaushik Roy
Wedbush - Analyst
Lou Miscioscia
Collins Stewart -
Analyst
Daniel Ives
FBR - Analyst
Aaron Rakers
Stifel Nicolaus - Analyst
Keith Bachman
Bank of Montreal -
Analyst
Glenn Hanus
Needham - Analyst
Jason Ader
William Blair - Analyst
Jason Maynard
Wells Fargo - Analyst
Ananda Baruah
Brean
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Ben Reitzes
Barclays Capital - Analyst
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Operator
Good morning and thank you for standing by. At this time all participants are in
a listen-only mode until the question-and-answer portion of the conference. (Operator Instructions). This conference is being recorded. If you have any objections you may disconnect. I would now like to turn the call over to your host today,
Mr. Tony Takazawa. Sir, you may begin.
Tony Takazawa -
EMC Corporation - VP of Global IR
Thank you, Stacy. Good morning, welcome to EMCs call to discuss our proposal to acquire Isilon Systems. On the call today are Joe Tucci, EMC Chairman, President and CEO, and David Goulden, EMC
Executive Vice President and CFO. Joining us this morning from Seattle are Sujal Patel, Isilon President and CEO, and Pat Gelsinger, EMC President and COO of EMC Information Infrastructure Products.
Joe will spend a few minutes discussing the agreement and the strategic rationale of this combination. He will be followed by Pat and Sujal who will give
you insight into how and why the combination of these two businesses provides very unique value to our customers, partners and shareholders. David will then discuss some of the specifics of the proposed transaction. After the prepared remarks we
will open up the lines to take your questions.
I would like to point out that the presentation today does not represent an offer to buy or
the solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. Further information about this proposed transaction will be available in EMC and Isilons filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and we recommend that you refer to these
filings for important information including the terms and conditions of the offer.
In addition, the call this morning will contain
forward-looking statements and information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ can be found in EMCs filings with the SEC. A slide presentation, including important background information on the proposal, is available
on the EMC website. And lastly, I will note that an archive of todays presentation will be available following the call. With that its now my pleasure to introduce Joe Tucci. Joe.
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
Thanks, Tony.
I would like to begin by welcoming and thanking everyone for joining our conference call today on such short notice. This is an exciting day for us here at EMC. As you have undoubtedly heard, EMC has reached an agreement with Isilon under which we
will acquire Isilon for $33.85 a share in cash. This represents a 29% premium over Friday nights close and our plan is to conclude this transaction before years end.
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the 500 talented people at Isilon to the EMC family and congratulate them on their many accomplishments and successes.
Now Ill spend a few minutes and take you through the opportunity as we see it and articulate why we are so excited about our future prospects.
First and foremost the best reason to do any acquisition is to accelerate growth, profitable growth. Bringing Isilon into the EMC family, just as with the case with our Data Domain acquisition, is all about accelerating growth by further focusing
and executing on a very large and rapidly growing market opportunity.
In short we believe the combination of the EMC and Isilon Solutions
will position us best to help our customers store and manage the vast amounts of Big Data that the transformational cloud computing wave will thrust upon them. This explosion of data will hit all customers, whether they are a private company, a
public company, a nonprofit, a government or one of our service provider partners. Simply stated, EMC will be able to offer the most complete portfolio of storage offerings for both the world of today and the rapidly emerging cloud computing world
of tomorrow.
And now to the point of todays announcement. With Isilon we are aggressively extending the reach of our rapidly growing
midrange storage product family. Isilon is the market leader in scale-out NAS systems, enabling customers to store and manage data, data like 3-D movies, PACS healthcare data, seismic data, genomic sequencing data, audio and video files, just to
name a few.
EMC has the perfect complement to Isilon with our Atmos object storage. When data is increasingly dispersed around the globe and
there is a need for access from Web 2.0 application, Atmos technology and capability shine. Together Isilon and Atmos represent a great 1-2 punch for storing and managing Big Data and we have plans to make one plus one equal a lot more than two.
Ill close my formal remarks with a few items related to our plans to welcome and integrate Isilon into EMC. First we intend to increase
R&D investment in Isilon within our Information Infrastructure product group. Second, we intend to leverage our global sales and marketing organization which is over 12,000 strong and operates in over 83 countries around the world. We also
intend to leverage our extensive network of channel and alliance partners and our global services organization to ensure even broader adoption of Isilons leading portfolio of products.
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Third, this acquisition is all
about accelerating growth and rapidly capitalizing on an emerging market opportunity. Fourth, Id like to remind everyone of EMCs very good track record of integrating companies, retaining and growing key talent and achieving strong
financial results. And finally, we expect the combination of Isilon and Atmos to reach a $1 billion run rate during the second half of 2012 and we expect this acquisition to be non-cap EPS accretive next year.
By adding Isilon to our market-leading product portfolio EMC is very well positioned at the intersection of cloud computing and Big Data. Given
whats going on in the IT world today I cant think of a better place to be. And now Ill hand it over to Pat, Sujal and David to provide you more details on this agreement. Pat, youre up first.
Pat Gelsinger -
EMC Corporation - President & COO
Thank you, Joe. This is truly a great day and a thrilling announcement. As Joe has indicated, we see the convergence of two very powerful trends in information technology, that of Big Data and of the
cloud. Earlier this year you heard us speak in regards to the IDC report indicating that data would increase 44X over the next decade. This is super Moores Law, e.g. data is growing faster than this well-known law of semiconductors resulting
in a continued tremendous increase of data.
