Akamai CEO Paul Sagan to Join EMC Board and Help With Mergers and Acquisitions

Published: December 20, 2007, 9:58 am

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IT, Internet, people Robert Buderi wrote: Akamai’s president and chief executive officer Paul Sagan will join the board of directors of EMC. In a statement issued this morning, Hopkinton, MA-based EMC billed Sagan’s presence as a great fit, both for the knowledge he brings about information technology in general, but also for his experience with Internet-based businesses and services—an area of increasing interest for the company. In addition to serving on EMC’s board, Sagan will join the company’s Mergers and Acquisitions Committee. “Paul’s success as CEO of a fast-growing, industry-leading S&P 500 company combined with his extensive knowledge of Internet-based technologies and business models make him an ideal and strong addition to our Board,” EMC chairman and CEO Joe Tucci said in the statement. Sagan does seem a natural fit for the EMC board. Akamai and EMC are two of the world’s top information technology

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