In the new position he will be reporting directly to Joe Tucci, chief executive of EMC.  Gelsinger will be overseeing EMC’s storage hardware and software business, as well as its data security, content management, and data systems management lines.

During his interview for the new job Gelsinger stated that, Tucci and members of the EMC board told him that he would be considered as a successor to Tucci once he retires.  His new job will keep Gelsinger in close contact with his former co-workers at Intel.