Exhibit 99.1

EMC Reports Record Third-Quarter Revenue and Profit

Third-Quarter Highlights

HOPKINTON, Mass. – October 18, 2011 – EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) today reported record financial results for the third quarter of 2011. Continued strong worldwide customer demand for EMC’s information storage, security and virtualization products and services, balanced revenue growth and continued outstanding execution contributed to EMC achieving all-time record quarterly consolidated revenue and record third-quarter profit. The results were also highlighted by all-time record quarterly gross margins on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis and strong year-over-year increases in GAAP and non-GAAP operating margins.

Third-quarter consolidated revenue was $4.98 billion, an increase of 18% compared with the year-ago quarter. Third-quarter GAAP net income attributable to EMC increased 28% year over year to $606 million. Third-quarter GAAP earnings per weighted average diluted share increased 23% year over year to $0.27. Non-GAAP¹ net income attributable to EMC for the third quarter was $822 million, an increase of 27% compared with the year-ago quarter. Third-quarter non-GAAP¹ earnings per weighted average diluted share were $0.37, an increase of 23% year over year.

EMC’s cash flow generation continues to be strong, with trailing twelve-month operating cash flow of $5.0 billion and free cash flow² of $3.8 billion. The company ended the third quarter with $9.3 billion in cash and investments.

Joe Tucci, EMC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, “I am very pleased with EMC’s execution and solid third-quarter financial performance. Global customer demand for our industry-leading products and services, which led to record quarterly financial results, is clear evidence that EMC is at the center of the most transformative, disruptive and opportunity-rich trends in IT history – namely hybrid cloud computing and the explosion of Big Data. With

the strategy, products and momentum in our favor, EMC remains extremely well positioned to help customers accelerate their journey to the cloud, discover the value of Big Data and transform IT into a source of greater efficiency, agility and control.”

David Goulden, EMC Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, said, “The priorities we have outlined in our financial ‘triple play’– to gain market share, invest aggressively to take full advantage of the massive opportunities at the intersection of cloud computing and Big Data, and improve profitability – continue to guide us through 2011. We remain on track to exceed our full-year goal of $19.8 billion in revenue, GAAP EPS of $1.07 and non-GAAP EPS of $1.48. We are confident that our company strategy, disciplined investment approach and continued focus on execution, which have driven our success over the past several years, will continue to serve us well in the future.”

Third-Quarter Highlights

Third-quarter highlights included double-digit revenue growth for EMC Information Storage business, which increased 16% year over year. EMC’s high-end Symmetrix storage product portfolio increased revenue 7% compared with the year-ago quarter. EMC’s portfolio of mid-tier storage products³ grew revenue 28% year over year. Revenue from VMware (NYSE: VMW), which is majority-owned by EMC, increased 32% and revenue from EMC’s RSA Information Security business grew 16% year over year.

Additional third-quarter highlights included strong revenue growth for the EMC VNX unified storage family and the company’s Backup Recovery Systems. Revenue from EMC’s portfolio of Big Data solutions, which includes EMC Isilon, EMC Atmos and EMC Greenplum, more than doubled year over year. During the quarter, customers also continued to increasingly turn to EMC’s broad consulting and professional services portfolio to build out their cloud architectures and transform their IT. Finally, VCE, the Virtual Computing Environment Company formed by Cisco and EMC with investments from VMware and Intel, continued to gain momentum as customer demand increased for best-of-breed converged infrastructure through the Vblock Infrastructure Platform.

EMC’s consolidated third-quarter revenue from the United States reached an all-time record of $2.7 billion, an increase of 17% year over year, representing 54% of consolidated third-quarter revenue. Revenue from EMC’s business operations outside of the United States reached $2.3 billion, an increase of 20% year over year, representing 46% of consolidated third-quarter revenue. Within this, revenue from EMC’s Asia Pacific and Japan region reached an all-time quarterly record, growing 37% year over year. Revenue from EMC’s Europe, Middle East and Africa and Latin America regions increased 15% and 8% year over year, respectively.

Business Outlook

The following statements are based on current expectations. These statements are 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 closed after the date hereof. These statements supersede all prior statements regarding 2011 financial results.

All dollar amounts and percentages set forth below should be considered to be approximations.

Supporting Resources

About EMC

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com.

# # #

EMC, Atmos, Avamar, Celerra, Centera, CLARiiON, Data Domain, Greenplum, Isilon, RSA, Symmetrix, VNX and Vblock are either registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks used are the property of their respective owners.

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) the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost declines and the volume and mixture of product and services revenues; (iv) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures and new product introductions; (v) component and product quality and availability; (vi) fluctuations in VMware, Inc.’s operating results and risks associated with trading of VMware stock; (vii) the transition to new products, the uncertainty of customer acceptance of new product offerings and rapid technological and market change; (viii) 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; (ix) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; (x) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (xi) fluctuating currency exchange rates; (xii) threats and other disruptions to our secure data centers or networks; (xiii) our ability to protect our proprietary technology; (xiv) war or acts of terrorism; and (xv) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMC’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. EMC disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This release, the accompanying schedules and the additional content that is available on EMC’s website contain non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures, which are used as measures of EMC’s performance or liquidity, should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, measures of EMC’s financial performance or liquidity prepared in accordance with GAAP. EMC’s 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 the accompanying schedules for various periods entitled “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP,” certain items noted on each such specific schedule (including, where noted, amounts relating to stock-based compensation expense, intangible asset amortization and restructuring and acquisition-related charges) are excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures.

EMC’s management uses the non-GAAP financial measures in the accompanying schedules to gain an understanding of EMC’s 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 segment’s financial goals. These non-GAAP financial measures are used by EMC’s management in their financial and operating decision-making because management believes they reflect EMC’s ongoing business in a manner that allows meaningful period-to-period comparisons. EMC’s management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others (a) in understanding and evaluating EMC’s 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 Company’s current financial results with the Company’s past financial results.

This release also includes disclosures regarding free cash flow which is a non-GAAP financial measure. Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less additions to property, plant and equipment and capitalized software development costs. EMC uses free cash flow, among other measures, to evaluate the ability of its operations to generate cash that is available for purposes other than capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs. Management believes that information regarding free cash flow provides investors with an important perspective on the cash available to make strategic acquisitions and investments, repurchase shares, service debt and fund ongoing operations. As free cash flow is not a measure of liquidity calculated in accordance with GAAP, free cash flow should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the analysis provided in the statement of cash flows.

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 EMC’s 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 EMC’s financial results as determined in accordance with GAAP.

EMC CORPORATION

Consolidated Income Statements

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

Unaudited

EMC CORPORATION

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

Unaudited

EMC CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

Unaudited

EMC CORPORATION

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP*

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

Unaudited

EMC CORPORATION

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

Unaudited

EMC CORPORATION

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP

(in thousands)

Unaudited

EMC CORPORATION

Supplemental Information

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2011

(in thousands)

Unaudited

EMC CORPORATION

Supplemental Information

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2010

(in thousands)

Unaudited

EMC CORPORATION

Supplemental Information

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2011

(in thousands)

Unaudited

EMC CORPORATION

Supplemental Information

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2010

(in thousands)

Unaudited

EMC CORPORATION

Supplemental Revenue Analysis

(in thousands)

Unaudited