We know that much of that data is emerging in social, media, medicine and other areas which are
significantly different than the database transaction and small file data that have been the majority of what we handle, store and process in our IT infrastructure to date. This explosion of data creates, nay demands a new model of cost effectively
storing and managing that information.
These new types of data and extremely large data volumes are precisely where Isilon has been very
successful to date beginning with areas like media and entertainment and now scaling into a variety of different usage models. Similarly, we at EMC have organically been working into space with our Atmos object storage platform which has uniquely
focused on globally distributed environments and emerging object interfaces to data.
Analysts likewise have begun to understand the
importance of this fast-growing segment. In fact, the recent report from IDC they indicate that this segment, while not yet precisely defined and somewhat fragmented across many players to date, is approximately $2 billion in revenue to date
and expected to grow very rapidly to an expected $6 billion on an annual basis by 2014.
As EMCs focus on the cloud has led us to
explore both public and private cloud offerings for our infrastructure, we see These Big Data applications being uniquely suited to our cloud infrastructure strategy, e.g. the world of the future will be dominated by cloud and Big Data. And as the
famous saying goes, this is where the puck is going.
We see Isilon as extremely complementary; on the left side of this chart you see the key
application areas that dominate the infrastructure of data centers today. Transaction and database environment for ERP applications like SAP and Oracle; similarly communications applications like Microsoft Exchange or [SharePort]. And finally
workflow processes like EMCs documents and product line.
Against these types of applications, EMC is today the leader in storage
infrastructure with our or award-winning VMAX Unified product offerings. Taken together these applications and the infrastructure that supports them represents the preponderance of what IT operates today and represents the majority of our revenue
today.
However, we see these new types of Big Data applications, which are simply much, much bigger than anything weve seen in the
past, measured literally in petabytes versus terabytes. These applications typically work in larger data sets, they are more sequential, less transactional and typically file or object oriented. Applications like gene sequencing, geophysical
exploration and media and entertainment are just a few of the application examples that would typify the Big Data applications of tomorrow.
Against these application environments we see the need for new scale-out storage environments such as Isilon and Atmos. Of course as this enormous new
category for Big Data, there will be different requirements for different applications. In this sense we see Atmos and Isilon as complementary and taken together giving a unique and complete set of capabilities.
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First Isilon Isilon
provides scale-out capabilities, which Sujal will describe in a moment, from as little as three nodes up to 144 nodes they provide seamless scaling and high-performance for largely file oriented environments. Sujal will provide several customer
examples in a moment, but to summarize, these systems can scale to enormous environments where Isilon provides tremendous flexibility with tremendous operational efficiencies.
Atmos, in contrast, provides similar cost, scale and operational efficiency, but does so across distributed environments that literally could be global in nature; e.g. with many data centers, thousands or
millions of users all having a shared or global view of the same data. Further, Atmos provides a new emerging set of interfaces such as REST that are being popularized with emerging Web 2.0 applications.
Between the two, Atmos and Isilon, EMC will provide to our mutual customers and our channels and partners a complete solution for this emerging world of
Big Data. Thus pulling all the pieces together, we have best-in-class offerings for the enterprise of today and with Isilon and Atmos we provide best-in-class offerings for the scale-out environments for the Big Data applications of tomorrow as
well.
Further, with our recent Greenplum acquisition and the formation of our new data computing division we also offer a best-in-place
analytics capability that allows the combining of data from enterprise applications of today with emerging applications of tomorrow to create a unique analytic capability for Big Data. Of course we see our VMware platform as pivotal to fully
virtualize todays IT infrastructure, as well as creating the cloud platforms of tomorrow.
Similarly, with RSA and the BRS products, we
complete this picture providing our customers security and backup protection for todays and tomorrows infrastructure and data environments. Taken together this picture provides a good summary of EMCs products and our vision for the
cloud and Big Data environments of tomorrow.
Sitting with me here in the Isilon offices in Seattle, its now truly a pleasure of mine to
introduce to you one of the Isilon founders and CEO, Sujal Patel. As weve gotten to know Sujal and the team at Isilon over the last several months weve found a company that is very much like EMC it is passionate about winning, it
is focused on doing great things for its customers.
We have a common view of the market and opportunity, a similar view of competition, a
passionate vision for the cloud and Big Data. Im confident that Isilon is the next perfect member to join the EMC family. We that let me turn it over to Sujal.
Sujal Patel -
Isilon Systems, Inc. -
President & CEO
Thank you, Pat. This is truly an exciting and historic day for Isilon. I cannot overstate how pleased
we are to be partnering with EMC in our efforts to provide customers with world-class storage solutions that help them harness the wave of Big Data thats crashing across the enterprise.
This partnership brings together truly complementary technologies and allows us to offer our customers the most comprehensive set of storage and data management technology available today. Together EMC
and Isilon are strongly positioned to help customers extract maximum insight from Big Data and to transform that insight into action.
Isilon
was founded nearly 10 years ago on the belief that scale-out architectures and the powerful simplicity they deliver for enterprise data centers would take root among a broadening set of businesses around the world. Now, nearly 500 employees strong
and headquartered in Seattle, weve built one of the fast growing technology companies in the world with unmatched year-over-year revenue growth driven by unique scale-out NAS solutions that weve brought to the market.
