Red Sox Ready With EMC

TOKYO -- As Major League Baseball travels to Tokyo for the RICOH JAPAN OPENING SERIES 2008, the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox will begin their quest to repeat with a pair of games against the Oakland A's at the Tokyo Dome on March 25 and 26. Just as it was throughout their 2007 championship season, the Red Sox' EMC information infrastructure will be working in the background to help provide an information advantage. This time, though, the Red Sox also will be wearing their technology advantage on their sleeves when they take the field with an EMC logo patch that symbolizes the organization's use of advanced information management tools.

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EMC Corporation, the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, is an Official Sponsor of Major League Baseball (MLB) Japan, and has expanded its partnership with the Boston Red Sox to support the RICOH JAPAN OPENING SERIES 2008. For the games in Japan, the Red Sox will wear specially designed sleeve patches featuring the EMC and "JAPAN 2008" logos, marking the first- ever sponsor logo on the team's uniforms. The initiative reinforces EMC's growing presence and supports the company's expanding brand awareness in Japan, one of the world's largest and most advanced markets for information technology.

Toshio Morohoshi, President of EMC Japan, said, "The RICOH JAPAN OPENING SERIES 2008 is incredibly exciting for Japan. Millions of people will be following the action with great interest. The people of EMC Japan, on behalf of our many customers and our important partners, are honored to play an official role in sponsoring MLB Japan and the Boston Red Sox for this historic week."EMC Corp.