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    <periodOfReport>2016-09-07</periodOfReport>

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            <rptOwnerName>Silver Lake Partners III LP</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001637683</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001672565</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001672566</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O SILVER LAKE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MENLO PARK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
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            <rptOwnerName>SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C.</rptOwnerName>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001418226</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Silver Lake Group, L.L.C.</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O SILVER LAKE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet2>
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            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
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                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnotes</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class B Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>300000000</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnotes</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock are directly owned by EMC Corporation (&quot;EMC&quot;).  EMC is directly wholly-owned by Dell Inc., which in turn is indirectly wholly-owned by Dell Technologies Inc. (&quot;Dell Technologies&quot;) through its directly held wholly-owned subsidiary Denali Intermediate Inc.  Dell Technologies is owned by investors including Silver Lake Partners III, L.P. (&quot;SLP III&quot;), Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P. (&quot;SLTI III&quot;), Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P. (&quot;SLP IV&quot;), Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P. (&quot;SLTI IV&quot;) and SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P. (&quot;SLP Denali,&quot; and together with SLP III, SLTI III, SLP IV and SLTI IV, the &quot;Silver Lake Funds&quot;).  The Silver Lake Funds have the right, under an agreement with Dell Technologies and other Dell Technologies stockholders, to approve the sale by Dell Technologies or specified subsidiaries of Dell Technologies of any shares of common stock of the Issuer held by them.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. (&quot;SLG&quot;) is the managing member of (i) SLTA III (GP), L.L.C. (&quot;SLTA III GP&quot;), which is the general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P. (&quot;SLTA III&quot;), which is the general partner of SLP III and SLTI III and the managing member of SLP Denali Co-Invest GP, L.L.C. (&quot;SLP Denali GP&quot;), which is the general partner of SLP Denali and (ii) SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C. (&quot;SLTA IV GP&quot;), which is the general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P. (&quot;SLTA IV&quot;, and collectively with the Silver Lake Funds, SLP Denali GP, SLTA III, SLTA III GP, SLTA IV GP and SLG, the &quot;Silver Lake Investors&quot;), which is the general partner of SLP IV and SLTI IV. Egon Durban, who serves as a director of the Issuer, also serves as a Managing Director of SLG and as a member of the investment committees of SLTA III GP and SLTA IV GP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">As a result of the relationships and contractual provisions described in footnotes (1) and (2) above, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own securities of the Issuer held by EMC Corporation. This filing shall not be deemed an admission that the Silver Lake Investors are subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;) or, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise, that the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owners of any equity securities in excess of their respective pecuniary interests, and each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein, if any.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock at any time, upon the election of the holder, subject to certain exceptions.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The Reporting Persons are jointly filing this Form 3 pursuant to Rule 16a-3(j) under the Exchange Act.  Because no more than 10 reporting persons can file any one Form 3 through the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR system, SLP Denali and SLP Denali GP have filed a separate Form 3, which reports indirect ownership of the same securities reported on this Form 3.  Michael S. Dell and Dell Technologies are also separately filing a Form 3 reporting beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein and EMC has previously filed reports under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act reporting beneficial ownership of such securities.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>EGON DURBAN: /s/ Egon Durban</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA III (GP), L.L.C.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., general partner of Silver Lake Partners III, L.P.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., general partner of Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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