With more than 1,500 customers today we serve a wide and growing range of enterprise use cases. Clearly todays announcement opens up many
possibilities for expanding our footprint to a much greater degree than was possible before. I know that my colleagues around the world look forward, as I do, to putting our new partnership to work for our customers as soon as we can.
Joe and Pat have asked me to take just a few minutes to share with you how Isilons industry-leading scale-out NAS solutions have made a difference
for some of the worlds leading organizations. A good example of how Isilon has helped our customers manage Big Data in the cloud is Kodak Gallery, one of the worlds largest online photo sharing sites.
Kodak began with just 10 terabytes of Isilon storage to consolidate user generated image repositories onto a single shared storage resource. Today Kodak
has grown to more than 10 petabytes of Isilon storage without adding any additional IT staff. Think about that for a moment 1,000X data growth and no more additional staff. This isnt simply about doing more with less; this is about
using innovative technology to propel business at an unprecedented rate. This is business at the scale of the cloud.
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Sony is one of the worlds
most recognizable brands. Sony has deployed Isilon across a number of its business units Sony Imageworks, Sony Pictures, Sony Music and many others. For Sony monetizing its enormous catalog of content through new formats, distribution mediums
and delivery methods is core to its business. With Isilon Sony has been able to accelerate the rate at which it can create, edit and deliver new content to its many different audiences.
Today Isilon is a core component of Sonys IT infrastructure, enabling the entertainment leader to quickly and efficiently monetize its content and meet ever growing consumer demand for more
immersive entertainment experiences.
Another example of Isilon and how another example of how Isilon is enabling customers to extract
maximum insight from Big Data is the Broad Institute, a partnership of Harvard and MIT. As one of the worlds leading high throughput genetic sequencing environments the Broad is at the leading edge of creating and using genomic data to help
usher in an era of truly personalized medicine.
When the Broad first deployed Isilon in 2008 our solutions enabled the Institute to sustain a
more than fivefold increase in data growth over the course of that year without adding any additional staff. Today the Broad remains on the cutting edge of scientific research due in large part to their ability to translate mountains of data into
actionable discoveries.
Let me wrap up by saying that EMC represents an ideal partner for Isilon. The complementary nature of our
technologies is simply undeniable. And our companies share something even more important than technology alone we share a common vision of the solutions that can help shape the future of the next-generation data center, data centers that will
seek to harness and make productive the wave of Big Data that Joe referred to earlier.
At Isilon we stand ready to work arm in arm with our
new partners at EMC to solve the most interesting and pressing Big Data storage challenges facing customers to day. With that, thank you, and Ill pass the call back to Pat.
Pat Gelsinger -
EMC Corporation - President & COO
Thank you
very much, Sujal. Just to quickly summarize, as we have seen with our other acquisitions, we have great opportunity in front of us. With VMware we show that EMC is a good acquirer; we choose companies that are growing rapidly and critical to the
future of where the IT industry is going. [This is] also a new and adjacent area of growth for EMC, we believe Isilon is similarly well-positioned.
As we have seen with our Data Domain acquisition, EMC is also a smart acquirer. We have been able to combine Data Domain and the Avamar products with the combination providing a high-growth position in
the critical transition away from tape to de-duplicated disk-based backup. The combination grew faster than either by themselves. Similarly, we expect the combination of Atmos and Isilon to provide assets to offer a complete set of scale-out
offerings that will accelerate the growth of both of these offerings.
As we have also seen, EMC is a proven acquirer. These acquisitions have
quickly shown the EMC effect. EMC has proven the ability to manage the transition while grow the companies rapidly, keep the key talent in place, utilize our great brand and service reputations, accelerate sales through the global reach of
our sales force and channel partners. Taken together we refer to this as the EMC effect.
We do think the time is right for this set of
offerings as the market for Big Data is just now emerging. As we have shown, the market is expected to grow rapidly and between Isilon for NAS and Atmos for global object environments we have the key assets to deliver a unique and complete
infrastructure for Big Data applications. Given the tremendous reach of our 12,000 go-to-market professionals of EMC, we believe the combined scale of our offerings will reach the $1 billion run rate in the second half of 2012.
In summary, this is a great day. Its a great day for Isilon; its a great day for EMC, for our partners and our customers. Ill tell you,
Im anxiously looking forward to completing this deal, working with Sujal, working with the Isilon team, bringing the EMC effect, accelerating the great results they have achieved today. This is going to be a great deal. Thank you very much.
And over to you, David.
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David Goulden -
EMC Corporation - EVP & CFO
Thank you, Pat. Id now like to spend a few moments to go over the details of this transaction and how it fits nicely into both our business strategy and our financial triple-play.
As stated under the terms of the agreement, EMC will pay $33.85 per share in cash for each share of Isilon. At this price the total enterprise value is
approximately $2.25 billion. The purchase price represents a 29% premium over Isilons closing price on Friday and, importantly, an 18% premium to the closing price on October 21, the day Isilon announced their strong Q3 earnings.
Both Boards of Directors have unanimously approved the transaction. We do need to receive customary approvals and I expect to close the
acquisition by the end of 2010. We do not expect the acquisition to have a material impact on EMCs 2010 full year GAAP and non-GAAP EPS.
Today we are also reaffirming our previous outlook for the remainder of 2010 including our annual revenue expectations of $16.9 billion and our non-GAAP
EPS of $1.25. You can see the rest of our reaffirmed outlook within the release.
