MTI Expands EMC Investment

IRVINE, Calif. -- MTI Technology Corporation (Nasdaq: MTIC - News), a global provider of end-to-end information infrastructure solutions, today announced its plan for a major investment in training and certification programs offered by EMC Corporation. This investment represents a renewed commitment to the company's previous training agreement and a further dedication to grow the technical depth within MTI to encompass the breadth of EMC solutions.

"As a total solutions provider, our customers count on MTI to be their trusted advisor for all facets of their information infrastructure, from design to implementation and support," stated Thomas Raimondi, chairman, CEO and president of MTI. "And given that EMC is a long standing, strategic partner of MTI, they expect nothing but the best when it comes to service and support of EMC software and hardware solutions. That is why we continue to make this investment in our personnel."

MTI has made a sizeable investment for the coming years to ensure its consultants, systems engineers, and support staff are able to provide the highest level of customer service. Whether the focus is design, implementation or support of EMC products, MTI is committed to delivering the best service and support of any EMC solutions provider. To date, over 80 MTI professionals have achieved varying levels of EMC Proven Professional certification.

"MTI's commitment to EMC's training and Proven Professional certification programs has been instrumental to their successful deployment of EMC technology and solutions in this highly competitive marketplace," said Tom Clancy, vice president of Education with EMC Corporation. "We look forward to helping them expand their skills in new technologies, so that more of their customer-facing engineers will be experts in EMC's marketing leading solutions."

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