Tucci said there were "several dozen" beta sites for the Symmetrix DMX and that the "vast, vast majority of them" will convert into paying customers, which he said EMC has already factored into its outlook (see EMC's Q4 Stars Clariion).
Meanwhile, EMC officials said none of the technology it acquired from Cereva Networks was used in the DMX family, although Donatelli told Byte and Switch it may play into future product roadmaps. "There are some good ideas there," he said. "The IP [intellectual property] we got on that was so inexpensive." (See Cereva Sells Out to EMC.)
On a different note, we have to say we were disappointed that EMC failed to fully capitalize on the potential tie-in to The Matrix
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