As you heard from Joe, Pat and Sujal, we are very excited
about the opportunity ahead. Isilon helps us address the growing opportunity for Big Data applications, especially in private and public clouds. In 2011 we expect Isilon to be accretive to EMCs non-GAAP earnings per share.
Looking out a little further, we expect revenues from our scale-out file and object storage product lines, i.e. from Isilon and our current Atmos
products, to reach a $1 billion annual run rate during the second half of 2012. To put this into a little bit more perspective, were saying that within the next two years we expect to approximately triple the combined quarterly revenues from
Isilon and Atmos from projected Q4 2010 levels.
As those of you who follow EMC know, were very focused on an operational and financial
model we call our triple-play. Within this were balancing were focused on balancing our goals of continuing to gain share, investing for the future and showing positive leverage to profitability with the objective of continuing to
maximize shareholder value by achieving our triple-play over time.
The acquisition of Isilon is a great example of our triple-play in action,
we expect that the investment were making today in our future will have a meaningfully positive impact to our continued ability to grow fast in the market and will also help us drive leverage in our financial model as this business grows.
In summary, we believe the acquisition of Isilon is complementary to our existing storage business and will provide a very attractive return
on investment for EMCs shareholders. With that Ill now turn the call back to Tony to moderate Q&A.
Tony Takazawa -
EMC Corporation - VP
of Global IR
Thanks, David. Before we open up the lines for your questions we ask you to try and limit yourself to one
question, including clarifications. We thank you all for your cooperation in this matter. Stacy, can we open up the line for questions, please?
QUESTION AND ANSWER
Operator
(Operator Instructions). Amit Daryanani, RBC Capital Markets.
Amit Daryanani
- RBC
Capital Markets - Analyst
Good morning and thanks a lot for taking my questions. Just (inaudible) fundamentally, could you just talk
about does it increase or really change your competitive dynamic versus someone like a NetApp, especially as it relates to cloud deployment? And could you just remind us how it relates to Isilon? Most of the [wins] historically, who have they come
against in the past?
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
Let me ask Pat and Sujal to comment on that.
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Sujal Patel -
Isilon Systems, Inc. - President & CEO
Sure, so in terms of the competitive dynamic, this is largely a segment that EMC is not playing in today, and thus we see this as additive to the revenue on mix for the Company. We do have some products
that are touching the edge of this business such as our object platform that we have referred to, but largely we see this as additive. As to the competitive dynamic, Ill let Sujal address that.
Sujal Patel -
Isilon Systems, Inc. - President & CEO
So,
with respect to the competitive dynamic comment, I think weve talked about this on our calls scale-out is a new architecture within the storage market. And so, we essentially are providing a new way of storing data that competes against
the traditional storage vendor. So we compete against the largest two market share leaders, NetApp and EMC, and between them the vast majority of the time were competing against NetApp predominately.
Tony Takazawa -
EMC Corporation - VP of Global IR
Thanks, Amit. Next
question, please.
Operator
Brian Marshall, Gleacher & Company. Im sorry, lets try
Kevin Hunt of Hapoalim Securities.
Kevin Hunt -
Hapoalim Securities - Analyst
Okay, thank you. I just want to follow up on a comparative question. You implied a market of about $2 billion and said that Isilon is the clear leader in the space. But youre roughly say $200
million in revenue this year, thats only about 10% share.
So I just kind of want to get more follow up on exactly who you said
you compete against NetApp, but is it against the spinnaker NetApp, is it against just the standard NAS product of NetApp? And who are the other players you do see in this space?
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
Sujal, why
dont you start that?
Sujal Patel -
Isilon Systems, Inc. - President & CEO
So, Ill try to take a stab at that. So if you look at the competitive set for Isilon today, we largely compete against the traditional products that are out in the marketplace; i.e., when we compete
against NetApp were competing against their traditional untapped 7G or untapped 8 in non-cluster mode operating systems.
And if you
look at the market share slice and some of the projections that you saw in the prepared materials, what youll realize is that the market opportunity for scale-out is much bigger than our potential reach or the reach of any of the other vendors
who provide true scale-out capabilities, and I think thats really where the power of this combination really stems from.
Pat Gelsinger -
EMC Corporation -
President & COO
And there just to add to that, we do see and I think some of the IDC forecasts and
market research indicates this as well that its very fragmented today where you have the various offerings from NetApp, some of EMCs Celerra product line, HPs IBRIX, IBMs SONAS, Dell Exanet, BlueArc, DataDirect,
Panasas, [Severe] right, there are many players, enough that its very hard to get a very, very precise view of the individual market shares of this segment.
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However, as weve indicated
in our comments, Isilon is seen as the leader in this segment, right, from a share and certainly from a thought leader and technology leadership perspective.
Kevin Hunt
-
Hapoalim
Securities - Analyst
One other related question, so whats going to be the driver of this huge market growth that
youre IDC is indicating and youre obviously sort of blessing here? I mean, theres been talk about this kind of explosion of growth in this segment for a while, but it hasnt really I mean, obviously theres
good growth obviously by Isilons numbers, but the whole segment hasnt really exploded like it has been thought. So what do you see as the catalysts upcoming here that are going to really cause that finally to happen?
Pat Gelsinger
- EMC Corporation - President & COO
Joe, do want ?
Joe Tucci
- EMC
Corporation - Chairman & CEO
Go ahead, Pat, you can start it and Ill add color.
