There are no safe havens in the stock market. Every stock carries risk. But some less than others. This column features stocks that have shown one or more of the following characteristics: less volatility, better earnings, larger market caps, safe and increasing dividends. In these times of turmoil, our goal is to show readers better opportunities for investing with fewer risks.

October 13, 2009 - EMC Corp. (EMC-NYSE) develops, delivers, and supports information infrastructure technologies and solutions. The company's Information Storage segment offers networked information storage systems, networked attached storage, content addressed storage, or direct attached storage environment.

Its Content Management and Archiving segment offers software which optimizes business processes, as well as creates, manages, delivers, and archives information from documents and discussions, e-mail, Web pages, images, XML, reports, records, rich media, and application data.

The company's RSA Information Security segment delivers products, packaged solutions, and services to guard the integrity and confidentiality of information. This segment offers enterprise identity and access management products, and encryption and key management software that enable companies to collect, monitor, analyze, and report on security event-related activity.

Its VMware Virtual Infrastructure segment offers virtual infrastructure solutions and services that enable customers to address a range of IT problems that include cost and operational inefficiencies, business continuity, software life cycle management, and desktop management. The company also provides consulting services, technology deployment, managed services, customer support services, and training and certification services.

It sells its products and services through direct sales and multiple distribution channels in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. EMC Corporation was foundedin 1979 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.

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