Yamaha Motor Corporation Selects EMC for Enterprise Storage Solutions
Yamaha Motor Corporation USA, the U.S. distribution center for the world's second largest motorcycle manufacturer, has selected EMC
(Hopkinton, MA) to provide enterprise storage solutions. EMC's Symmetrix 5700 storage system will run with Yamaha's existing
SAP (Walldorf, Germany) R3 parts management system. "EMC Enterprise Storage is our infrastructure because of its ability to work with virtually any computing platform," said Rich Hoffman, Yamaha's VP of Information Systems. Yamaha's Vice President of Information Services. Adding the storage system to the R3 parts management system has given Yamaha extra server performance as well as a competitive advantage. "We used to ship parts in three days, like our competition," said Hoffman. "Now, we ship in three hours."