Pat Gelsinger
- EMC Corporation - President & COO
Yes, and I think as weve tried to indicate in our comments, this explosion of data, right, this unstructured data, the immediate data pipes, the
new emerging usages, whether its an medicine and PACS data and oil and gas, etc., all of these are producing data as indicated by the IDC 44X over the next decade. And that is just resulting in extraordinary amounts of storage requirements as
well as infrastructure to support, analyze, protect that data.
Joe Tucci
- EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
And as we hinted, Kevin, that this is part and parcel fueled by the cloud wave itself. As public and private clouds get built out, every company now is pretty much talking about public and private clouds;
of course we talk about public and private cloud computing together which we term hybrid cloud computing. Its phenomenal this phenomenon is going to I think accelerate this Big Data phenomenon. And as I said, were at this key
intersection and with both the Atmos and Isilon technologies we feel absolutely the best position to capitalize on that wave.
Tony Takazawa
- EMC
Corporation - VP of Global IR
Thanks, Kevin. Next question, please.
Operator
Ittai Kidron, Oppenheimer.
Ittai Kidron
- Oppenheimer - Analyst
Thanks and
congratulations, gentlemen, on a good transaction. I wanted to dig in a little bit into the operating margin structure. Isilon has been running clearly well below EMCs. On the combined platform here I know you guys probably dont want to
change much in the Isilon model near term, but is there where do you see cost synergies potentially between the two companies and how soon do you think we can see them run through the model?
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Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
David, why dont you start that; Pat, you might want to add some color.
David Goulden -
EMC Corporation -
EVP & CFO
First of all, as we said on the call today, this is really about growth. So, we are focused upon investing
in this business to get the revenue run rates up to the $1 billion level that we spoke about obviously with the combination of Atmos and Isilon together within the next couple of years, so it really is a growth story.
Now clearly that growth is going to leverage EMC. So were going to be investing in adding to the sales capability, the R&D capability, the
marketing capability within Isilon, but were going to do within the EMC umbrella. Pat called it the EMC effect, so were going to get leverage from our sales force.
So, as this business grows and scales and gets close to that $1 billion number I talked about, well start seeing it contributing towards the overall operating margin leverage story within EMC.
Ittai Kidron
- Oppenheimer - Analyst
Dave, just to follow up on
that, are you going to move the Atmos business into Isilon and combine it into one? Are they going to work in parallel? How is that going to work?
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation -
Chairman & CEO
Well, theyre going to start light by working in parallel, both Pats information
infrastructure products group and then were going to take the next step after we get a chance to plan a little bit more.
Ittai Kidron -
Oppenheimer -
Analyst
Very good, good luck.
Tony Takazawa -
EMC Corporation - VP
of Global IR
Thanks. Next question, please.
Operator
Kaushik Roy, Wedbush.
Kaushik Roy -
Wedbush -
Analyst
Thanks. So, 8 to 9 times forward earnings is certainly not cheap. So the question is, was there any other bidder?
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
We dont
want to go into the details of this. As Pat said, weve been looking at this for a long this company for a long time; weve studied it deeply. I think the way to the better way to look at it, Kaushik, is look at the
progression of their revenue growth over the past several quarters, pretty phenomenal.
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And then, stop me if Im
wrong, Sujal, but besides North America they only operate in three countries in Europe and arent in Asia yet. So think of the leverage that we can bring in bringing them into 83 countries rather rapidly. So, this is all about growth.
We put a pretty big bar up there of either in the second half, one of the two quarters in the second half of 2012, to break the code,
well be at or over $1 billion run rate and thats impressive growth. And the other times we have said that we said that with VMware, we said that with the combination of Avamar and Data Domain, were two for two. And
were saying it again and we absolutely believe we can do it.
So, its all about growth and all about leverage, but were
convinced this is a great platform, we dont want to give away all the secrets (inaudible). Were convinced there are a lot of synergies between what we do with Atmos and what we do in object storage and whats being done here with
scale-out NAS. And again, I referred to that intersection of where cloud meets Big Data, thats where we want to be.
So not only be the
leader on the left-hand side of Pats chart as we are today, be the leader on the right-hand side of that chart which, as Pat said, is a very fragmented market today. So fragmented markets always leaders always emerge in fragmented
markets and that is obviously our goal.
Tony Takazawa -
EMC Corporation - VP of Global IR
All right. Thank you, Kaushik. Next question, please.
Operator
Lou Miscioscia, Collins Stewart.
Lou Miscioscia -
Collins Stewart -
Analyst
Okay, great, thank you. Maybe if you could give us an idea as to the size of Atmos right now. Obviously the numbers
for Isilon are public just so we can try to see how things grow over the next three years? And then, when you are competing with NetApp can you just give us the top two, three or four items as to how you were able to win some of these big clients in
comparison?
David Goulden -
EMC Corporation - EVP & CFO
Lou, this is
David; let me take the first part of that. I think Ive given you a very good clue without giving you a very precise number. So, let me just kind of go through that clue again.
Were not going to break out the details or size of Atmos, but if you think of what I said, I said that the $1 billion run rate, or $250 million a quarter, is approximately triple the combined
revenues of Atmos and Isilon in the fourth quarter of this year. So Ive given you a pretty good range.
Ive said that the growth
number is approximate, so Im not giving you the exact revenues for Atmos, but I think Ive given you a pretty good clue and you can see that Atmos is clearly the smaller of the two, but still an important contributor towards the overall
revenues. So, thats what were going to give you and well keep you updated with how were doing on progress against the $2 billion against the $1 billion run rate or the $250 million a quarter goal.
