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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Cashman Denis   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EMC CORP [EMC] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Acctg Off & COO, Finance (Last) (First) (Middle) EMC CORPORATION, 176 SOUTH STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/08/2012 (Street) HOPKINTON, MA 01748 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 08/08/2012   A   39,180 (1) A $ 0 214,981 D   Common Stock 08/08/2012   A   26,120 (2) A $ 0 241,101 D   Common Stock 08/08/2012   A   74,627 (3) A $ 0 315,728 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Cashman Denis EMC CORPORATION 176 SOUTH STREET HOPKINTON, MA 01748			Chief Acctg Off & COO, Finance

Signatures

/s/Barbara E. Coluci, Attorney In Fact		08/10/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Shares of restricted stock granted under the Amended and Restated EMC Corporation 2003 Stock Plan, which shares are subject to certain restrictions on transfer and are subject to forfeiture upon certain events. The restrictions on transfer and forfeiture with respect to the shares lapse on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant, but such restrictions may lapse ratably over three years if certain performance targets approved by the Board of Directors are met.
(2)	Restricted stock units granted under the Amended and Restated EMC Corporation 2003 Stock Plan, which are subject to forfeiture upon certain events. The restricted stock units will vest ratably over four years beginning one year from the date of grant.
(3)	Performance restricted stock units granted under the Amended and Restated EMC Corporation 2003 Stock Plan, which are subject to forfeiture upon certain events. The performance restricted stock units will vest only in the event that a three-year cumulative performance target approved by the Leadership and Compensation Committee (the "Committee") has been met. The Committee expects to determine whether the performance target has been met, in full or in part, in 2016. If such target is met, one-half of the performance restricted stock units will vest in 2016 and one-half will vest on February 1, 2017.

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