UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 2, 2010

EMC CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Massachusetts	1-9853	No. 04-2680009
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

176 South Street, Hopkinton, MA	01748
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (508) 435-1000

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On March 2, 2010, EMC Corporation issued a press release announcing the authorization of a stock purchase program for VMware Class A common stock.

The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein. The information in Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

        (d) Exhibits

99.1 Press release of EMC Corporation dated March 2, 2010

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

EMC CORPORATION
By:	/S/    MARK A. LINK
	Mark A. Link
	Senior Vice President and
	Chief Accounting Officer

Date: March 2, 2010

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release of EMC Corporation dated March 2, 2010