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
Ill
start with Atmos and Ill ask Sujal to answer how we kind of compete in the scale-out NAS site. Obviously in Atmos its a different interface its not a filed interface, its not a block interface, its an object
interface, which for growing classes of data it is growing.
And we really look for data thats got to be geographically dispersed and
thats one of the highlights of when you see a piece of data that looks like an object and can take that kind of interface and needs to be geographically dispersed, thats where Atmos shines and thats where thats used.
And, Sujal, why dont you answer the question for scale-out NAS, what you look for?
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Sujal Patel -
Isilon Systems, Inc. - President & CEO
Sure. What we see in the marketplace today is that this Big Data wave that Joe described is completely overwhelming the traditional network detached storage architecture that enterprise has been using for
the last decade or two.
And what a scale-out architecture essentially allows a customer to do is to grow a single resource within the
enterprise and scale it in capacity and throughput, which enables them to create a very simple architecture that increases utilization which reduces their capital expenditures and it enables them to scale storage without scaling IT staff, which
enables them to have a much better total cost of ownership in terms of the amount of cost it takes to care and feed that storage over time.
Were seeing across a wide range of industry that both of those value propositions are true with our mature scale-out platform relative to
traditional NAS.
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
An important
thing to remember, which is a hallmark of the value proposition computing and virtualization as a whole is it not only kind of lights the light and helps customers reduce their CapEx for spending on the actual infrastructure elements themselves, it
greatly attacks the OpEx side.
So as you saw with Sujal, and which is exactly the same case with Atmos, every time customers buy one of these
two solutions they are massively increasing and growing their storage footprint without increasing the number of people they need to manage it.
So again, as I said, thats one of the hallmarks. We kind of light the light on reducing of CapEx and we light the light on reducing of OpEx over
traditional kind of storage systems that are built more for the structured and semi-structured world.
Lou Miscioscia -
Collins Stewart -
Analyst
Okay, thank you, guys.
Tony Takazawa -
EMC Corporation - VP
of Global IR
Thanks. Next question, please.
Operator
Daniel Ives, FBR.
Daniel Ives -
FBR - Analyst
Can you talk about the history of this acquisition come bearing fruit, maybe just give us the last six to 12 months, your thought
process? Thanks.
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
Well, the
thought process, I mean, I think Pat laid it out on that one slide. We see this concept which we named and some industry analysts are calling Big Data, and Big Data has different characteristics. And we basically said we want theres
going to be a great, great opportunity where EMC as been traditionally represented and leader, where our VMAX and Unified play.
And
theres going to be a different way and opens up a very good market that is very complementary to where we are in these Big Data applications and thats where Isilon and Atmos play. And then of course what were doing on the VMware
side with virtualization, what were doing with the BRS side with protection, Data Domain and Avamar, what were doing with our RSA in security support and Greenplum and analytics support both sides.
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So again, were trying to
thats our thinking and when we do an acquisition its always to support a strategy and a belief that we have in the market. And we have a firm belief that this cloud computing phenomenon is not hype, its real, its going
to be game changing. And if you dont play on both sides of these storage pictures, not to mention virtualization, protection and security and analytics, youre going to be youre not going to be the big winner and we want to
be a big winner.
Daniel Ives -
FBR - Analyst
Okay (inaudible).
Tony Takazawa -
EMC Corporation - VP of Global IR
Thanks. Next
question, please.
Operator
Aaron Rakers, Stifel Nicolaus.
Aaron Rakers -
Stifel Nicolaus - Analyst
Yes, thanks, guys. A couple
questions. Most have been answered but, Joe, in the past when youve talked about your storage or information infrastructure business, youve been fairly consistent in saying double-digit topline growth for the next couple of years.
Im just curious as we think about the M&A strategy for EMC, was that inclusive of acquisitions like an Isilon or was that excluding Isilon?
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation -
Chairman & CEO
When we give those kinds of statements David has been pretty consistent of our sources and uses
of cash and we consistently say were going to continue to buy back shares and we consistently say were going to buy companies.
I
have consistently the third consistently now Ive consistently said that I and EMC and our Board prefers a string of pearls approach where we buy small companies that have done incredibly innovative things, have
we look at their DNA, as Sujal mentioned, and look at them for fit.
And when we find that company we like to include it in the EMC family and
give them key leadership roles and then put big goals for ourselves, in this case the $1 billion by the second half of 2012. And again, thats how we look at it. So its kind of all in there.
Aaron Rakers -
Stifel Nicolaus - Analyst
The second question then
would be .
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
But again, it
gives us before you go, it gives us greater comfort that we can live up to our commitment of long-term double-digit growth.
Aaron Rakers -
Stifel Nicolaus -
Analyst
Okay. And then the second question for me is obviously and I think most people given your prior comments are
going to assume that there was a competitive bidding process here. Obviously Isilon is being positioned in your mid-range product, you talked last quarter about some praise between your Dell relationship. How do you see Dell competitively now with
obviously them buying Exanet and how we should think about that relationship as you make moves like this?
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Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
As I said, right now Dell is our partnership is more tactical than either Michael Dell or I would like it. We have discussions going on to see if theres a way to bring it and there are good
ideas to bring it to more strategic and more complementary. And again, well have to see how those talks and conversations progress. But obviously there are areas like Exanet and like some of their other storage offerings where we
compete.
Aaron Rakers -
Stifel Nicolaus - Analyst
Thanks, Joe.
Tony Takazawa -
EMC Corporation - VP of Global IR
Next
question, please.
Operator
Keith Bachman, Bank of Montreal.
Keith Bachman -
Bank of Montreal - Analyst
Hi, thank
you. I had two as well. Joe, could you talk a little bit about your go-to-market? NetApp uses its single OS idea to go to market and has had good growth, youre introducing yet another user interface or operating system between Celerra and also
Atmos and now Isilon. How do you bring together the go-to-market strategy in terms of making it easier for customers to buy? And then, David, for you a follow-up. Could you talk of little bit about any breakup fees that are in place? Thanks.
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
As you looked at it, NetApps is really not having a single operating system. There is absolutely a break and theyre using the output of the
spinnaker on the high-end; theyve got their on tap and they also just bought recently an object file company. So, theyre not seeing it much different than we have it. The only additional thing that we have that they dont have is
our phenomenal VMAX line, which is the undisputed leader for scale-out scale-up block storage.
So again, when you look at it on the rest of
the line its I think we have a phenomenal story that well be rolling out beginning of next year as we go into the low-end and as we do other refreshes. I really think were in the best position ever to compete very
aggressively. But again, and again, we have a top hat called VMAX which is the clear leader in the benchmark for all storage anywhere, anyhow. So thats the way I see it.
David Goulden -
EMC Corporation - EVP & CFO
Thank you. So just to answer your second question, were going to file the merger agreement early this week. So, youll see it, but I have no
problem in telling you there is a breakup fee in there and its at $100 million.
Keith Bachman -
Bank of Montreal -
Analyst
Thank you, David.
Tony Takazawa -
EMC Corporation - VP
of Global IR
Next question, please.
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Operator
Glenn Hanus, Needham.
Glenn Hanus -
Needham - Analyst
Yes, good morning. Maybe you could
talk you mentioned R&D investments, maybe you could talk about that or what to how to think about what kind of features and how youre going to invest in the Company and products going forward. And how you might integrate
Sujals line into your current offering from perhaps a hardware perspective or anything you can share.
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation -
Chairman & CEO
Pat, thats all in your bailiwick.
Pat Gelsinger -
EMC Corporation - President & COO
Sure. And
to some degree were going to have to go spend more time with Sujal and his management team to work through more specifics. So, weve certainly put some thoughts into that, but they are quite presumptive at this point.
From a hardware perspective, Isilon is based on X86 [data] servers as our entire product line is. We expect that were going to be able to harmonize
those quickly and get immediate leverage from our supply-chain and manufacturing lines against that. So we expect that to be very beneficial to Isilon.
From an overall product line perspective, we will be looking carefully at our Isilon the Isilon Atmos relationship as well as our Celerra product line and how best we can leverage those products
together and thats work that we have to do for the future. We want will want to present to our customers a common management view of the product line and that should be fairly easy to quickly bring about.
We also are going to look for other opportunities to utilize the technology assets across our product line, including in fact in areas like VMware as
well.
Glenn Hanus -
Needham - Analyst
And any comments organizationally,
what will Sujals and other Isilon managements roles be going forward and how organizationally youll incorporate Isilon?
Pat Gelsinger -
EMC Corporation -
President & COO
Yes, obviously well work through some of those details between now and closure. Sujal will be
part of my staff who will join the information infrastructure product family line and well work to have a highly leveraged relationship with both Atmos and our Unified product lines. And we will take some of the learnings from our BRS
acquisition and our Greenplum acquisitions to structure the operational management model for the Isilon team.
Glenn Hanus -
Needham -
Analyst
Thank you.
Tony Takazawa -
EMC Corporation - VP
of Global IR
Thanks. Next question, please.
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Operator
Jason Ader, William Blair.
Jason Ader -
William Blair - Analyst
Yes, thank you. My question is
just Sujal, you mentioned earlier that in the market you compete against EMC and NetApp and NetApp primarily. But maybe Joe or Pat, could you talk about I mean, if thats who Isilon is competing against today, then how are you
going to position the product relative to Celerra and Atmos when its clear that thats who Isilon is competing against today?
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation -
Chairman & CEO
Pat, do you want to take a cut at that?
Pat Gelsinger -
EMC Corporation - President & COO
Sure. And
let me just repeat Sujals words, if I could be a little bit more precise. He said he competed with EMC and NetApp, and Ill let him repeat it as well. But the vast majority of the time with NetApp, correct, Sujal?
Sujal Patel -
Isilon Systems, Inc.- President & CEO
Thats exactly right, yes.
Pat Gelsinger -
EMC Corporation -
President & COO
So we actually see very little overlap between where we are today with Celerra and where Isilon is
today. And in some cases we have seen some overlap. But this is largely and Ill emphasize again largely new areas for us, new growth for us, incremental revenue opportunity.
We will, and now as part of the family, well certainly rationalize [swim lane] focus of the targets, right, for our Celerra product lines in the
direction that youll be seeing us lay out early next year with that with major new product refreshes, as well as with Isilon major new refreshes as well coming up next year.
But we expect that this is a very easy thing for us to do is to focus those products for their respective areas of the industry. We expect minimal leakage of revenue and the combination gives us truly an
awesome lineup to go attack the marketplace and be delivering great solutions to our customers and be far, far more competitive in the industry.
Tony Takazawa -
EMC Corporation - VP
of Global IR
Thanks, Jason. Next question, please.
Operator
Jason Maynard, Wells Fargo.
Jason Maynard -
Wells Fargo - Analyst
Hi, guys. Most of my questions
have actually been asked. But I just wanted to follow a little bit more on the VMware relationship and talk about how you see that going forward considering that youre introducing this product at the mid-range. And maybe talk a little bit
about what Isilon has done above and beyond the announcement I think back at VM world about achieving ready status? Thanks.
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Joe Tucci
- EMC Corporation - Chairman & CEO
Why dont, Pat, you and Sujal take that and Ill add a little bit of color at the end if you dont cover a couple of points I wanted to make. Go ahead.
Pat Gelsinger
- EMC Corporation - President & COO
Okay. So, we do with VMware we do expect to see this relationship be a very positive one. VMware is enthusiastic about this acquisition. And in
our overall comments we emphasized the shared vision of EMC and Isilon, this view of the cloud, the view of the virtualized environment.
And
so, Isilon is already doing many of the things that EMC has been doing over the last several years with regard to integration, support or API, vCenter, all of those types of things are already well underway. As I indicated by my earlier comments, we
also are going to explore better ways to leverage the underlying technologies as well with our VMware assets. Sujal?
Sujal Patel
- Isilon
Systems, Inc. - President & CEO
Yes, I think that our technology is very complimentary with VMware. If you look at the data
centers stats, and data centers are all about deploying enterprise applications and workflows. VMware is about taking traditional monetized compute and creating a hybrid cloud with it, creating a flexible compute utility.
On the storage side that challenge has not been solved, the ability to scale a storage system, to be able to store virtual server images and to store Big
Data and as direct traditional enterprise data. And Isilons core technology has a significant role to play there and we definitely see a lot of synergies. In fact, those synergies I think are underscored by the penetration that weve had
and early successes weve had working with VMware over the course of the last year or year and a half.
Jason Maynard
- Wells
Fargo - Analyst
Thanks.
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation -
Chairman & CEO
I think they nailed it, so Im fine.
Tony Takazawa
- EMC Corporation - VP of Global IR
Okay.
Thanks. Next question, please.
Operator
Ananda Baruah, Brean Murray.
Ananda Baruah
- Brean Murray - Analyst
Hey, guys, thanks for
taking the question and congrats. Hey, Joe, what did you guys hit kind of run rate for the combined entity? I guess (technical difficulty) it sounds like about eight quarters. Do you expect the systems margin ,the Isilon margins and
Atmos margins to be at current EMC storage systems margins or could they even be greater on the [operating line]?
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EMC Corporation - EVP & CFO
As we mentioned earlier now, basically when we get to that run rate we expect at that point in time theyre going to start helping us drive leverage in the business from an operating margin point of
view. Clearly theres some investment needed to get it up to that level. But once were at that level we expect the operating margins to be a positive contributor.
Ananda Baruah -
Brean Murray - Analyst
Okay, great. Thanks a lot.
Tony Takazawa -
EMC Corporation - VP of Global IR
Thanks, Ananda. We
have time for one more question and then Joe will have a few concluding comments.
Operator
Ben Reitzes, Barclays Capital.
Ben Reitzes -
Barclays Capital -
Analyst
Hey, thanks a lot for squeezing me in there. A lot were asked, so I just wanted to ask, big picture, David and Joe,
where are we in your cash usage? Where are we on the share repurchases in terms of now that youre going to spend over $2 billion on Isilon and what does that do for that? And what is are we done for a little while on acquisitions or do
you see continued tuck-ins as part of your future like these and the ones weve been seeing?
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation -
Chairman & CEO
Ill do the end and then Ill turn it back to David. Ill never say were done on
small tuck-ins. Obviously theres a limit to how many $2 billion tuck-ins you can do in a given timeframe, so were well aware of that and money is not burning a hole in our pocket. But obviously there are a lot of little jewels out there
for different price points that well be going after both on EMC and the VMware side.
And then Ill give it to David. Were
going to continue we believe in our future and were going to continue to invest in ourselves and buy back our own shares. And David will give you a status of kind of where we are.
David Goulden -
EMC Corporation - EVP & CFO
Yes, Ben, so we
ended as you know, we ended Q3 September quarter with our $4.7 billion of US cash inside EMC Information Infrastructure, were on track this year to repurchase $1 billion of EMC shares. And as you know, were also spending in the
order of roughly $100 million a quarter to maintain our ownership interest in VMware coupled with their repurchase of their shares.
So
were going to come to you to do both, Ben. And the good news is that we have great cash flow and it gives us the luxury and the firepower to be able to invest in the business and also to return money to shareholders.
Ben Reitzes -
Barclays Capital- Analyst
Thanks a lot.
Joe Tucci -
EMC Corporation- Chairman & CEO
Thank you all.
In my closing remarks I just want to refer you back to the EMC big picture. Clearly on EMCs side we are the leader in both in the enterprise applications with our VMAX and Unified platforms. We see as we believe very firmly in private
and public cloud computing. We believe that that intersection will be a tremendous amount of explosion of Big Data applications coming at us. And we think we believe that Isilon and Atmos position us well there.
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And its basically not an
or, its an end. If we can both become leaders both on the Big Data new applications and existing enterprise applications where we are that combination will produce a good result for our employees and, more importantly,
our shareholders who invest and believe in this Company. And thats what were out to do. So again, thank you very much for your attending on very short notice and I wish you all well.
Operator
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